---
id: coding-agent-streaming-oct26
slug: coding-agent-streaming-adoption-oct-2026
title: "Streaming adoption by coding agent, October 2026"
topic: agentic
period: Oct 2026
updated: 2026-11-11
license: CC BY 4.0
canonical: https://www.requesty.ai/data/coding-agent-streaming-adoption-oct-2026
---

# Streaming adoption by coding agent, October 2026

> Do coding agents stream their responses? In October 2026 8 of 12 agents streamed nearly every call. Claude Code streamed the least at 87%.

*Topic: Agentic workloads. Period: Oct 2026. Last updated 2026-11-11.*

## Why it matters

Streaming lets an agent show progress and cancel early. Agents that stream less often run background or batch calls.

## Questions this answers

- Do coding agents use streaming?
- Which coding agent streams the least?
- How much reasoning do coding agents use?

## Key findings

1. GitHub Copilot: 100% streamed, 32% reasoning.
2. Cursor: 100% streamed, 39% reasoning.
3. Zed: 100% streamed, 41% reasoning.
4. Roo Code: 100% streamed, 5% reasoning.
5. Kilo Code: 100% streamed, 38% reasoning.

## Data

| Agent | Streaming (percent) | Reasoning intensity (percent) | Cache hit rate (percent) |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GitHub Copilot | 100.00% | 32.22% | 95.45% |
| Cursor | 100.00% | 39.14% | 95.42% |
| Zed | 99.99% | 41.39% | 91.98% |
| Roo Code | 99.99% | 4.83% | 95.57% |
| Kilo Code | 99.97% | 38.20% | 93.82% |
| Zoo Code | 99.97% | 25.66% | 89.66% |
| Cline | 99.95% | 23.12% | 96.00% |
| Pi | 99.80% | 42.13% | 94.58% |
| OpenCode | 95.77% | 36.95% | 93.75% |
| Hermes Agent | 90.22% | 44.63% | 92.78% |
| Qwen Code | 88.42% | 35.68% | 81.87% |
| Claude Code | 87.12% | 31.92% | 85.22% |

## Caveats

- Reasoning intensity is reasoning tokens divided by output tokens.

## Cite as

**APA.** Requesty (2026). Streaming adoption by coding agent, October 2026. Requesty Data. https://www.requesty.ai/data/coding-agent-streaming-adoption-oct-2026

```bibtex
@misc{requesty_coding_agent_streaming_adoption_oct_2026,
  author       = {{Requesty}},
  title        = {Streaming adoption by coding agent, October 2026},
  year         = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.requesty.ai/data/coding-agent-streaming-adoption-oct-2026}},
  note         = {Requesty Data}
}
```

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