# MAO 0.7.0

Released 2026-09-26.

## Workspaces on a server

You can now open a workspace that lives on another machine over SSH. The canvas stays on your computer, while the project folder, the terminals and the agents run on the server.

- **Open on a server.** Choose **Open on a server** in the sidebar (under **Add project**, or by right-clicking an empty area) or in the command palette. Enter the machine, pick the project folder, and the workspace opens like any other.
- **Nothing to install by hand.** Every MAO download carries the small server it needs. MAO installs it on the machine the first time you connect and keeps it updated when you update MAO.
- **Sign in inside MAO.** SSH passwords, passphrases and "do you trust this host?" questions are asked in a MAO window. For a new host, MAO shows the full fingerprint with **Yes** and **No**. A password you type is used only for that connection and is never saved.
- **Connects in the background.** Opening a server workspace no longer freezes the window while it connects. A chip at the top of the canvas shows where the workspace lives and how the connection is doing.
- **Reconnects on its own.** If the connection drops, MAO keeps retrying, more slowly over time, and **Reconnect now** tries again straight away. When it reconnects, your terminals start again and your agents resume. If the workspace changed on the server while you were away, MAO asks whether to use the server's copy or keep yours.
- **Terminals start without waiting.** A new terminal on a server appears at once and says it is starting on the server if the server takes a moment.
- **MAO's skills travel with you.** The skills that teach your agents about the canvas are copied to the server when you connect, so agents there can use `relay` the same way they do locally.

## Fixes

- On Linux, updating from inside MAO now also updates the server and the agent skills that ship with it, not only the app.
- If MAO crashes and you have **Diagnostics** turned on, the crash report sent on the next launch is now readable and grouped by where the crash happened. Crashes that close MAO without warning are reported too. Nothing is sent while Diagnostics is off.

Source: https://trymao.dev/changelog/0.7.0