Hi Chris, to activate Windsurf Next and access beta features like Lifeguard, follow these activation steps:
- Open Windsurf IDE
Launch the Windsurf Editor on your local system or browser.
- Navigate to Settings
Click the gear icon or go to Settings > Experimental Features.
- Enable Windsurf Next
Toggle the switch for “Windsurf Next Beta” or “Enable Lifeguard Preview” if listed separately.
- Restart the IDE
Some features may require a restart or refresh to fully activate.
- Verify Activation
You should see the Lifeguard tool available inside your IDE typically as a sidebar or context-aware debugger.
The Lifeguard in Windsurf Next is an agentic IDE feature that autonomously helps developers detect and resolve bugs with contextual codebase understanding. But there are still risks mainly on context misalignment misreading the repo structure or naming conventions; especially in complex codebases.
Also - depending on what the SWE-1 models match you may find positive/negative flags, more bias oriented analysis on complex code.
It’ll probably take a few months to hit the kind of polish we saw with Replit’s Agent3 setup more recently.
In the meantime, it’s worth double-checking your database replication while monitoring the Cascade auto-scanning and code functionality as it may fail solid sandboxing before pushing live.
Looks like it might still be rolling out gradually? Sometimes these new features take a few days to hit all accounts. Worth checking if there's a waitlist or if it's tied to particular tiers. The concept sounds promising though!
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@sanskarix this is rolled out to all Next users now!
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Hi Chris, to activate Windsurf Next and access beta features like Lifeguard, follow these activation steps:
- Open Windsurf IDE
Launch the Windsurf Editor on your local system or browser.
- Navigate to Settings
Click the gear icon or go to Settings > Experimental Features.
- Enable Windsurf Next
Toggle the switch for “Windsurf Next Beta” or “Enable Lifeguard Preview” if listed separately.
- Restart the IDE
Some features may require a restart or refresh to fully activate.
- Verify Activation
You should see the Lifeguard tool available inside your IDE typically as a sidebar or context-aware debugger.
The Lifeguard in Windsurf Next is an agentic IDE feature that autonomously helps developers detect and resolve bugs with contextual codebase understanding. But there are still risks mainly on context misalignment misreading the repo structure or naming conventions; especially in complex codebases.
Also - depending on what the SWE-1 models match you may find positive/negative flags, more bias oriented analysis on complex code.
It’ll probably take a few months to hit the kind of polish we saw with Replit’s Agent3 setup more recently.
In the meantime, it’s worth double-checking your database replication while monitoring the Cascade auto-scanning and code functionality as it may fail solid sandboxing before pushing live.
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@marcello_cultrera1Â hmm, thanks! I still don't see it. When I search for "Life" this showed up:
@marcello_cultrera1 @chrismessina should be rolled out to all next users now!
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Looks like it might still be rolling out gradually?
Sometimes these new features take a few days to hit all accounts. Worth checking if there's a waitlist or if it's tied to particular tiers. The concept sounds promising though!
@sanskarix this is rolled out to all Next users now!