# New in Symfony 8.2: Console sub-commands

DevFeed: [New in Symfony 8.2: Console sub-commands](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/new-in-symfony-8-2-console-sub-commands-30914.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://symfony.com/blog/new-in-symfony-8-2-console-sub-commands>)

Author: Javier Eguiluz

Published: 2026-09-16T07:33:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Symfony Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/symfony-blog.md>)

Topics: [Symfony](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/symfony.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code.md>)

Tags: [commands](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/commands.md>), [compose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/compose.md>), [console](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/console.md>), [docker-compose](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/docker-compose.md>), [git](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/git.md>), [symfony](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/symfony.md>)

## AI overview

Symfony 8.2 adds spaced console sub-commands, allowing command names to form a tree whose levels parse their own options. The update also supports tree-aware help, completion, argument handling, command-chain access, testing, and defining command trees in a single class.

## Source excerpt

Symfony console applications group their commands with colon-separated namespaces, such as cache:clear or messenger:consume. Tools like Docker and Git use a different style: spaces separate the levels (docker compose up) and each level parses its own options....