v0.8.6

EricLBuehler/mistral.rsv0.8.6Jun 17, 2026by EricLBuehler

AI Summary

A feature release introducing OpenAI-compatible agent platform features, prebuilt binaries for easier installation, Anthropic API support, and significant performance improvements across CUDA and Metal backends.

Key Highlights

  • OpenAI-compatible agent platform with skills and files API
  • Prebuilt binaries and one-line install scripts
  • Anthropic API support
  • New models: Gemma 4, DiffusionGemma, and Qwen 3.5
  • CUDA performance improvements and Prometheus metrics endpoint

New Features

  • Anthropic API support
  • Prometheus /metrics endpoint
  • Prebuilt binaries with download-first install
  • Gemma 4 12B support
  • DiffusionGemma and block-diffusion models
  • Qwen 3.5 support
  • Online calibration for K-quants
  • Paged flash-attention kernels
  • BF16 CUTLASS 2.x MoE kernels

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed
* feat(agentic): add improved logic for file outputs from shell, general execution by @EricLBuehler in https://github.com/EricLBuehler/mistral.rs/pull/2235


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/EricLBuehler/mistral.rs/compare/v0.8.5...v0.8.6