v1.8.1

pipecat-ai/pipecatv1.8.1Aug 27, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

This maintenance release focuses on improving the CLI experience and Context Hub integration, fixing issues with stale index checks and file format support in the evaluation harness.

Key Highlights

Fixed `pipecat init` to stop repeatedly offering to build a stale Context Hub index.
Added support for `.yml` files in addition to `.yaml` for `pipecat eval run`.
Added a freshness notice for the Context Hub to detect mismatched project minor versions.

Full Release Notes

### Fixed

- A directory passed to `pipecat eval run` now reads `.yml` files as well as its `.yaml` ones, matching the scenario names a manifest resolves. A directory holding neither is still an error rather than an empty run.
  (PR [#5463](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/pull/5463))

- Fixed `pipecat init` repeatedly offering to build a Context Hub index that already exists, and the stale-index warning never appearing, on any index refreshed by Context Hub v0.5.3 or later. A future hub release can no longer silence these checks.
  (PR [#5468](https://github.com/pipecat-ai/pipecat/pull/5468))