Grok Bot adds gift requests, flight booking, and computer retention

What changed

The Grok Bot changelog entry dated November 5, 2026 is titled "New app icon and gift requests" and includes 0.79.0 and 0.79.1. The page's latest label, 0.79.3, is the November 6 entry. These are the new capabilities in the November 5 notes.

• Asked for a gift, the Bot asks for the recipient, budget, occasion, and deliver-by date, and it does not order a gift that would arrive late.
• On several major US airline sites, booking follows the site's steps. If a booking stops, the Bot ends with a link so you can finish it.
• Gmail and Outlook draft cards list attached files, and Send includes them.
• If a web page hides instructions aimed at AI agents, the Bot says it found them and did not follow them.
• A message you send in New chat while Create New Bot is still running goes to the new Bot and stays on screen.
• Settings offers Slovenščina, and the app opens in Slovenian when that is the system language.
• The Bot's computer can run ssh and psql.
• The Library filters are Pinned, All, Pages, Media, Links, Files, and Apps.
• With one Bot, the sidebar hides behind a toggle. With two to four it is a narrow rail. With five or more it is full.
• The AWS plugin setup asks for an access key ID, secret access key, optional session token, and region.
• The Bot can create and edit images of real people, using reference photos for well-known people.
• Admins can set a Bot Computer Retention Period. After that, inactive members' Bot computers are terminated. The changelog marks this Teams.

Other behavior in the same notes that changes day-to-day use: after you tap Pay, a blocked checkout continues in the same run, and the reply can include the order number and total. While shopping, the Bot enters only discount codes you or a tool gave it, and it tells you when a site rejects one. Commands that open or unlock a Tesla, or let someone drive it, always ask for approval. Auto-review cards say why an action paused: your Ask first rule, your team's Ask first rule, or your Needs approval setting. Before an order, the Bot rechecks the shipping and total you approved and tells you if the charged total differs. The desktop app has a new flat icon.

The changelog also lists a long set of connector, mail, and Library fixes for the same day. Those details are on the changelog page.

Why it matters

Gift and flight flows are now explicit handoffs. A gift request should stop and ask for recipient, budget, occasion, and a deliver-by date, and it should refuse a gift that misses that date. A flight that cannot be finished in the Bot should end on a link, not on a silent failure.

Teams admins get a retention timer for Bot computers. Inactive members' computers are terminated after the period you set. Set that before you assume a computer and its sessions stick around.

ssh and psql on the Bot's computer are new commands it can run. Treat them like any other shell access the Bot already had: approval rules still apply, and Tesla vehicle commands are called out as always asking.

Hidden agent instructions on a web page are disclosed and not followed. If you publish those instructions for other agents, Grok Bot will tell the user it saw them and skipped them.

Frequently asked questions

What does the Bot ask before it looks for a gift?

The changelog says recipient, budget, occasion, and deliver-by date. It does not order a gift that would arrive late.

Can admins delete idle Bot computers?

Yes. The November 5 notes say admins can set a Bot Computer Retention Period, after which inactive members' Bot computers are terminated. It is marked Teams.

Will the Bot follow hidden instructions on a web page?

No. The changelog says that when a page hides instructions for AI agents, the Bot tells you it found them and did not follow them.

Sources

• Grok Bot changelog, November 5, 2026