v0.8.79

airweave-ai/airweavev0.8.79Feb 9, 2026by felixschmetz

AI Summary

This release marks the start of the Qdrant deprecation, switching to Vespa as the default vector database. It also improves logging and I/O performance.

Key Highlights

Stopped writing to Qdrant and defaulted to Vespa as the sole vector DB
Fixed stack trace truncation issues in Azure
Switched to aiofiles for non-blocking ARF file I/O

Breaking Changes

Switch from Qdrant to Vespa as the default vector database

New Features

Vespa default vector DB
aiofiles I/O optimization

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed
* chore: deprecate Qdrant phase 1: stop writing and default to Vespa as sole vector DB by @felixschmetz in https://github.com/airweave-ai/airweave/pull/1383
* fix: chunk stack trace dumps to avoid Azure 16KB truncation by @felixschmetz in https://github.com/airweave-ai/airweave/pull/1386
* fix(tests): update sync config tests for Qdrant deprecation (skip_qdrant=True default) by @felixschmetz in https://github.com/airweave-ai/airweave/pull/1389
* fix: use aiofiles for all ARF file I/O to avoid blocking event loop by @felixschmetz in https://github.com/airweave-ai/airweave/pull/1387


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/airweave-ai/airweave/compare/v0.8.77...v0.8.79