๐๏ธ Highlights
Major features and improvements since v0.8.0
๐ค Expanded Model Support
Support for the latest AI models including Gemini 3, GPT-5.1, Grok 4, Claude Opus/Haiku 4.5, and Zhipu AI GLM family, with comprehensive pricing and context window configurations.
๐ Upload to Provider Support
Files can now be directly uploaded to and handled by supported providers, removing the need for intermediate OCR and other multimodal processing steps.
๐ผ๏ธ Improved Artifact Management and Shareability
Artifacts have been improved with version control capabilities, better UI interactions and rendering support, and can now be viewed within shared conversations.
๐ค Agent Handoffs (Beta)
Agents can now be configured to transfer control of conversations to other specialist agents when specific expertise is needed.
โ๏ธ Other Notable Changes
- Langfuse Tracing support
- Helicone AI Gateway integration
- Bedrock Prompt Caching support
- Screens are now prevented from sleeping during response generation
- File names can now be used as context for Anthropic document uploads
- Distributed Leader Election with Redis for multi-server-instance coordination within cluster deployments
- Whether specific tool badges (file search, mcp servers, etc.) will be rendered in the chat input can now be configured via Model Specs
- Accessibility improvements across the entire app for better keyboard navigation, screen reader support, and accessibility standards compliance
- Helm Chart enhancements: custom deployment labels, annotations, init containers, ConfigMaps support, and additional RAG API environment variables
- MCP Registry System restructure with distributed caching, leader-follower coordination, timeout-protected server initialization, and user-scoped tool caching
https://www.librechat.ai/changelog/v0.8.1
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โจ Features
web_search_preview to web_search for OpenAI by @danny-avila in #10379
addParams / dropParams by @danny-avila in #10456
DEBUG_MESSAGE_LENGTH Environment Variable (pt. 2) by @danny-avila in #10479
v1/models) by @Anthony-Jhoiro in #10564
--provider flag to create-user script by @ineiti in #10572
.well-known Metadata by @danny-avila in #10917
๐ Bug Fixes
packages/api peer dependencies by @danny-avila in #9973
data-schemas by @danny-avila in #9974
.env.example by @marlonka in #10085
@radix-ui/react-tooltip to Artifact Dependencies by @wipash in #10112
getMemberGroups and add pagination by @maxesse in #10199
createFileSearchTool to return tuples for error messages by @danny-avila in #10547
@librechat/agents@v3.0.25 by @danny-avila in #10577
TooltipAnchor by @dlew in #10580
expiresAtย timestamp for tokens by @lemonTree43 in #10740
iconURL Handling by @danny-avila in #10753
๐ฆ Dependencies & Chores
@librechat/agents from v2.4.86 to v3.0.50 by @danny-avila in #10216, #10704, #10775, #10874
vite to v6.4.1 and @playwright/test to v1.56.1 by @danny-avila in #10227
@langchain/community & Related Legacy Code by @danny-avila in #10375
@modelcontextprotocol/sdk to v1.21.0 by @danny-avila in #10469
nodemailer from v7.0.9 to v7.0.11 by @danny-avila in #10045, #10762
mdast-util-to-hast to v13.2.1 by @danny-avila in #10761
bun.lock & Related Scripts by @danny-avila in #10824
jws dependencies via npm audit fix by @danny-avila in #10918
๐ง Refactoring
fontSize Recoil atom with Jotai by @berry-13 in #10171
AuthLayout by @NalinNair in #10606
CHECK_BALANCE in Balance Scripts by @ineiti in #10702
iconURL Handling in Submission Flow by @danny-avila in #10772
๐ Internationalization
๐ Documentation
๐จ UI/UX
New Contributors
- @alfo-dev made their first contribution in #9971
- @KarthiDreamr made their first contribution in #10062
- @pnancarrow made their first contribution in #9996
- @leblancfg made their first contribution in #10055
- @PaulusTM made their first contribution in #10245
- @poornapragnyah made their first contribution in #10285
- @juliettech13 made their first contribution in #10287
- @mdutkin made their first contribution in #10486
- @adaptivegarage made their first contribution in #10525
- @Anthony-Jhoiro made their first contribution in #10564
- @dlew made their first contribution in #10580
- @NalinNair made their first contribution in #10606
- @michnovka made their first contribution in #10597
- @catmeme made their first contribution in #10116
- @rossbg made their first contribution in #10562
- @ZihaoZhou made their first contribution in #10656
- @lemonTree43 made their first contribution in #10716
- @mludvig made their first contribution in #10858
- @abhishekag03 made their first contribution in #10866
Full Changelog: v0.8.0...v0.8.1