Release info

DeepSeek Harness v0.1.2-rc.1 Ships: First Release Candidate for the 0.1.2 Series, Rolling Up Five Alpha Iterations

On September 3 DeepSeek Harness shipped v0.1.2-rc.1, the first release candidate for the 0.1.2 series, rolling up the major user- and developer-facing changes since v0.1.1-rc.2: collapsible adaptive session flow, token usage stats, turn navigation, autonomous subagent model selection, completed ACP capabilities, Python Windows x64 packages and an experimental Inspector.

Direct answer: On September 3 DeepSeek Harness shipped v0.1.2-rc.1, the first Release Candidate for the 0.1.2 series, rolling up the major user- and developer-facing changes accumulated across five alphas (Aug 27 to Sep 2).

What this release gathers

Officially "a summary of the major changes since v0.1.1-rc.2", split by audience:

For users: the session flow collapses process content and the System prompt of completed answers by default; body width is adaptive or draggable; every answer ends with token usage and duration (expandable to precise stats); turn navigation covers the full history with previews of unloaded rounds; UI font-size control with Markdown tables scaling alongside; third-party interface languages and localized permission categories.

For developers/integrators: subagent model selection levels up — agents can autonomously pick models within their authorization, and callers can pin provider, model, reasoning effort and max output length (Claude Code and Codex providers configurable); the Python SDK runtime adds Windows x64 packages; ACP gains standard session control, model settings, MCP, permissions and cancellation; the DeepSeek official adapter sends enabled plugin names and versions by default (disableable), with optional incremental session-log upload (off by default); plus experimental Inspector and Web Preview tools.

How to read it

From alpha.1 on August 27 to rc.1 on September 3, DSH covered five alphas in eight days — the "Everything is a Plugin" line still iterates ferociously. Session experience (collapse/navigation/stats) and subagent scheduling are 0.1.2's two themes, colliding with Hermes v0.21.0's Pantheon direction (our coverage) on "making agent fleets pleasant". For selection context, see the Agent Harness glossary entry and the comparison hub; DeepSeek-side model pricing was previously laid out in the cost checklist.

Sources

  • DeepSeek Harness official release (2026-09-03): v0.1.2-rc.1