v4.8.1

deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-OCRv4.8.1Aug 6, 2026by mudler

AI Summary

This patch release focuses on bug fixes, documentation updates, and model gallery additions. It addresses VRAM handling, React UI stability, and CLI socket activation issues.

Key Highlights

Fixed malformed GGUF metadata handling to prevent potential crashes
Fixed React UI crashes when switching trace tabs
Added Qwen3.5 9B variants to the model gallery
Wired full engine config surface through engine_args for vllm-cpp
Fixed CLI to ignore half-populated socket activation environment

New Features

Qwen3.5 9B HauhauCS variants in gallery
Qwen3.5 9B Defiant Fable variants in gallery
vllm-cpp engine config improvements

Full Release Notes

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## What's Changed
### Other Changes
* docs(blog): cover the terminal agent in the 4.8 post by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/11372
* fix(vram): contain malformed GGUF metadata by @richiejp in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/11374
* docs: :arrow_up: update docs version mudler/LocalAI by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/11377
* chore: :arrow_up: Update 0xShug0/audio.cpp to `7efbb58def443722ea540d931dd3debee3e4d5e8` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/11378
* chore: :arrow_up: Update ikawrakow/ik_llama.cpp to `cf1aa57e1a0fabfd015831718fc99d1aec01ada5` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/11380
* chore: :arrow_up: Update leejet/stable-diffusion.cpp to `c6beeef35526c6dc94b74a7fb69f9d2e6a2a7a12` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/11384
* chore: :arrow_up: Update CrispStrobe/CrispASR to `21901d3f7c23554f072964828363e49ddbc2dc68` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/11383
* fix(vllm-cpp): mirror the engine's ABI v10 so the backend loads again by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/11386
* fix(react-ui): stop traces page crash when switching trace tabs by @nandanadileep in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/11387
* chore: :arrow_up: Update antirez/ds4 to `b0309611041655f4e45671cfd9c9886aff161406` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/11381
* chore(model-gallery): :arrow_up: update checksum by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/11382
* gallery: add Qwen3.5 9B HauhauCS variants by @localai-org-maint-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/11339
* gallery: add Qwen3.5 9B Defiant Fable variants by @localai-org-maint-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/11335
* feat(vllm-cpp): wire the full engine config surface through engine_args by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/11159
* fix(react-ui): restore 3D Studio results and history by @richiejp in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/11393
* fix(cli): ignore a half-populated socket activation environment by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/11394


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/compare/v4.8.0...v4.8.1