v1.4.11rc2

HKUDS/LightRAGv1.4.11rc2Mar 13, 2026by danielaskdd

AI Summary

This release focuses on deployment convenience and performance improvements, introducing a Makefile for quick setup and optimizing vector database operations for Qdrant and Milvus.

Key Highlights

  • Add Makefile for quick deployment
  • Fix Qdrant large upsert payload failures with bounded batching
  • Batch pre-compute query embeddings to eliminate sequential API round-trips
  • Enhance current MilvusVectorDBStorage with parameterized configuration

New Features

  • Makefile for quick deployment
  • Optional keywords in QueryRequest
  • Parameterized configuration for MilvusVectorDBStorage

Full Release Notes

## What's New
* Add Makefile for quick deployment by @mlimarenko in https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/2548
* Refactor(Makefile): split monolithic wizard into modular env-base/storage/server targets by @danielaskdd in https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/2763

> For detail information about setup wizard, pls refer to: [InteractiveSetup.md](https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/blob/main/docs/InteractiveSetup.md)

## What's Changed
* Fix Qdrant large upsert payload failures with bounded batching by @danielaskdd in https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/2740
* perf: use deque for BFS queue in get_knowledge_subgraph() by @giulio-leone in https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/2725
* perf: batch pre-compute query embeddings to eliminate sequential API round-trips by @errajibadr in https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/2729
* fix: reduce FaissVectorDBStorage meta.json file size by excluding vectors by @Br1an67 in https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/2733
* Enhance current MilvusVectorDBStorage with parameterized configuration by @hanlianlu in https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/2672
* fix: preserve failed-doc chunk metadata for reliable deletion cleanup by @danielaskdd in https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/2749
* build(deps-dev): bump the ui-components group in /lightrag_webui with 2 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/2750
* build(deps): bump the frontend-minor-patch group in /lightrag_webui with 3 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/2751
* build(deps): bump the github-actions group with 4 updates by @dependabot[bot] in https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/2759

## New Contributors
* @giulio-leone made their first contribution in https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/2725
* @errajibadr made their first contribution in https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/2729
* @Br1an67 made their first contribution in https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/2733
* @hanlianlu made their first contribution in https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/pull/2672

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/HKUDS/LightRAG/compare/v1.4.10...v1.4.11rc2