v0.4.8

RightNow-AI/openfangv0.4.8Mar 18, 2026by jaberjaber23

AI Summary

Fixes parsing errors and introduces several new providers, including Azure OpenAI, and new features like LaTeX rendering.

Key Highlights

Added Azure OpenAI provider support
Implemented LaTeX rendering in chat
Added PWA support for the dashboard
Introduced WeCom channel adapter
Added Shell/Bash skill runtime

New Features

Azure OpenAI provider
LaTeX rendering in chat
PWA support
WeCom channel adapter
Shell/Bash skill runtime

Full Release Notes

## v0.4.8

### Bugs Fixed
- Fix HandCategory TOML parse error — added Finance + catch-all Other variant (#717)
- Fix LINE token detection heuristic — long tokens (>80 chars) recognized as direct values (#729)
- Fix General Assistant max_iterations too low — bumped from 50 to 100 (#719)
- Fix knowledge_query SQL parameter binding mismatch (#638)
- Fix WhatsApp Cloud API silently swallowing send errors (#707)
- Fix dashboard provider dropdown missing local providers (#683)

### Previous (v0.4.5–v0.4.7)
- Fix Gemini infinite loop on Thinking-only responses (#704)
- Fix tool_blocklist not detected on daemon restart (#666)
- Fix MCP credentials from .env/vault (#660)
- Fix image base64 compaction storms (#648)
- Fix phantom action hallucination (#688)
- Fix desktop app .env loading (#687)
- Fix duplicate sessions (#651)
- Fix Anthropic null tool_use input (#636)
- Fix temperature for reasoning models (#640)
- Fix OpenRouter prefix on fallbacks (#630)
- Fix streaming metering persistence (#627)
- Fix MCP dash names (#616)
- Fix deepseek-reasoner multi-turn (#618)
- Fix NO_REPLY leak to channels (#614)
- Fix skill install button (#625)
- Fix cron delivery (#601)

### Features
- Azure OpenAI provider (#631)
- LaTeX rendering in chat (#622)
- PWA support (#621)
- WeCom channel adapter (#629)
- Shell/Bash skill runtime (#624)
- DingTalk Stream adapter (#353)
- Feishu/Lark unified adapter (#329)
- Parakeet MLX speech-to-text (#607)
- Codex GPT-5.4 (#608)
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