Windsurf Becomes Devin Desktop: Cognition Ships Agent Command Center, Devin Local, and ACP Support

Summary

On June 2, 2026, Cognition rebranded Windsurf as Devin Desktop and pushed the change as an over-the-air update, signaling a shift from a "code-first IDE that can call an agent" to an "agent-management hub that contains a full IDE." The new default surface is an Agent Command Center — a Kanban-style interface that unifies local and cloud agents, with a new Spaces feature for context sharing. Devin Desktop also adopts the open-source Agent Client Protocol (ACP), letting any compatible agent run in