v4.2.4

mudler/LocalAIv4.2.4May 13, 2026by mudler

AI Summary

Bug fixes and new audio features including distributed mode improvements and Liquid Audio support.

Key Highlights

  • Fixed distributed mode cascade-clean for stale node_models
  • Fixed HTTP proxy X-Forwarded-Prefix handling
  • Added Vulkan VRAM budget/usage detection
  • New Liquid Audio s2s model and assistant mode

New Features

  • Vulkan VRAM detection
  • Liquid Audio s2s model
  • Agent pool persistence fixes

Full Release Notes

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## What's Changed
### Bug fixes :bug:
* fix(distributed): cascade-clean stale node_models rows + filter routing by healthy status by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/9754
* fix(http): honor X-Forwarded-Prefix when proxy strips the prefix by @Dennisadira in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/9614
* fix(agentpool): close truncate-then-read race in agent_jobs.json persistence by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/9811
* fix(middleware): parse OpenAI-spec tool_choice in /v1/chat/completions by @Anai-Guo in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/9559
### Exciting New Features 🎉
* feat: also parse VRAM budget/usage from vulkaninfo by @eglia in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/9800
* feat(realtime): Add Liquid Audio s2s model and assistant mode on talk page by @richiejp in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/9801
### Other Changes
* chore: :arrow_up: Update ggml-org/llama.cpp to `a9883db8ee021cf16783016a60996d41820b5195` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/9796
* chore: :arrow_up: Update TheTom/llama-cpp-turboquant to `5aeb2fdbe26cd4c534c6fa15de73cb5749bd0403` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/9740
* docs: :arrow_up: update docs version mudler/LocalAI by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/9805
* chore: :arrow_up: Update antirez/ds4 to `0cba357ca1bc0e7510421cc26888e420ea942123` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/9806
* chore: :arrow_up: Update ikawrakow/ik_llama.cpp to `949bb8f1d660fc1264c137a6f3dbd619375f6134` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/9807
* chore: :arrow_up: Update ggml-org/whisper.cpp to `3e9b7d0fef3528ee2208da3cdb873a2c53d2ae2f` by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/9808
* ci(image): publish missing :latest-* and :v<X>-* singleton image tags by @localai-bot in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/9812


**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/compare/v4.2.3...v4.2.4