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v1.0.70

Laxcorp-Research/project-ravenv1.0.70Apr 17, 2026by rltakashige

AI Summary

A major release for EXO introducing multimodality support, new model support (Gemma 4, Minimax M2.7, Qwen3.6), and memory optimizations using Flash Attention.

Key Highlights

  • Add support for multimodality and vision models.
  • Add support for Gemma 4, Minimax M2.7, and Qwen3.6.
  • Implement Flash Attention to reduce peak memory consumption.
  • Add integration helpers for tools like OpenCode and n8n.

New Features

  • Multimodality support
  • New model support (Gemma 4, Minimax M2.7, Qwen3.6)
  • Flash Attention implementation
  • Integration helpers for tools
  • Firefox AI sidebar support
  • Environment variable editing in MacOS app

Full Release Notes

# EXO v1.0.70 Release Notes

This release ships with multimodality and major enhancements for memory usage in long context use cases (e.g. OpenClaw and OpenCode), as well as updated model support and QOL features.

## Models
- Add support for Gemma 4 ([#1851](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1851), [#1891](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1891))
- Add support for Minimax M2.7 ([#1884](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1884))
- Add support for Qwen3.6 ([#1907](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1907), [#1917](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1917))

## Performance
- Implement Flash Attention for Qwen3.5 and Gemma 4, reducing peak memory consumption by 3-6x ([#1886](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1886))
- Fix memory leaks in Rotating and Arrays cache ([#1819](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1819), [#1835](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1835))
- Improve KV prefix cache hit rates ([#1817](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1817))
- Garbage collect KV cache on eviction ([#1832](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1832))

## Multimodality
- Add support for vision models, making use of vision processors in Qwen3.5, Kimi K2.5 and Gemma 4 ([#1802](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1802), [#1893](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1893))
- Handle PDFs by sending both text and image ([#1822](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1822), [#1865](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1865))

## API
- Add integration helpers to display one-click setups for connecting to tools such as OpenCode, n8n and OpenClaw ([#1810](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1810))
- Add Firefox AI sidebar (?q=) support to dashboard ([#1814](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1814))
- Expose /state/paths for easier lookup of pieces of state ([#1796](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1796))
- Improve stats and usage reporting ([#1836](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1836), [#1848](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1848), [#1885](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1885), [#1899](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1899))
- Prevent timing out on clients during long prefills ([#1803](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1803), [#1828](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1828))
- Allow copying even on http, as a QOL for Tailscale users and other non localhost serving ([#1902](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1902))

## Quality of Life
- Allow pausing and deleting active downloads ([#1829](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1829))
- Add the ability to edit environment variables in MacOS app ([#1852](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1852), [#1869](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1869), [#1901](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1901))
- Prevent failed instance retry loops ([#1763](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1763))
- Truncate overly verbose bits of text in logs ([#1854](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1854))

## Bug Fixes
- Clean up processes nicely to prevent zombie processes and holding RDMA resources ([#1889](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1889))
- Fix out of order event crashes on startup ([#1894](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1894))
- Drain tokens silently skipped in thinking parsing, prevent malformed tool calls in certain models ([#1898](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1898))
- Gracefully catch errors in downloads ([#1846](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1846))
- Prevent several fatal crashes ([#1856](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1856), [#1827](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1827))
- Use configured api_port for IP connectivity probes ([#1877](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/1877))

## New Contributors
We had some more new faces in this release. Thank you for your contributions!
* [@kaiisfree](https://github.com/kaiisfree)
* [@MikkoParkkola](https://github.com/MikkoParkkola)
* [@lawrence3699](https://github.com/lawrence3699)
* [@adurham](https://github.com/adurham)

**Full Changelog**: [https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/compare/v1.0.69...v1.0.70](https://github.com/exo-explore/exo/compare/v1.0.69...v1.0.70)