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# Changelog

> Recent updates and version history for Open WebUI

## Recent Releases

### Version 0.8.7 - March 1, 2026

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  <Accordion title="🔒 Security & Privacy Fixes">
    * **Connection access control privacy** - Tool server and terminal connections without explicit access grants are now private (admin-only) by default
    * Fixed a bug where connections configured with no access grants were visible to all users
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="🧠 Performance Improvements">
    * **ChatControls memory leak fixed** - No longer leaks event listeners, ResizeObserver instances, and media query handlers when navigating between chats
    * **Faster artifact content updates** - Debounced via requestAnimationFrame for better CPU efficiency
    * **Temporary chat params preservation** - Model parameters now correctly saved when creating temporary chats
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

### Version 0.8.6 - March 1, 2026

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="🖥️ Open Terminal Integration">
    Users can now connect to Open Terminal instances to:

    * Browse, read, and upload files directly in chat
    * Navigate folders with drag-and-drop support
    * Preview images and PDFs
    * Create and edit files
    * Delete files and directories

    The terminal acts as an always-on tool with automatic working directory context injection.
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="🛡️ Security Enhancements">
    * **Docker image SBOM attestation** - Software Bill of Materials for vulnerability scanning
    * **Reporting-Endpoints header** - Configure CSP violation reports via `REPORTING_ENDPOINTS` environment variable
    * **Individual user sharing control** - Disable user-level sharing via `USER_PERMISSIONS_ACCESS_GRANTS_ALLOW_USERS`
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="⚡ Major Performance Optimizations">
    * **Streaming performance** - Chat responses render more efficiently with reduced CPU usage
    * **Message comparison** - Faster updates by skipping expensive comparisons when content changes
    * **Scroll optimization** - Batched scroll operations via requestAnimationFrame
    * **Message cloning** - Now uses structuredClone() instead of JSON.parse/stringify
    * **Code block rendering** - Faster rendering during streaming
    * **Tool result handling** - More efficient processing
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="🔐 OAuth & Authentication">
    * **OAuth profile sync on login** - Auto-sync name and email via `OAUTH_UPDATE_NAME_ON_LOGIN` and `OAUTH_UPDATE_EMAIL_ON_LOGIN`
    * **Default group share permission** - Configure via `DEFAULT_GROUP_SHARE_PERMISSION` environment variable
    * **OAuth session database error fix** - Fixed session creation errors during OAuth login
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="🎯 UI/UX Improvements">
    * **Action button priority sorting** - Consistent order based on priority field from function Valves
    * **Public/Private model filtering** - Display badges and filter options in Admin Settings
    * **Show/Hide all models bulk action** - Manage model visibility faster
    * **Tool server advanced options toggle** - Simplified interface for basic setups
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="🐛 Bug Fixes">
    * Database migration execution fix
    * Tool call JSON error handling
    * Reasoning model KV cache preservation
    * Duplicate model execution prevention
    * Password manager autofill fix
    * RAG template duplication fix
    * Multiple memory leak fixes (Tooltips, MessageInput, Notes, Model create, MentionList, Sidebar)
    * Web search domain filter configuration fix
    * OAuth session token decryption fix
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

### Version 0.8.5 - February 23, 2026

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="⌨️ Voice Dictation Shortcut">
    Toggle voice dictation using Cmd+Shift+L (or Ctrl+Shift+L on Windows/Linux)
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="🐛 Critical Fixes">
    * **Model access KeyError fix** - /api/models endpoint no longer crashes with incomplete metadata
    * **Frontend initialization resilience** - Graceful handling of API failures during initialization
    * **Backend config null safety** - Prevents crashes during language detection
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

### Version 0.8.4 - February 23, 2026

<AccordionGroup>
  <Accordion title="🛜 Provider Management">
    * **URL suggestions** - Dropdown with suggested URLs for popular AI providers
    * **Anthropic model fetching** - Properly fetch models from Anthropic API
    * **Connection toggles** - Enable/disable individual provider connections
    * **No models prompt** - Helpful guidance when no models available
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="🔗 Anthropic Messages API Proxy">
    New API endpoint supporting Anthropic Messages API format, allowing tools like Claude Code to authenticate through Open WebUI
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="👥 Multi-Device OAuth Sessions">
    Stay logged in on multiple devices simultaneously - re-logging no longer terminates existing sessions
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="⚡ Performance Improvements">
    * Message list performance - Significantly faster loading of conversation history
    * Message upsert optimization - Eliminated redundant database calls
    * Message send optimization - Targeted queries instead of full history loads
    * Tag filtering optimization - More efficient database queries
    * Shared chat loading - Faster shared chat listings
    * Batch access grants - Reduced from \~31 queries to 3 for 30 items
    * Notes list optimization - 200-character preview instead of full content
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="🧩 New Features">
    * **Prompt enable/disable toggle** - Control prompts without deleting
    * **Memory deletion** - Agents can delete specific memories
    * **Memory listing** - List all stored memories
    * **Skill JSON import** - Import skills from JSON and Markdown
    * **You.com web search** - New search provider option
    * **Admin analytics toggle** - Enable/disable via `ENABLE_ADMIN_ANALYTICS`
    * **Fetch URL citation sources** - Clickable sources with previews
    * **Global model defaults** - Configure default metadata for all models
    * **JSON logging support** - Set `LOG_FORMAT=json` for log aggregators
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="♿ Accessibility Improvements">
    Improved keyboard navigation, ARIA labels, and screen reader support across all components
  </Accordion>
</AccordionGroup>

## Full Changelog

For a complete version history and detailed changelog, visit:

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## Release Notes Format

The Open WebUI changelog follows [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/) format and adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).

Changes are categorized as:

* **Added** - New features
* **Changed** - Changes to existing functionality
* **Fixed** - Bug fixes
* **Security** - Security improvements and fixes

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## Version Support

<Warning>
  Only the `main` branch receives ongoing support and security updates. The `dev` branch contains unstable features and should not be used in production.
</Warning>

<Tip>
  For enterprise deployments requiring Long-Term Support (LTS) versions, check out our [Enterprise Plan](https://docs.openwebui.com/enterprise).
</Tip>