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open
What changed in open 11, from its official release notes, upgrade guides and advisories. Sources checked 2026-10-18.
2 breaking2 behavior and defaults11 fixes and other
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Breaking changes 2
Multiple errors are now reported with AggregateError instead of only the latest error.
Node.js 20 is now required to run open.
Behavior and default changes 2
Linux app launching now falls back to chromium-browser.
PowerShell accessibility is automatically detected in WSL.
Fixes and other changes 11
Fixes default-browser detection for Safari and Brave in browser and browserPrivate.
Fixes Windows launches being killed when the parent process exits.
Fixes failure in WSL when the working directory is unreachable from Windows.
App launch failure detection is fixed for fallback support.
Handling is fixed when import.meta.url is unavailable.
PowerShell argument escaping is fixed.
PowerShell progress messages are suppressed on Windows.
Process spawn handling is fixed.
stdio is ignored on Windows when the process is not being waited for.
Access to WSL via remote SSH is fixed.
Opening local files from WSL2 is fixed.