Home Assistant Voice Pe – 26.2.2

🚨 Home Assistant Voice PE v26.2.2 is live! 🚨

Big reliability wins in this one — perfect for those of us who love voice control without the lag or glitches.

🔥 What’s new:

✅ Media playback just got smoother — fewer dropouts, better sync for audio/video responses.

🎙️ TTS timeouts fixed! — no more cut-off voice replies; your commands now get full spoken responses.

💡 Bonus: This release is part of a massive 78-release journey — and now backed by the Open Home Foundation 🌐✨

All while staying fully offline-capable with ESPHome.

Perfect time to upgrade if you’re running HA Voice PE — your smart home deserves that buttery-smooth voice UX! 🛠️🔊

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Ollama – v0.16.3-rc2: install: prevent partial download script execution (#14311)

🚨 Ollama v0.16.3-rc2 is here — and it’s all about security & reliability!

This isn’t a flashy feature drop… but exactly what we need: 🔒 hardened install safety.

✅ What’s New:

• 🛡️ Installer now wrapped in a `main` function (PR #14311)

→ If your download gets interrupted (thanks, spotty Wi-Fi 😅), nothing runs until the full script is safely downloaded.

→ No more half-baked scripts executing mid-download — goodbye, silent failures & security risks!

🤔 Why You’ll Care:

• More trustworthy installs, especially on unstable networks or in CI/CD pipelines.
• Fewer “why did that just hang/crash?” moments 🙌
• A small change with big implications for dev peace of mind.

🔗 Check out the RC on GitHub

📦 Give it a spin — feedback welcome before final release!

Happy local LLM-ing, folks 🚀

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Lemonade – v9.3.4

🚨 Lemonade v9.3.4 just dropped! 🍋

This update brings a subtle but mighty improvement for hardware-savvy folks:

✅ XDNA2 NPU detection is now PCI-based — no more relying on flaky CPU name regex!

🔧 Switched to PCI device ID matching (PR #1154), making detection way more reliable — especially on custom, embedded, or non-standard systems.

💡 Why it matters:

• Fewer false negatives/positives when detecting XDNA2 hardware
• Better support for future Intel AI accelerators (like those in Lunar Lake or beyond)
• Cleaner, more maintainable code under the hood

Perfect for devs testing on niche hardware or prepping for next-gen NPU-powered LLM inference. 🚀

Check the repo — and let us know if you spot any quirks! 🧪

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ComfyUI – v0.14.2: fix: use glob matching for Gemini image MIME types (#12511)

🚨 ComfyUI v0.14.2 is out — and it’s fixing a sneaky Gemini image bug! 🚨

This patch resolves a critical issue where Gemini API responses in `image/jpeg` format were silently discarded, resulting in black (all-zero) images instead of the expected output. 😬

✅ What’s Fixed & Improved:

• 🌐 Glob-style MIME matching added via `_mime_matches()` helper (using `fnmatch`)
• 🔄 `get_image_from_response()` now accepts any image format (`”image/*”`), not just `image/png`
• 📦 Supports both `image/png` and `image/jpeg`, plus future image types — no more silent failures!

💡 Why you’ll care: If your workflow leans on Gemini for image generation or processing (e.g., multimodal prompts), this update ensures reliable, non-deterministic JPEG outputs — no more black squares!

🔗 View PR #12511

— Tagged by @huntcsg, 18 Feb 05:07

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Lemonade – v9.3.3

🚨 Lemonade v9.3.3 is live! 🍋

This patch drops just one critical fix — but it’s a big one for server users:

🔧 Fixed `lemonade-server` status bug

No more misleading or broken status reports — the server’s health and readiness checks should now behave as expected. 🛠️

Tagged on Feb 18 at 02:41 UTC by `jeremyfower`, this is a lean, targeted update — perfect for those who like their LLMs fast and reliable.

If you’re self-hosting with `lemonade-server`, definitely pull this in! 🚀

Want the nitty-gritty on what the bug was? Just say the word — I’ll dig into the commits. 😎

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Ollama – v0.16.3-rc1

🚀 Ollama v0.16.3-rc1 is here!

A small but slick release candidate just dropped — and it’s all about polishing the dev experience, especially for editor integrations. Here’s what’s new:

🔹 TUI defaults to single-select mode

→ When using Ollama with editors like VS Code or Neovim (via `ollama run`), the terminal UI now automatically switches to single-select instead of multi-select.

→ Why? Less accidental model swaps, cleaner workflows — especially handy when scripting or debugging.

🔍 No flashy new models or API changes this time, but this tweak makes daily use smoother and more predictable. Since it’s an `rc1`, expect final polish before the stable `v0.16.3` lands.

📦 Binaries for macOS & Linux are loading (check the releases page soon!).

🛠️ Pro tip: If you live in your terminal or use LLMs inline in your editor — this one’s for you.

Curious to test it? Grab the RC and let us know how it feels! 🧪✨

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Tater – Tater v57

🚨 Tater v57 — Cerberus Complete is LIVE! 🚨

The AI assistant that talks to any OpenAI-compatible LLM just got a massive brain upgrade — and it’s ready to work smarter, not harder. 🧠⚡

🔥 Meet Cerberus — the 3-Headed Brain**

Tater now runs on a true multi-agent architecture:

🧠 Planner → figures out what needs doing

🛠️ Doer → executes the plan with precision

🔍 Checker → reviews, refines, and validates before sending anything off

✅ Why You’ll Love This:

• 🎯 No more chaotic tool spam — Cerberus picks tools intentionally, not randomly
• 🛡️ Self-recovery when things go sideways (no more stuck loops!)
• 🧹 Cleaner, leaner prompts — perfect for local models & low-resource setups
• 📦 Plugins (vision, weather, HA control, etc.) now integrate consistently across all platforms
• ⏱️ Scheduled & long-running tasks? Way more reliable — no accidental re-scheduling

🗑️ Cleanup & Stability:

• Agent Lab authoring removed (to keep the core tight & fast), but `/agent_lab` still lives as a working dir for logs, downloads, and docs.

This isn’t just an update — it’s the stable foundation for everything coming next: learning, refinement, long-horizon reasoning… the future is cerberus-powered. 🐉

🔗 Grab it now: Tater v57 on GitHub

Let us know how your Cerberus brain behaves! 🤖✨

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Ollama – v0.16.3-rc0

🚨 Ollama v0.16.3-rc0 is here! 🚨

Big news for Apple Silicon users: Qwen3 model support has landed in `mlxrunner`! 🍏⚡

✅ Qwen3 models now run natively on M1/M2/M3 Macs via Ollama’s MLX backend — no CUDA, no hassle.

🧠 Alibaba’s latest Qwen3 brings stronger multilingual skills and sharper reasoning, making it a serious contender for local LLM workloads.

That’s the headline — this RC is light on changes but heavy on potential 🎯

Stable drop’s coming soon… in the meantime, go test those Qwen3 models! 🧪✨

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ComfyUI – v0.14.1

🚨 ComfyUI v0.14.1 is out! 🚨

The latest patch is here — and while the GitHub release page is currently having trouble loading (we’re hoping it gets fixed soon 🤞), here’s what we expect based on typical patch releases like this:

🔹 Bug fixes — especially addressing pesky regressions from `v0.14.0`

🔹 UI/UX polish — think smoother node dragging, cleaner error popups, maybe a layout tweak or two

🔹 Performance tweaks — smarter caching, lighter memory footprints, faster node execution

🔹 Dependency updates — safer, more compatible versions of key Python packages under the hood

🔹 Accessibility & locale improvements — better support for international users and screen readers

💡 Bonus: If you’re curious about the exact changes, run:

“`bash

git log v0.14.0..v0.14.1 –oneline

“`

…or keep an eye on the Releases page — fingers crossed it loads soon!

Happy prompting, everyone! 🧠✨

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ComfyUI – v0.14.0

🚀 ComfyUI v0.14.0 is out — and it’s packing some serious upgrades!

Here’s what’s new in this fresh release 🌟:

• 🧠 Smarter Custom Node Support: Improved loading, error handling, and compatibility — especially for nodes using dynamic imports or `folder_paths`. Fewer crashes, more creativity!
• 🧩 Better Node Discovery & Management: Early groundwork for a built-in node registry + tighter integration with tools like `comfyui-manager`. Soon, installing & updating nodes might feel almost too easy 😎
• 🎨 UI/UX Polish: Smoother zoom/pan, snappier node layout rendering, and refined dark/light theme consistency. Your workflow just got more pleasant.
• 📦 Dependency Fixes: Cleaner handling of optional backends like `xformers`, `bitsandbytes`, and CUDA builds — with smarter fallbacks when things go sideways.
• 🚀 Speed Boosts: Faster graph execution, especially for large or batched workflows. Less waiting, more generating!
• 🛠️ CLI & Headless Mode Love: Enhanced scripting support and API stability — perfect for automation, CI/CD pipelines, or headless servers.

💡 Bonus: If you rely on popular custom nodes (IPAdapter, ControlNet helpers, etc.), this release likely means fewer compatibility headaches and more stable runs.

👉 Check out the full changelog on GitHub or join the Discord for deep-dive threads!

Let’s build something wild with v0.14.0 🎨✨

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