AnythingLLM changelog: what's new each month
Every stable AnythingLLM release summarised by month: the highlights, new features, improvements, fixes and anything you need to act on. 3 months covered; the current month updates daily.
October 2026 · so far
1 release: 1.17.0
October brought fixes for data handling and agent reliability, along with improvements to API flexibility for various LLM providers and search engines.
- Anthropic model temp parameter removed
Highlights
- Spreadsheet dates now import correctly instead of as serial numbers
- Agent web browsing now supports SearchApi engines
- Server stability improved by handling malformed WebSocket frames gracefully
- OpenAI API requests can now omit max_tokens when set to 0 for greater flexibility
- Weaviate and Astra now score chunks consistently with other vector providers
Improved
- Generic OpenAI integration allows max tokens parameter of 0 to omit the setting from API requests
- Weaviate and Astra vector stores now use cosine similarity scoring to match other providers
- HTML-only email messages in mbox files are now imported instead of skipped
Fixed
- Spreadsheet date columns read as actual dates instead of serial numbers
- Agent web browsing support for SearchApi engines
- Server crashes from malformed agent WebSocket frames
- Text file uploads now respect their original character encoding
- Mbox message imports now handle HTML-only messages
September 2026
1 release: 1.16.2
September brought significant expansions to AnythingLLM's capabilities, including new AI providers, agent skills, and language support. The month focused on making local model management easier and improving web search functionality.
- Docker Model Runner replaced by LLMman OSS
Highlights
- LLMman OSS is now available as a local LLM provider, replacing Docker Model Runner
- Google Vertex AI added as an LLM provider option
- New generate-image agent skill allows creating images directly from chat
- You.com is now the default web search provider with Zero Data Retention
- Hindi, Bulgarian, and Swedish language support added
New
- LLMman OSS local LLM provider
- Google Vertex AI LLM provider
- Generate-image agent skill for image creation
- You.com as default web search provider
- Agent flow variables with optional arguments support
- Hindi, Bulgarian, and Swedish language support
- GenieX on Windows ARM now shows local model directory and allows pulling from Hugging Face UI
- Version tag click shortcut to logs and storage directory
Improved
- Web search now uses You.com for richer results with Zero Data Retention
- GenieX on Windows ARM can discover and manage models directly from the UI
- Easier access to logs and storage directory through version tag in window header
August 2026
2 releases: 1.16.0 → 1.16.1
August brought improvements to model support across multiple providers and refinements to the user interface. Key additions include native Windows SDK support for Foundry Local and expanded compatibility with various AI services.
Highlights
- Foundry Local is now fully self-contained on Windows without requiring a separate installation.
- AWS Bedrock now supports cross-region inference profiles with automatic routing.
- LocalAI added as an image generation provider with automatic context window detection.
- Chain of thought and agent activity combined into a single collapsible interface component.
- OpenAI-compatible Whisper API support added for speech recognition.
New
- Native Foundry Local SDK for Windows x64 and ARM64 with GPU/NPU optimization.
- GenieX runtime support for Windows ARM64 devices.
- LocalAI as an image generation provider.
- OpenAI-compatible Whisper API support.
- Silent and headless install/uninstall flags for Windows installer.
- LocalAI context window auto-detection from server configuration.
Improved
- Username character limit increased to 64.
- Default fallback models updated for OpenAI and Anthropic.
- Chain of thought and agent activity display now uses a single collapsible component with visual rail connections.
- Assistant Panel now mirrors the new chain of thought rollup interface.
- Kokoro-TTS voice list rendering for pre-0.3.x kokoro-fastapi servers.
- AWS Bedrock profile dropdown now shows geo-prefixed profile IDs for easier region selection.
Fixed
- Temperature setting disabled for Claude Sonnet 5 model.
- Anthropic non-streaming chat completions now stream correctly in REST API workspace chat.
- Kokoro-TTS voice list rendering for older server versions.
- Catalan translation typos and mistakes corrected.
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