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OpenCode 1.19.0 Adds an Upgrade Command to OpenCode 2, Whose Migration Guide Lists Three Breaking Changes Including a New Plugin API

OpenCode v1.19.0 adds opencode upgrade --major to move to OpenCode 2; the project's migration guide lists new plugin, server API and terminal-config contracts.

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Overview

OpenCode, the open source terminal coding agent, published v1.19.0 on October 11, 2026, according to its GitHub release page. The release notes say: “Run opencode upgrade --major to upgrade to OpenCode 2.” The project’s separate migration guide, read on October 12, lists three intentional breaking changes between the two major versions.

What the Release Changes

The v1.19.0 notes list a small set of changes, per the release page:

  • The opencode upgrade --major command for moving to OpenCode 2.
  • In the terminal interface, “Use /update to install OpenCode updates or upgrade to OpenCode 2; updates are no longer installed automatically.”
  • Two bug fixes: “Allow the OpenAI ultrafast service tier.” and “Validate PTY connection origins and tickets before checking whether a PTY exists.”

The release notes do not describe what OpenCode 2 itself contains.

What the Migration Guide Says

OpenCode’s V1 migration guide states that “V2 has three intentional breaking changes”:

  1. Plugins use a new plugin API. The guide states that “V1 plugin implementations do not run in V2.”
  2. The server API and clients have new contracts. The guide points integrations to the @opencode/client package.
  3. Terminal client configuration moves from layered tui.json(c) files to one global cli.json file, which the guide describes as auto migrated.

Outside those areas, the guide says supported V1 functionality is intended to remain compatible, and that behavior described as supported but failing in V2 should be treated “as a compatibility bug rather than an expected migration requirement.” That is the project’s own statement of intent, not an independently tested result.

On configuration, the guide says V2 reads global and project configuration from the same locations as V1 and “normalizes supported V1 and native V2 fields in memory without rewriting the source file.” It also warns: “V1 and V2 use the same configuration locations, so do not point V1 at files after converting them to native V2-only shapes.”

The guide also documents renamed settings and narrower behavior. Permission actions are renamed, with “bash is now shell, task is now subagent, and write and patch are now edit.” It says V2 “currently only discovers AGENTS.md,” so setups relying on a CLAUDE.md fallback need to move that guidance. For lsp configuration, it says V2 accepts and preserves the settings but does not run language servers, expose LSP tools or produce LSP diagnostics.

Side-by-Side Installs

OpenCode’s getting-started page carries a banner reading “New OpenCode v2 is now available.” It also notes that “OpenCode 1 and OpenCode 2 both use the opencode command and cannot be installed side by side under their default command.” The page adds that the OpenCode 1 install methods “can conflict with or replace an OpenCode 2 installation.”

What We Don’t Know

  • None of the three pages cited here gives a general-availability date for OpenCode 2, and the documentation pages are undated.
  • The release notes do not say whether opencode upgrade --major preserves plugins or configuration; the migration guide separately says V1 plugins must be ported.
  • The compatibility statements come from OpenCode’s own documentation; no independent testing of the upgrade path is cited here.