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Update to KERNEL

Snapshot Oct 6, 2026 · 18:00 UTC · version 1.1.1

WHAT CHANGED · RULE-BASED ANALYSIS

Product listing or positioning changed

Product description changed from “Kernel lets developers manage their Kernel account from ChatGPT. Start, inspect, and end cloud browser sessions in their own Kernel project, review saved browser profiles, sign in to their own accounts through a secure login panel that k...” to “run cloud browsers from chatgpt. KERNEL gives your agent a real browser with full access to the internet: it can open any site, read and click through pages, fill out forms, and take screenshots. when a task needs one of your accounts, y...”.

Observed in the public listing; claims come from the publisher.

Product description

Before

Kernel lets developers manage their Kernel account from ChatGPT. Start, inspect, and end cloud browser sessions in their own Kernel project, review saved browser profiles, sign in to their own accounts through a secure login panel that k...

After

run cloud browsers from chatgpt. KERNEL gives your agent a real browser with full access to the internet: it can open any site, read and click through pages, fill out forms, and take screenshots. when a task needs one of your accounts, y...

Product description

Before

Kernel lets developers manage their Kernel account from ChatGPT. Start, inspect, and end cloud browser sessions in their own Kernel project, review saved browser profiles, sign in to their own accounts through a secure login panel that k...

After

run cloud browsers from chatgpt. KERNEL gives your agent a real browser with full access to the internet: it can open any site, read and click through pages, fill out forms, and take screenshots. when a task needs one of your accounts, y...

Product description

Before

Manage Kernel cloud browsers

After

a cloud browser for your agent

Display name

Before

Kernel

After

KERNEL

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changed /release/description

BEFORE
"Kernel lets developers manage their Kernel account from ChatGPT. Start, inspect, and end cloud browser sessions in their own Kernel project, review saved browser profiles, sign in to their own accounts through a secure login panel that keeps passwords out of chat, check deployed Kernel apps, and search Kernel documentation."
AFTER
"run cloud browsers from chatgpt. KERNEL gives your agent a real browser with full access to the internet: it can open any site, read and click through pages, fill out forms, and take screenshots. when a task needs one of your accounts, you sign in through a secure login panel that keeps passwords out of chat. each session runs in its own isolated cloud browser and shuts down when the task is done."

changed /release/display_name

BEFORE
"Kernel"
AFTER
"KERNEL"

changed /release/id

BEFORE
"pluginrel_bb50611a06f481919ebe3eacae7757db"
AFTER
"pluginrel_6178fe1419188191a15ed1e233e68e59"

changed /release/interface/composer_icon_dark_url

BEFORE
"https://files.openai.com/content?id=file_0000000026e481f59f123dbf459dbc2e"
AFTER
"https://files.openai.com/content?id=file_00000000911881f5aeeffbf036102f02"

changed /release/interface/composer_icon_url

BEFORE
"https://files.openai.com/content?id=file_000000001e88822f805f7be0fdd3a8b5"
AFTER
"https://files.openai.com/content?id=file_00000000911881f5aeeffbf036102f02"

changed /release/interface/default_prompt

BEFORE
"search the Kernel docs and explain when browser profile changes are saved"
AFTER
"search the KERNEL docs and explain when browser profile changes are saved"

changed /release/interface/default_prompts

BEFORE
[
  "search the Kernel docs and explain when browser profile changes are saved",
  "list my deployed Kernel apps and show their latest deployments",
  "start a cloud browser at example.com and take a screenshot"
]
AFTER
[
  "search the KERNEL docs and explain when browser profile changes are saved",
  "list my deployed KERNEL apps and show their latest deployments",
  "start a cloud browser at example.com and take a screenshot"
]

changed /release/interface/logo_url

BEFORE
"https://files.openai.com/content?id=file_0000000058ec81f6b9b28bc5f2ccd2e8"
AFTER
"https://files.openai.com/content?id=file_00000000946881f886df818a9a8c49b1"

changed /release/interface/logo_url_dark

BEFORE
"https://files.openai.com/content?id=file_00000000fb04820ca63610169f00d365"
AFTER
"https://files.openai.com/content?id=file_00000000946881f886df818a9a8c49b1"

changed /release/interface/long_description

BEFORE
"Kernel lets developers manage their Kernel account from ChatGPT. Start, inspect, and end cloud browser sessions in their own Kernel project, review saved browser profiles, sign in to their own accounts through a secure login panel that keeps passwords out of chat, check deployed Kernel apps, and search Kernel documentation."
AFTER
"run cloud browsers from chatgpt. KERNEL gives your agent a real browser with full access to the internet: it can open any site, read and click through pages, fill out forms, and take screenshots. when a task needs one of your accounts, you sign in through a secure login panel that keeps passwords out of chat. each session runs in its own isolated cloud browser and shuts down when the task is done."

changed /release/interface/short_description

BEFORE
"Manage Kernel cloud browsers"
AFTER
"a cloud browser for your agent"

changed /release/version

BEFORE
"1.0.1"
AFTER
"1.1.1"
Full snapshot data
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