# Live syncing and a 10x faster console

> The console now syncs live and answers up to 25 times faster, and the CLI tells agents how to recover.

By Aaro Isosaari

> Nevia is in beta and open to selected teams. Public launch in Dec 2026. The CLI installs with `curl -fsSL https://get.nevia.cloud | sh`, and the MCP server is at https://api.nevia.cloud/mcp. A person signs in once in the browser.
> Setup, sign-in and requesting access: [SKILL.md](https://nevia.cloud/SKILL.md). When Nevia fits and when it doesn't: [why.md](https://nevia.cloud/why.md).

> For the complete changelog index, see [changelog.md](https://nevia.cloud/changelog.md). This entry's HTML version: https://nevia.cloud/changelog/2026-10-29-live-console

## Live syncing

When you or your agents change something through the CLI or MCP, or a teammate works in the same workspace, the console you have open shows it right away without a refresh.

## A 10x faster console

The console now runs on the same servers as the Nevia API, so every page you open and every action you take reaches the API 4 to 25 times faster.

From
Before
Now
Faster

Paris
272 ms
11 ms
25x

London
224 ms
14 ms
16x

Ashburn, US
546 ms
91 ms
6x

Tokyo
1,153 ms
250 ms
5x

## A smoother CLI experience

When something stops a command, such as a computer that's still starting, the CLI now says what it was trying to do and to which resource. An agent can fix the problem and try again on its own instead of stopping to ask you. Add `--json` and the agent gets the answer as data it can read, whether the command worked or not.

These and more updates are in CLI 0.1.13. Run `nevia update` or accept the update the CLI offers the next time you use it.

## Docs and API reference

Every operation in the API reference now lists the errors it can return, with request samples in curl, JavaScript and Python.

New pages cover [setting up MCP](https://nevia.cloud/docs/get-started/mcp), [opening a shell](https://nevia.cloud/docs/computers/shell), [environment variables](https://nevia.cloud/docs/reference/computer-env), [ports and URLs](https://nevia.cloud/docs/reference/computer-ports-and-urls) and [workspace permissions](https://nevia.cloud/docs/reference/workspace-permissions).

## Fixes and improvements

- When you create a computer with custom settings in the console, you can add a new secret right in the create dialog without leaving for workspace settings.
- `nevia shell` opens a terminal on a computer which is what `nevia exec` used to do when you gave it no command. `nevia exec` without a command now starts the program the computer's image is built to run.
- If you sign in before you've been invited, Nevia says so and lets you request access from the same screen.
- The console keeps you signed in longer between visits.
- New accounts start with a workspace that has a real name instead of `default`.
- `nevia create` works as a shorter alias for `nevia new`.
- Renaming a workspace keeps the dashes you type.
- `--yes` now belongs to the commands that ask for confirmation and `--non-interactive` is gone because the CLI detects when nobody is at a terminal. Remove `--non-interactive` from your scripts since the CLI now rejects it like any unknown flag.
- Create commands no longer take `--idempotency-key` since the CLI now makes retries safe on its own. Remove the flag if your scripts pass it.