v6.8.0
invoke-ai/InvokeAIv6.8.0Oct 8, 2025by psychedelicious
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Release notes summary
A minor release focusing on fixes and enhancements, including a crop tool for reference images, improvements to the Model Manager UI, and keyboard shortcuts for prompt history navigation.
Key Highlights
- Added a crop tool for Global Ref Images allowing users to adjust and save cropped portions.
- Improved Model Manager tab UI for better usability.
- Keyboard shortcuts (Alt/Option+Up/Down) to navigate prompt history.
- Support for the NOOB-IPA-MARK1 IP Adapter.
New Features
- Crop tool for ref images.
- Model Manager UI refactor.
- Prompt history navigation shortcuts.
- NOOB-IPA-MARK1 IP Adapter support.
- Dynamic model drop-downs in Workflow Editor.
Full Release Notes
This minor release includes a handful of fixes and enhancements. ### Fixes - When accepting raster layer adjustments, the opacity of the layer was "baked" in. - Corrected help text for non-in-place model installation. Previously, the help text said that a non-in-place model install would copy the model files. This is incorrect; it _moves_ them into the Invoke-managed models dir. - Failure to queue generations with an error like `Failed to Queue Batch / Unknown Error`. ### Enhancements - Added a crop tool. For now, it is only enabled for Global Ref Images. - Click the crop icon on the Ref Image preview to open the tool. - Adjust the crop box and click apply to save the cropped image for that ref image. - To revert, open the crop tool, click Reset, then Apply to revert to the original image. - We'll explore integrating this new tool elsewhere in the app in a future update. - Improved Model Manager tab UI. Thanks @joshistoast! - Keyboard shortcuts to navigate prompt history. Use `alt/option+up/down` to move through history. - Support for the `NOOB-IPA-MARK1` IP Adapter. Thanks @Iq1pl! ### Internal - Support for dynamic model drop-downs in Workflow Editor. This change greatly reduces the amount of frontend code changes needed to support a new model type. **Node authors may need to update their nodes to prevent warnings from being displayed. However, there are no breakages expected.** See #8577 for more details. ## Installing and Updating **The Invoke Launcher is the recommended way to install, update and run Invoke**. It takes care of a lot of details for you - like installing the right version of python - and runs Invoke as a desktop application. Note: With recent updates to `torch`, users on older GPUs (20xx and 10xx series) will likely run into issues with installing/updating. We are still evaluating how we can support older GPUs, but in the meantime users have found success manually downgrading `torch`. Head over to [discord](https://discord.gg/ZmtBAhwWhy) if you need help. Follow the [Quick Start guide](https://invoke-ai.github.io/InvokeAI/installation/quick_start/) to get started with the launcher. If you don't want to use the launcher, or need a headless install, you can follow the [manual install guide](https://invoke-ai.github.io/InvokeAI/installation/manual/). ## What's Changed * fix(ui): do not reset params state on studio init nav to generate tab by @psychedelicious in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8572 * feat(model manager): :lipstick: refactor model manager ui by @joshistoast in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8564 * Prompt history shortcuts by @hipsterusername in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8571 * feat(ui): crop tool by @psychedelicious in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8562 * chore: prep for v6.8.0rc1 by @psychedelicious in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8574 * fix(ui): allow scrolling in ModelPane by @joshistoast in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8580 * added support for NOOB-IPA-MARK1 by @Iq1pl in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8576 * feat: dynamic model fields in workflow editor by @psychedelicious in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8577 * ui: translations update from weblate by @weblate in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8575 * fix(ui): ref images for flux kontext not parsed correctly by @psychedelicious in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8587 * feat(nodes): better ui_type deprecations by @psychedelicious in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8586 * restore list_queue_items method by @maryhipp in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8583 * fix(ui): do not bake opacity when rasterizing layer adjustments by @psychedelicious in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8592 * fix(ui): correct the in-place install verbiage, add tooltip by @psychedelicious in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8593 * docs: add BiRefNet and Image Export to communityNodes.md by @veeliks in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8602 * chore: prep for v6.8.0rc2 by @psychedelicious in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8581 * chore: prep for v6.8.0 by @psychedelicious in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8604 ## New Contributors * @Iq1pl made their first contribution in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8576 * @veeliks made their first contribution in https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/pull/8602 **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/invoke-ai/InvokeAI/compare/v6.7.0...v6.8.0
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