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v0.8.3

shrimbly/node-bananav0.8.3Apr 28, 2026by github-actions[bot]

AI Summary

This release focuses on performance improvements, including a reasoning effort passthrough, and introduces AWS Bedrock as a new post-processing provider. It also addresses various Linux KDE issues and refactors Nix build scripts.

Key Highlights

  • Added AWS Bedrock (Mantle) as a post-processing provider
  • Performance optimization via reasoning_effort passthrough
  • Fixed Linux KDE overlay problems and paste errors
  • Refactored Nix build scripts to use rustPlatform.bindgenHook

New Features

  • AWS Bedrock integration
  • Async GPU querying
  • German translation improvements
  • Linux startup troubleshooting documentation

Full Release Notes

## What's Changed
* nix: set ALSA_PLUGIN_DIR via symlinkJoin by @yuxqiu in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1226
* perf: add reasoning_effort passthrough to avoid thinking-mode latency in local models by @luoxi in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1221
* fix(issue 522): surface paste errors as UI toast notification by @odedindi in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1198
* correct typo in library name, from 'transcription-rs' to 'transcribe-rs' by @ChaseCares in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1260
* Fix (linux) overlay problem in kde by @vpsone in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1121
* docs(readme): add Linux startup troubleshooting section by @xilec in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1266
* query gpu async by @cjpais in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1246
* fix(overlay): parse HANDY_NO_GTK_LAYER_SHELL as boolean by @xilec in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1269
* docs: unify CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md by @xilec in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1272
* feat: add AWS Bedrock (Mantle) as post-processing provider by @jyuros in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1288
* fix: improve German translation quality by @ChristophNoetel in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1292
* refactor(nix): replace manual bindgen env with rustPlatform.bindgenHook by @xilec in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1255
* chore(nix): add bun node_modules normalization scripts by @xilec in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1256
* docs(audio): clarify what the mic-init timing log actually measures by @rsanheim in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1330
* fix(nix): Fix for macOS build for nixpkgs by @xilec in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1316

## New Contributors
* @yuxqiu made their first contribution in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1226
* @luoxi made their first contribution in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1221
* @odedindi made their first contribution in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1198
* @ChaseCares made their first contribution in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1260
* @vpsone made their first contribution in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1121
* @jyuros made their first contribution in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1288
* @ChristophNoetel made their first contribution in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1292
* @rsanheim made their first contribution in https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/pull/1330

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/cjpais/Handy/compare/v0.8.2...v0.8.3