LibreChat-AI/LibreChat v0.8.9-rc1 on GitHub

First release candidate for v0.8.9. Includes Node.js 24.22.1 security updates. Configuration schema: 1.3.18.

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What's Changed

📦 ci: Remove Legacy GHCR Mirror by @danny-avila in #16585
🎋 chore: Validate Canary History on Current Dev by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16586
🧑‍🍳 fix: Distinguish Tool Preparation From Execution by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16619
🪀 fix: Stop the Textarea Jump During File Uploads by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16623
🗂️ feat: Give File-Type Tiles Their Own Theme Roles by @berry-13 in #16603
🪗 fix: Open the Lone Tool Call Directly and Label Settled Commands Ran by @berry-13 in #16547
🎛️ refactor: Hand Chat Preferences to the Host and the Follow-Up Queue to Jotai by @berry-13 in #16604
🔗 fix: Hide the Viewer's Deployment Theme While a Shared Link Loads by @berry-13 in #16608
🎛️ refactor: Pass the New-Chat Panel Preference Into the Sidebar by @berry-13 in #16605
🪧 fix: Open the Mobile Drawer Below a Site Banner by @berry-13 in #16611
🧹 refactor: Keep Store Imports Out of the Chat Hooks by @berry-13 in #16620
🪟 feat: Undock the Artifacts Pane into Its Own Window by @berry-13 in #15911
⏯️ feat: Resume Streams and Send AI SDK Messages Through the Chat Facade by @berry-13 in #16609
🧩 refactor: Serve Chat Context Through a Facade-Owned Provider by @berry-13 in #16610
🦎 fix: Restore Theme Contrast in Composer and Messages by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16624
💬 feat: Conversation Starters in Agent Builder by @berry-13 in #16523
fix: Restore MCP OAuth Browser Binding 🪢 by @danny-avila in #16634
🫡 fix: Keep Pending Steering Within the Chat Column by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16621
🚷 fix: Stop Reporting Rejected MCP Credentials as Authorized by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16571
🫗 feat: Field Fill and Ink Theme Roles by @berry-13 in #16607
📏 feat: Click UI Spacing and Mono Stack for the ClickHouse Theme by @berry-13 in #16616
🔐 feat: Enforce Required Two-Factor Authentication by @berry-13 in #14731
🥽 feat: Configure Attached Defaults and Honor Skill Read Ranges by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16540
🧾 feat: Serve Built-In Endpoint Model Lists From Config So Overrides Can Narrow Them by @danny-avila in #16639
🪢 feat: Collapse Activity Folds From Their Rails by @danny-avila in #16637
⛺ feat: Report Attached Bash Starting Directories by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16539
🛷 perf: Reduce Browser Work When Sending Documents by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16646
🦭 test: Add Scheduled MCP Authorization Contract Fixtures by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16645
🥾 fix: Advertise Stable Uploaded File Paths Before Code Execution by @Oliver777int in #16578
🍵 fix: Preserve Workspace Decisions in Warm Chat Caches by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16648
📐 feat: Size Roles for the Shared Primitives by @berry-13 in #16617
🪔 feat: Add Bound Scheduled MCP Consent by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16652
🧳 feat: Choose Agent-Allowed Machines For New Chats by @danny-avila in #16651
📧 fix: Pass requireTLS So EMAIL_ENCRYPTION=starttls Requires STARTTLS by @ethanlaj in #16656
♻️ refactor: Native Prompts Behind a Shared Service and Adapter by @AtefBellaaj in #16506
🪟 fix: Read the Static Checks Workflow With CRLF Line Endings by @danny-avila in #16669
📔 feat: Preserve Owner Text During PII Redaction by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16311
💬 fix: Keep Healthy Workspace Detach Available by @danny-avila in #16670
🧰 style: Hover-Revealed Tool Output Copy, Full Output, and a Virtualized My Files Table by @berry-13 in #16640
🛖 fix: Scope OAuth Binding Cookies to the Public API Path by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16649
📼 fix: Replay Running Subagent Activity by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16541
🗂️ feat: Choose Conversation Checkout Mode by @danny-avila in #16679
🪇 perf: Coalesce Ready Background Completions by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16650
🗝️ fix: Resolve Config-Scoped Custom Providers by @danny-avila in #16687
🙋 feat: Refine the Ask Question Card and Smooth Batched Question Steps by @berry-13 in #16641
💭 fix: Show the Thoughts Floating Bar Only When Its Header Is Off Screen by @berry-13 in #16642
📁 feat: Edit Projects in a Dialog and Pick Files From the Your Files Dialog by @berry-13 in #16643
🧭 feat: Give the Mobile Drawer Edge a Role and Move the Last Page Colours Onto Roles by @berry-13 in #16631
✅ feat: Default Machine Selection and Linked-Worktree Lanes On by @danny-avila in #16678
📕 fix: Explain Native Web Search Permission Denials by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16691
🔐 fix: Authenticate Code Session Probes the Way Their Route Expects by @danny-avila in #16688
🔕 fix: Log Lost Generation Predecessor Fences as Warnings by @danny-avila in #16689
🕊️ fix: Keep Attachment History From Locking Conversations by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16690
🏃 fix: List Every Running Chat in the Sidebar's Running Group by @danny-avila in #16668
🏋️ fix: Bound Host File Edits Outside the API Event Loop by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16677
🫖 fix: Debounce Streaming Tool Code Highlights by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16695
🍴 feat: Separate Machine, Workspace, and Git Controls by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16696
🧭 fix: Explain Missing Workspace Paths to the Model by @danny-avila in #16700
📝 docs: Describe Attached-Workspace Lanes, Sandbox Scratch, and Skill Files in Tool Descriptions by @danny-avila in #16702
🔓 feat: Remember Tool Approvals Per Conversation by @berry-13 in #16557
📍 feat: Show the Current Text Where a Missing Workspace Edit Belongs by @danny-avila in #16698
🖍️ fix: Read Theme Roles for the Last Artifact and Agent Chip Colours by @berry-13 in #16705
🎚️ refactor: Drop Inline Pointer Styles From Select and Menu Primitives by @berry-13 in #16704
📌 test: Re-Pin Click UI Drift Guard to v0.13.0 and Probe the Checkbox by @berry-13 in #16706
🧾 fix: Commit Resume Provenance With the Approval Claim by @berry-13 in #16430
📏 feat: Size Roles for the Select List by @berry-13 in #16714
🪜 fix: Layer Settings Dialog Popovers Above Its Panel by @berry-13 in #16720
🌗 fix: Ink the Artifact Refresh Veil with the Media Text Role by @berry-13 in #16716
🌊 perf: Trim Per-Token and Per-Render Work in Streaming and Lists by @berry-13 in #16718
🗄️ perf: Cut Serial and Redundant Database Reads by @berry-13 in #16711
🛼 fix: Keep BYOM Workspace Diagnostics Out of Composer Layout by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16721
🔍 fix: Warn When interface.webSearch Blocks Native Search by @berry-13 in #16708
🧺 perf: Batch Prompt Group Permission Checks in the Sidebar by @berry-13 in #16710
🎨 feat: Add Lia's Pixel Art Renderer by @berry-13 in #16682
🎐 perf: Coalesce Ready Background Completions by Default by @danny-avila in #16724
🛰️ feat: Status on the Avatar, a Finished Group, and Project Chats in the Sidebar List by @danny-avila in #16715
🦯 fix: Restore BYOM Diagnostic Access and Stabilize Readiness Checks by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16723
🪄 feat: Simplify Steer Controls And Queue Row Actions by @berry-13 in #16713
🕴️ fix: Align Agent Contact Email on the Landing Page by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16655
🪞 perf: Skip Unchanged Skills in GitHub Skill Sync by @berry-13 in #16717
📩 fix: Stage URL Prompts Before Agent Submission by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16647
🦫 feat: Enforce Scheduled MCP Read-Only Authority by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16681
🥁 test: Stabilize Host Edit Responsiveness Assertions by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16727
🪀 fix: Separate Workspace Admission and Transport Budgets by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16728
🐦 test: Define PII Policy and Conformance Fixtures by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16726
🖲️ fix: Enable Running Chat Menus and Preserve Renamed Titles by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16697
🔭 feat: Recover Stale Chunks Without the Error Page and Ship Client Logs to RUM by @danny-avila in #16701
👻 fix: Reveal Project Row Actions on Hover and Focus by @berry-13 in #16731
🧗 feat: Light the Fold Path to the Hovered Activity Row by @danny-avila in #16722
🔤 test: Cover Alias Frontmatter Keys in the Skill Sync Skip by @berry-13 in #16725
🧠 feat: Add Lia's Behavior Engine by @berry-13 in #16683
🧹 fix: Let File Deletes Succeed When the Code API No Longer Serves the Ref's Profile by @TomasPalsson in #16671
🗝️ fix: Strengthen Two-Factor Recovery Credentials by @danny-avila in #16742
♿ a11y: Stop Agent API Keys Dialog Opening Its Info Card On Focus by @berry-13 in #16735
🫰 feat: Configure Tool Approval Modes Per Agent by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16707
🎣 feat: Poll Durable Workspace Requests Without Rejoining Admission by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16733
🪇 feat: Consolidate Orchestration Into a Native Tool by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16744
🫗 perf: Release Message Histories of Conversations the User Has Left by @danny-avila in #16747
🌲 feat: Expose Navigable Subagent Progress Trees by @danny-avila in #16748
⚡ perf: Async Local File Saves and Compile Hot-Path Regexes Once by @berry-13 in #16712
⚡ perf: Cache Package Builds and Make Client Coverage Opt-In by @berry-13 in #16709
🔍 feat: App-Wide UI Scale Setting by @berry-13 in #14903
🪚 chore: Deprecate Agent Chain Authoring by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16745
🫥 fix: Remove Hover and Press Backgrounds From Chat Tool Rows by @berry-13 in #16749
📏 fix: Truncate Long Titles in the Archived Chats Dialog by @berry-13 in #16754
🗂️ fix: Keep Project Chats Out of Chats by Default and Space Project Rows by @berry-13 in #16755
🌀 fix: Sync Spinner Rotation Phase Across Instances by @berry-13 in #16738
🔗 feat(agents): use LibreChat prompt groups as agent instructions by @AtefBellaaj in #16686
💶 fix: Price Mistral Large 3 at $0.50 / $1.50 per MTok by @Alan-Billi in #16675
🧬 fix: Default Subagents to Their Parent's Code Machine and Workspace by @danny-avila in #16756
🕊️ feat: Supply Authorized Scheduled MCP Resource Bearers by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16699
🛝 test: Stabilize MCP App Link Clicks by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16760
👯 fix: Separate Subagents and Handoffs Into Native Tools by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16761
🚕 feat: Add Per-Call Subagent Machine Selection by @danny-avila in #16757
💳 feat: Show Balance in the Context Gauge as Credits, Currency, or Percent by @danny-avila in #16762
🔱 feat: Simplify Steering Controls to Three Modes by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16759
⚙️ fix: Default Running Chat Rename to On by @berry-13 in #16769
🎨 style: Compact Queue Buttons and Restyle Projects and Composer Context Rail by @berry-13 in #16772
🪪 feat: Name and Face Subagents Like Main Chat Turns by @danny-avila in #16692
🏝️ fix: Let a No-Workspace Turn Carry a Remembered Approval Mode by @danny-avila in #16763
🪶 perf: Load Tool-Call Previews and Fetch Full Parts on Demand by @danny-avila in #16753
🦉 feat: Compare Review Commit Ancestry Without Git by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16734
🦔 fix: Keep System Messages Stable During Collapse by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16780
🪟 feat: Overlay Theme Roles for Tooltips, Error Alerts and Artifact Previews by @berry-13 in #16739
⏳ feat: Reset Balance Allowances Without Rollover by @danny-avila in #16781
🪄 fix: Hide Sole Tool Row Under Its Group Header by @berry-13 in #16750
🧱 feat: Layered Surface Roles for the ClickHouse Theme by @berry-13 in #16737
⚙️ feat: Move Chat Actions Into a Header Options Menu by @berry-13 in #16775
📴 fix: Persist Cancelled Compactions With Their Identity by @berry-13 in #16436
🧷 fix: Finalize Stopped Compactions and Verify Their Anchor by @berry-13 in #16551
♿ a11y: Ring Content Rows in a Themeable Focus Role by @berry-13 in #16740
🔇 feat: Let a Theme Quiet Decorative Borders by @berry-13 in #16741
🪟 fix: Layer Tooltips Above the Popups They Open Inside by @berry-13 in #16791
🔇 fix: Keep Reasoning Out of Read Aloud by @berry-13 in #16790
🚪 fix: Let Concurrent First OpenID Logins Continue as the New User by @danny-avila in #16778
🔁 fix: Recover Concurrent First SAML, LDAP and Social Logins by @danny-avila in #16779
🌿 feat: Accept Lane Git State and Pull Request Contract by @berry-13 in #16792
🗂️ feat: Record Lane Git State and Serve Conversation Pull Requests by @berry-13 in #16793
🎛️ fix: Smooth, Compact Code Workspace, Checkout and Approval Selectors by @berry-13 in #16789
🪶 feat: Quiet Prompt Editor Boxes, Table Columns and Destructive Buttons by @berry-13 in #16751
🎯 fix: Keep Running Chat Ring Centered at Any UI Scale by @berry-13 in #16810
📝 feat: Visible Prose Markers and Composer Shape Roles for ClickHouse by @berry-13 in #16736
🏝️ fix: Apply the No-Workspace Decision Wherever an Agent's Code Route Resolves by @danny-avila in #16798
⏹️ fix: Reconcile Stopped Generations Before Detaching the Stream by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #16788
🔑 fix: Require Colon in API-Key Header Detection by @dustinhealy in #16803
🔀 feat: Show the Conversation Pull Request in the Chat Header by @berry-13 in #16794
🩹 fix: Stub the Attached Route in the Lane Recording Specs by @berry-13 in #16840
📏 fix: Make DataTable Row Estimates Breakpoint- and Leaf-Column-Aware by @berry-13 in #16817
🌫️ fix: Dim a Disabled InputNumber Through Its Nested Input by @berry-13 in #16820
🧹 refactor: Clear Chat Design Suppressions That Render Nothing by @berry-13 in #16822
🏷️ refactor: Mark Message Text Containers With a Data Attribute by @berry-13 in #16826
🧹 refactor: Clear Raw-Color and Unknown-Class Suppressions in Panels by @berry-13 in #16818
🧹 refactor: Replace Arbitrary Values in the Agent Builder and Skills by @berry-13 in #16824
🏷️ refactor: Drop Redundant Label Ink Overrides in Panels by @berry-13 in #16830
🧽 refactor: Drop Classes Primitives Already Set by @berry-13 in #16835
🧹 refactor: Clear the Raw-Color and Unknown-Class Design Suppressions by @berry-13 in #16825
🔐 refactor: Give Sign-In Controls Button, Input and Alert Variants by @berry-13 in #16828
🖥️ feat: Show Lia on the Welcome Screen by @berry-13 in #16684
🔗 refactor: Use the Bare and Wide Button Sizes in the Account Settings Dialogs by @berry-13 in #16834
🗂️ feat: Merge Change and Remove Project Into One Submenu by @berry-13 in #16844
🧽 refactor: Drop Redundant Button Overrides in Chat Messages and Input by @berry-13 in #16838
🎨 feat: Add Secondary Label Variant and Spinner Tone by @berry-13 in #16837
🧱 chore: Let Callers Own Spacing on Dialog and Panel Containers by @berry-13 in #16836
🔀 feat: Show the Conversation Pull Request in the Sidebar List by @berry-13 in #16815
🎛️ feat: Add Quiet and Message Action Button Variants by @berry-13 in #16839
🩹 fix: Keep Chrome Surfaces and Destructive Confirms Legible in Quiet-Chrome Themes by @berry-13 in #16833
🔠 feat: Add 10, 11, 13 and 15px Steps to the Theme Type Scale by @berry-13 in #16827
🎨 refactor: Route Stylesheet Colours Through Theme Variables by @berry-13 in #16823
🎛️ fix: Polish the Pull Request Chip and Card Header by @berry-13 in #16860
🧹 refactor: Clear Raw-Color, Unknown-Class and Arbitrary-Value Suppressions by @berry-13 in #16829
🧹 refactor: Resolve Unknown Classes and Shed Restyle Overrides in Chat Messages by @berry-13 in #16865
🧹 refactor: Clear Chat Input Design Suppressions Through Existing Variants by @berry-13 in #16863
♿ a11y: Let Dark Mode Honor Outline Utilities on Focus by @berry-13 in #16861
🧬 fix: Derive the Theme Cache Version and Align Color Tokens by @berry-13 in #16819
🧹 refactor: Use Existing Variants and Drop Redundant Overrides in Nav, Skills and Prompts by @berry-13 in #16868
🎚️ refactor: Give InputNumber an Option Variant for Setting Values by @berry-13 in #16831
♿ a11y: Name the Global Focus Outline on Tabs, Table Rows and Dropdown by @berry-13 in #16870
🔌 feat: Enable Pull Requests by Default With a Token Fallback by @berry-13 in #16876
🧹 refactor: Drop Redundant Design Overrides in the Agents Panel by @berry-13 in #16866
🧼 refactor: Drop Redundant Design Overrides in the Remaining Side Panels by @berry-13 in #16867
🎯 fix: Load Pull Request Status Only for Code Conversations by @berry-13 in #16885
🟣 style: Show Merged Pull Requests in Purple by @berry-13 in #16882
🎯 refactor: Hold ClickHouse Colors at Their Click UI Values by @berry-13 in #16821
🧱 feat: Add Flush, Embedded and Nav Primitive Variants by @berry-13 in #16862
🧹 refactor: Move Inline Styles to Classes Outside Chat and the Side Panel by @berry-13 in #16871
🎚️ refactor: Use Primitive Tones, Variants and Shapes in Remaining Components by @berry-13 in #16872
🎚️ feat: Promote Stylesheet Colour Roles to Registry Colours by @berry-13 in #16864
🧬 test: Pin Built-In Theme Output to the Cache Epoch by @berry-13 in #16875
🧠 feat: Infer Reasoning Effort Support From Known Custom Endpoint Hosts by @berry-13 in #16797
🎚️ feat: Filter OpenRouter Reasoning Efforts by the Selected Model by @berry-13 in #16808
🧱 refactor: Use the Framed Textarea Variant in the Skill Editors by @berry-13 in #16894
🪟 refactor: Use the Embedded Input Variant in the Command Popovers by @berry-13 in #16901
🖱️ feat: Open the Pull Request Card When Hovering Anywhere on a Conversation Row by @berry-13 in #16895
📐 fix: Lay Out Agent Builder Model Parameters Like the Chat Panel by @berry-13 in #16897
🧪 test: Apply One Reference Theme Across Radius, Font, Shadow and Spacing by @berry-13 in #16905
🪢 fix: Settle Compaction Rows Past Anchor Collisions and Legacy Parts by @berry-13 in #16552
💓 feat: Keep Quiet Chat Streams Alive Behind Idle-Timeout Proxies by @berry-13 in #16904
🧭 fix: Bring Submenus Closer to Their Parent Menu by @berry-13 in #16930
🌗 a11y: Ink the Dark Default Avatar Glyph at 3:1 on Its Fill by @berry-13 in #16931
🧮 fix: Read Math Function Channels in CSS Custom Property Triplets by @berry-13 in #16924
🏷️ a11y: Give Prompt Category Icons Their Own Color Role by @berry-13 in #16933
🧭 refactor: Give the Desktop Icon Rail Nav Hover and Selected States by @berry-13 in #16937
🎨 a11y: Draw Every Prompt Category Icon Muted Under ClickHouse by @berry-13 in #16935
🖱️ refactor: Hover the Rail Toggle, New Chat and Marketplace Controls in the Nav Role by @berry-13 in #16940
🪄 feat: Adopt the Continue Icon, Artifact Timing, Avatar Border and Dropdown Intents Tailwind 3 Never Rendered by @berry-13 in #16941
🎯 fix: Show the Focused State of the InputNumber Option Variant by @berry-13 in #16925
📐 feat: Let a Theme Reshape the Sign-In Field and Button by @berry-13 in #16939
👆 a11y: Show Hover-Revealed Actions to the Touchscreen on a 2-in-1 by @berry-13 in #16943
🎯 a11y: Hand Focus Back When an Agent Detail Refresh Removes the Focused Control by @berry-13 in #16945
🎯 a11y: Move Field and Focus Call Sites Onto the Control Roles by @berry-13 in #16929
🎚️ refactor: Define the Code Highlight Cadence Default Once by @berry-13 in #16946
🧭 refactor: Normalize Model-Authored Artifact Types in One Place by @berry-13 in #16947
🪶 perf: Mount a Sidebar Row's Menu Actions Only Once Its Menu Is Used by @berry-13 in #16948
🚦 feat: Lint Disabled Dims That Compose No Disabled Recipe by @berry-13 in #16907
📦 refactor: Move the Token-Usage Jotai State Into the TokenUsage Feature by @berry-13 in #16950
🪝 refactor: Supply Auto-Expand Tools to Tool Cards From the Message Host by @berry-13 in #16951
🧯 feat: Recover Conversations Whose Attachments Keep Failing by @danny-avila in #16965
🎨 style: Quiet Failed Tool Activity by @berry-13 in #16949
📝 refactor: Read ChatView's Save-Drafts Setting From the Host Chat Settings by @berry-13 in #16952
🧪 test: Drive useChat Through a Substitute Transport for Send, Stop, Steer and Errors by @berry-13 in #16957
☑️ feat: Give the Checkbox Theme Roles for Its Fill and Corner by @berry-13 in #16958
🧭 refactor: Supply Deployment Config and Auth to Chat Hooks Through ChatSettings by @berry-13 in #16963
📦 feat: Scaffold the @librechat/chat Package by @berry-13 in #16964
💬 fix: Clear Queued Attachments and Simplify Steer Controls by @berry-13 in #16969
📎 fix: Resolve useChat Tool Parts Against Live Attachments by @berry-13 in #16960
🧱 refactor: Judge Chat Package Imports on the Resolved Module by @berry-13 in #16975
🎬 feat: Animate Background Tasks and Add Tool Navigation by @berry-13 in #16959
🧩 fix: Use Dropdown In Code Execution Settings by @berry-13 in #16980
📱 fix: Keep Focused Text Fields at 16px on Touch Devices by @berry-13 in #16971
🪢 refactor: Move Stop Button, Abort Scroll and Submission Start State to Jotai by @berry-13 in #16968
🚰 refactor: Move the Pure Stream Code into the @librechat/chat Core by @berry-13 in #16979
🔗 fix: Detect Pull Request Links in Command Output for Conversation Lanes by @berry-13 in #16982
🏢 feat: Look Up Pull Requests on a GitHub Enterprise Host by @berry-13 in #16985
🦊 feat: Look Up GitLab Merge Requests Behind a Provider Setting by @berry-13 in #16986
⌨️ feat: Change Default Chat Preferences by @berry-13 in #16932
🪣 feat: Look Up Bitbucket Cloud Pull Requests by @berry-13 in #16987
♻️ feat: Share Pull Request Lookups Across Replicas Through Redis by @berry-13 in #16988
🪦 fix: Omit Email From Account Deletion Log by @berry-13 in #16993
🕵️ fix: Redact Email Addresses and IPs From Auth Flow Logs by @berry-13 in #16994
🥟 ci: Type-Check Workspaces with bun check by @berry-13 in #17009
🔑 feat: Let Users Connect Their Own Account for Pull Request Lookups by @berry-13 in #16989
🧹 fix: Stop Cache Audit From Logging Cache Keys and Values by @berry-13 in #16995
🔁 refactor: Lift the Step Handler Into a Core reduceStep With an Effects Channel by @berry-13 in #17000
🗳️ feat: Approval-Responded, Output-Denied and Ask-User Parts in the UI Message View by @berry-13 in #16961
🔐 fix: Encrypt User Plugin Credentials With Random-IV v3 Format by @berry-13 in #16996
🍪 fix: Load Google Tag Manager Only After Analytics Consent by @berry-13 in #16999
🔁 test: Retry MCP Reinitialize Past the Circuit Breaker Cooldown in Credential Scenarios by @berry-13 in #17029
🔌 feat: Add a Connected Account Setting for Pull Requests by @berry-13 in #16990
🤫 fix: Stop Logging Action Auth Credentials to the Console by @berry-13 in #17031
🔘 refactor: Draw the Composer Controls With the Shared Button by @berry-13 in #16953
🎯 fix: Hold Default Button Heights and the Dialog Close Button at the 24px Target by @berry-13 in #16928
📧 fix: Log User IDs Instead of Emails in Admin Panel Auth Flow by @berry-13 in #17032
🪤 test: Widen the Theme Cache Pin to Joint Fallbacks, Enum Literals and Joint Rules by @berry-13 in #16927
🌗 feat: Hand the Colour Mode Over on an Entry Link by @berry-13 in #17056
fix(prompts): include command in prompt group list projections by @aniketkrs in #17046
🔏 fix: Encrypt Provider Keys With v3, Reject Plaintext in decryptV2 and Default to Strong Backup Codes by @berry-13 in #17051
🪪 fix: Boot-Paint a Cached Theme Only for Its Signed-In Owner by @berry-13 in #16926
📬 fix: Drain a Follow-Up Queued in a Chat the User Left by @berry-13 in #16632
🧭 fix: Land on Chat History Instead of the Last Sidebar Panel by @berry-13 in #17083
👋 feat: Optional Greeting Heading and Footer-Free Welcome Screen by @berry-13 in #17055
🧩 refactor: Route Message Parts Through a @librechat/chat Part Dispatcher and Host by @berry-13 in #16976
🎨 feat: Paint the Operator Theme on a First-Ever Visit by @berry-13 in #16962
📏 feat: Cap the Select List at the Popover's Available Height by @berry-13 in #16938
🎯 test: Match the Action Save Toast Once When a Live Region Repeats It by @berry-13 in #17091
📃 fix: Enforce Terms Acceptance on the Server and Mark Backfilled Consent by @berry-13 in #17063
⏳ fix: Expire Dead-Lettered Trigger Deliveries and Clean Up Orphaned Image Uploads by @berry-13 in #17049
⎈ fix: Authenticate Bundled Helm Databases and Warn on Plain-HTTP Ingress by @berry-13 in #17047
📝 refactor: Move Text-Like Message Parts Into @librechat/chat by @berry-13 in #17087
🗑️ fix: Route Delete-User CLI Through the Shared Account Erasure Cascade by @berry-13 in #17033
🧹 fix: Run the Full Erasure Cascade When an Admin Deletes a User by @berry-13 in #17050
📜 feat: Audit Admin Role, Group, Config and IdP Role Mutations by @berry-13 in #17052
🛂 feat: Audit Resource Sharing Changes and Fail Closed on Reversible Audit Writes by @berry-13 in #17053
🗂️ feat: Audit MCP, Code Worker, Langfuse, Skill Credential, Passkey and Audit Log Access by @berry-13 in #17054
🧹 refactor: Remove Dead Client Hooks, Store Modules and Utilities by @berry-13 in #17111
🗃️ refactor: Remove Dead Data Schemas Methods and Data Provider Exports by @berry-13 in #17113
🪦 refactor: Remove Dead Legacy API Modules and Root Tooling by @berry-13 in #17114
🧽 refactor: Remove Dead Client Components, Providers and Barrels by @berry-13 in #17116
🧭 refactor: Move Steer and Queue Pure Logic into the Chat Core by @berry-13 in #17107
🧭 refactor: Move App-Only Conversation and Sharing Hooks Out of hooks/Chat by @berry-13 in #17108
🙈 fix: Mask Emails and Drop Personal Identifiers From Logs by @berry-13 in #17048
🪡 refactor: Split Queue Receipts, Rows and Composer Takes out of useSteering by @berry-13 in #17122
🧷 refactor: Split Steer Chips, Enqueue and Queued Recovery out of useSteering by @berry-13 in #17123
📮 refactor: Move the Steer POST into useSubmitSteer with Core Helpers by @berry-13 in #17124
🎛️ refactor: Move Queued Send and During-Run Actions out of useSteering by @berry-13 in #17125
🧲 refactor: Move Pending Quotes and Manual Skills onto Jotai by @berry-13 in #17126
🧮 refactor: Lift Stream Steer-Chip Reconciliation into Core Reducers by @berry-13 in #17128
⚛️ refactor: Move the Steer Atoms to Jotai in the Chat Package by @berry-13 in #17135
🪟 refactor: Read Mounted Pane Conversations through ChatSettings in Steer Recovery by @berry-13 in #17137
🧮 refactor: Move Token Usage Math Into the Chat Package by @berry-13 in #17106
🧰 refactor: Move Resumable Start Helpers Into the Chat Core by @berry-13 in #17109
🧵 refactor: Move Turn Message Helpers Into the Chat Core by @berry-13 in #17110
🔁 fix: Keep the Error Card When a Stream Reattached Without Resume State Fails by @berry-13 in #17112
🧭 refactor: Give the Resumable Stream a Core Run and Subscription by @berry-13 in #17117
🏁 refactor: Move Resumable Terminal Handoff and Lifecycle Reconcile Into the Chat Core by @berry-13 in #17119
🚰 refactor: Move Queue Drain Decisions into the Chat Core by @berry-13 in #17130
📦 refactor: Move Steer Queue and Composer State into the Chat Package by @berry-13 in #17155
🧱 refactor: Split the Chat Step Reducer Into Stream Modules by @berry-13 in #17105
✂️ refactor: Split the Chat Ask Function Into Turn Modules by @berry-13 in #17115
🛰️ refactor: Move the Submitting Flag to Jotai in the Chat Package by @berry-13 in #17121
🛟 refactor: Move Resumable Transport Failure Handling Into the Chat Core by @berry-13 in #17120
🐛 fix: Defer Logger Serialization Until After Transport Sanitization by @dustinhealy in #17169
🩹 refactor: Move Resumable Response Patching Into the Chat Core by @berry-13 in #17127
📦 refactor: Move the Generation Run Atoms Into the Chat Package by @berry-13 in #17140
🔓 fix: Prevent 30-Second OpenID Refresh Stalls After a Discarded Prerender by @upman in #17174
🔐 fix: Skip Reasoning Labels for Encrypted Reasoning by @danny-avila in #17100
🪄 fix: Ground the Default Artifacts Prompt in What the Renderer Supports by @danny-avila in #17024
⏱️ ci: Balance Playwright Shards by Recorded Duration by @danny-avila in #17019
🔒 fix: Upgrade the MCP SDK Past the OAuth Credential Leak (GHSA-6qxp-vccf-f47h) by @danny-avila in #17015
🔒 chore: Resolve Open Dependabot Security Alerts by @danny-avila in #17016
🐳 fix: Align Admin Panel Image With Upstream Publishing Namespace by @dustinhealy in #17096
🛰️ refactor: Move the Pane Submission to Jotai in the Chat Package by @berry-13 in #17159
🔀 refactor: Move Resumable Frame Dispatch and Attach Into the Chat Core by @berry-13 in #17129
🔌 refactor: Inject the App Services the Steer Hooks Use through a Steer Host by @berry-13 in #17156
✂️ refactor: Remove Dead Helpers, Classes and Dependencies From packages/api by @berry-13 in #17118
🐛 fix: Keep Artifact Download Clear of Message Navigation by @dustinhealy in #17079
🧩 feat: Add Skill Creation and File Deletion to Management API by @dustinhealy in #16878
🗑️ feat: Expose Skill Deletion in Management API by @dustinhealy in #17005
🧱 feat: Add Skill Lifecycle Persistence Primitives by @dustinhealy in #17040
🧾 feat: Add Skill Upload Reservation Helpers by @dustinhealy in #17041
🧹 feat: Add Bounded Whole-Skill Cleanup Engine by @dustinhealy in #17042
🔌 feat: Integrate Durable Skill Lifecycle Across Writers and Routes by @dustinhealy in #17043
🧪 test: Scroll UI-Scale Conversation Rows Into View by @dustinhealy in #17188
🧪 refactor: Move Test-Only Helpers Out of Production Modules by @berry-13 in #17139
🔒 chore: Update pbkdf2 and to-buffer by @danny-avila in #17187
🧪 test: Spec the First-Sentence Diagnostic Comparison in the Suppression Runner by @berry-13 in #17165
🧱 refactor: Read Message Content Siblings Through the Parts Host by @berry-13 in #17171
🎨 style: Restore Resumable SSE Import Order by @dustinhealy in #17191
🧠 perf: Recycle Backend Jest Workers Past 1GB by @berry-13 in #17098
🐛 fix: Restore MCP App Rendering and Actions by @dustinhealy in #16382
🔎 perf: Index-Bound Word-Prefix Search for Users and Groups by @berry-13 in #16719
✏️ refactor: Read the Inline Editors' Messages View Through the Parts Host by @berry-13 in #17172
🗂️ refactor: Read the Search, File and Message Editor Siblings Through the Parts Host by @berry-13 in #17173
🏷️ fix: Drop a File Name Removed Through the UI Parts View by @berry-13 in #17184
🎚️ refactor: Move Pane Preset and Option Settings to Jotai in the Chat Package by @berry-13 in #17179
🌠 chore: Default OpenAI Image Tools to GPT Image Flare by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #17014
🧵 fix: Harmony Headers in Text Attachments Break OpenAI Models on Bedrock by @danny-avila in #17101
🗂️ refactor: Move Pane Composer Files to Jotai in the Chat Package by @berry-13 in #17193
🗞️ feat: Make Context Usage Responsive and Condensed by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #17018
🛋️ feat: Open Subagents Directly from Background Tasks by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #17020
🕶️ fix: Keep Temporary Chats Out of Langfuse by @berry-13 in #17202
🗑️ test: Run useIsActiveItem Spec Under jsdom So GC Cannot Drop the Observer by @berry-13 in #17199
🎐 feat: Add Claude Haiku 5.5 Support by @berry-13 in #17201
🪙 fix: Price 1-Hour Prompt Cache Writes at the 1-Hour Rate by @berry-13 in #17208
🪦 chore: Retire the DALL-E 3 Tool by @berry-13 in #17205
🔲 refactor: Route Picker Panels Through Theme Radius Roles by @berry-13 in #17186
🎲 test: Make the ClickHouse Pinned-Pair Check Order-Independent by @berry-13 in #17192
🧬 fix: Skip Re-Embedding Legacy File Search Files After Upgrade by @berry-13 in #17206
📦 fix: Strip Assistant Prefill for Claude 5.x Models by @berry-13 in #17209
💠 feat: Add Gemini 4 Argon Support by @berry-13 in #17200
🖼️ fix: Render Files Saved by Tools Inside a Subagent Run by @berry-13 in #17204
🛰️ fix: Route Subagent Files Delivered After a Mid-Run Reload by @berry-13 in #17212
🧩 fix: Render Nested MCP Apps Under Standalone Subagent Calls by @berry-13 in #17211
🔢 fix: Pair English Plural Keys as _one/_other for Locize by @berry-13 in #17223
⏳ fix: Wait for Chat History Before URL Auto-Submit by @berry-13 in #17224
🚚 refactor: Move the Steering Hooks into the Chat Package by @berry-13 in #17158
🧹 refactor: Import Steer Queue and Recovery State from the Chat Package by @berry-13 in #17162
🧽 refactor: Import Composer State and Restore from the Chat Package by @berry-13 in #17163
📏 fix: Keep the Batch Question Card On Screen Above a Long Draft by @berry-13 in #17222
⌨️ feat: Keyboard Submit, Focus and Escape for Ask User Cards by @berry-13 in #17231
🧷 refactor: Require a Mounted Steer Host Instead of a Module Default by @berry-13 in #17164
🧭 test: Cover ClickHouse Control Boundaries on the Sidebar Surface by @berry-13 in #17197
🧾 refactor: Drop the Unsent Request/Response Pair From ChatErrorData by @berry-13 in #17221
🩺 fix: Report Not Ready on /readyz While Redis Is Disconnected by @berry-13 in #17232
🛁 test: Isolate Empty Panel Cards From Shared Data by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #17234
🎪 test: Mount the Steer Host in the Batch Composer Fixture by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #17235
🏷️ refactor: Draw Provider Icons as Theme-Following Brand Marks by @berry-13 in #17237
🧬 feat: Show the Model Maker's Icon When Another Host Serves the Model by @berry-13 in #17238
🪪 feat: Show Each Model's Maker on Its Model List Row by @berry-13 in #17246
🏢 feat: Add Microsoft, Z.ai, IBM and Amazon Nova Model Marks by @berry-13 in #17250
🎨 refactor: Draw Lemonade, MLX, ShuttleAI and Unify as Brand Marks by @berry-13 in #17252
🚰 refactor: Move the Queue Drain, Reveal and Recovery Hooks into the Chat Package by @berry-13 in #17170
🔒 fix: Restrict Stop to the Generation's Owner and Contain S3 Ingest Stream Errors by @berry-13 in #17256
📋 fix: Load Full Tool Output So Copy Works on Panels Without a Row by @berry-13 in #17262
🎨 feat: Paint Inline Deployment Themes From the First Frame by @berry-13 in #17203
🙊 fix: Keep API Keys and Internal Errors Out of Logs and Responses by @berry-13 in #17258
🗂️ perf: Index Hot Lookups and Project the Remote Models List by @berry-13 in #17259
🔐 fix: Hash Passwords on a Worker Pool and Surface API Key Lookup Failures by @berry-13 in #17261
🧯 fix: Close Abandoned Download and Speech Streams and Cap Speech Input by @berry-13 in #17270
↔️ fix: Follow the Interface Direction in Radix, the Composer and First Paint by @berry-13 in #17264
🔕 fix: Quiet Client Disconnects, Fall Back When Hash Workers Fail, Log Speech Truncation by @berry-13 in #17278
🧭 fix: Anchor the Sidebar, Mobile Drawer and Panels to Inline Edges in RTL by @berry-13 in #17266
🧹 refactor: Use Logical Spacing and Positioning in the App Shell by @berry-13 in #17269
🔁 fix: Build the KeyvMongo Key Index Through the Retrying Helper by @berry-13 in #17282
💬 fix: Mirror Chat Messages, Markdown and Code Blocks for RTL by @berry-13 in #17267
🪞 fix: Mirror Shared Primitives for Right-to-Left Layouts by @berry-13 in #17265
🪢 refactor: Keep Chat Direction in Jotai and Cover Direction Scenarios by @berry-13 in #17279
🚀 refactor: Move the Resumable Generation Start Into the Chat Core by @berry-13 in #17131
🧩 refactor: Move the Resumable Submission Mount Into the Chat Core by @berry-13 in #17132
🪡 refactor: Split useResumableSSE Into Thin Host Bindings by @berry-13 in #17133
🧷 refactor: Split useResumeOnLoad by Responsibility by @berry-13 in #17134
🗂️ refactor: Split useEventHandlers by Responsibility by @berry-13 in #17136
⚛️ refactor: Move Run Display, Live Attachment and PTC Trace Atoms to Jotai by @berry-13 in #17138
🔑 refactor: Read Stream Auth and Deployment Config Through ChatSettings by @berry-13 in #17141
📄 fix: Mirror Agents, Prompts, Skills and Other Pages for RTL by @berry-13 in #17268
🐚 fix: Fail Closed When Plugin Hook Shell Cannot Start by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #17227
🎴 fix: Match Image Media Types to Their Bytes by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #17230
🔐 feat: Defer MCP OAuth Sign-In Until a Deferred Tool Is Used by @berry-13 in #17225
🛂 feat: Keyboard Submit and Escape for Tool Approval Cards by @berry-13 in #17233
⏱️ fix: Bound Outbound Calls Made Inside a Request by @berry-13 in #17263
feat: add masked session replay lifecycle by @graphaelli in #17194
🪏 fix: Restore Explicit File Search Uploads by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #17226
🗳️ ci: Let Codegraph E2E Vote Runs Finish by @danny-avila in #17325
💉 chore: Upgrade Node.js to Security Release 24.22.1 by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #17332
🚜 fix: Release Heavy Chat State on Conversation Switches by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #17291
🔑 feat: Keep Dotted Record Keys in Admin Config Writes and Publish the Config Contract by @danny-avila in #17322
🧪 test: Keep EndpointService Spec Mocks Complete When the Real API Package Loads by @danny-avila in #17324
🕛 test: Control the Code API Retry Budget Clock by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #17338
🐣 chore: Prepare v0.8.9-rc1 Release by @lia-by-librechat[bot] in #17336

New Contributors

@Alan-Billi made their first contribution in #16675
@aniketkrs made their first contribution in #17046

Full Changelog: v0.8.8...v0.8.9-rc1