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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: "Jan v0.6.8: Engine fixes, new MCP tutorials, and cleaner docs" |
| 3 | +version: 0.6.8 |
| 4 | +description: "Llama.cpp stability upgrades, Linear/Todoist MCP tutorials, new model pages (Lucy, Jan‑v1), and docs reorganization" |
| 5 | +date: 2025-08-14 |
| 6 | +ogImage: "/assets/images/changelog/mcplinear2.gif" |
| 7 | +--- |
| 8 | + |
| 9 | +import ChangelogHeader from "@/components/Changelog/ChangelogHeader" |
| 10 | +import { Callout } from 'nextra/components' |
| 11 | + |
| 12 | +<ChangelogHeader title="Jan v0.6.8: Engine fixes, new MCP tutorials, and cleaner docs" date="2025-08-14" ogImage="/assets/images/changelog/mcplinear2.gif" /> |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +## Highlights 🎉 |
| 15 | + |
| 16 | +v0.6.8 focuses on stability and real workflows: major llama.cpp hardening, two new MCP productivity tutorials, new model pages, and a cleaner docs structure. |
| 17 | + |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +### 🚀 New tutorials & docs |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +- Linear MCP tutorial: create/update issues, projects, comments, cycles — directly from chat |
| 22 | +- Todoist MCP tutorial: add, list, update, complete, and delete tasks via natural language |
| 23 | +- New model pages: |
| 24 | + - Lucy (1.7B) — optimized for web_search tool calling |
| 25 | + - Jan‑v1 (4B) — strong SimpleQA (91.1%), solid tool use |
| 26 | +- Docs updates: |
| 27 | + - Reorganized landing and Products sections; streamlined QuickStart |
| 28 | + - Ongoing Docs v2 (Astro) migration with handbook, blog, and changelog sections added and then removed |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +### 🧱 Llama.cpp engine: stability & correctness |
| 31 | + |
| 32 | +- Structured error handling for llama.cpp extension |
| 33 | +- Better argument handling, improved model path resolution, clearer error messages |
| 34 | +- Device parsing tests; conditional Vulkan support; support for missing CUDA backends |
| 35 | +- AVX2 instruction support check (Mac Intel) for MCP |
| 36 | +- Server hang on model load — fixed |
| 37 | +- Session management & port allocation moved to backend for robustness |
| 38 | +- Recommended labels in settings; per‑model Jinja template customization |
| 39 | +- Tensor buffer type override support |
| 40 | +- “Continuous batching” description corrected |
| 41 | + |
| 42 | +### ✨ UX polish |
| 43 | + |
| 44 | +- Thread sorting fixed; assistant dropdown click reliability improved |
| 45 | +- Responsive left panel text color; provider logo blur cleanup |
| 46 | +- Show toast on download errors; context size error dialog restored |
| 47 | +- Prevent accidental message submit for IME users |
| 48 | +- Onboarding loop fixed; GPU detection brought back |
| 49 | +- Connected MCP servers status stays in sync after JSON edits |
| 50 | + |
| 51 | +### 🔍 Hub & providers |
| 52 | + |
| 53 | +- Hugging Face token respected for repo search and private README visualization |
| 54 | +- Deep links and model details fixed |
| 55 | +- Factory reset unblocked; special chars in `modelId` handled |
| 56 | +- Feature toggle for auto‑updater respected |
| 57 | + |
| 58 | +### 🧪 CI & housekeeping |
| 59 | + |
| 60 | +- Nightly/PR workflow tweaks; clearer API server logs |
| 61 | +- Cleaned unused hardware APIs |
| 62 | +- Release workflows updated; docs release paths consolidated |
| 63 | + |
| 64 | +### 🤖 Reasoning model fixes |
| 65 | + |
| 66 | +- gpt‑oss “thinking block” rendering fixed |
| 67 | +- Reasoning text no longer included in chat completion requests |
| 68 | + |
| 69 | +## Thanks to new contributors |
| 70 | + |
| 71 | +· @cmppoon · @shmutalov · @B0sh |
| 72 | + |
| 73 | +--- |
| 74 | + |
| 75 | +Update your Jan or [download the latest](https://jan.ai/). |
| 76 | + |
| 77 | +For the complete list of changes, see the [GitHub release notes](https://github.com/menloresearch/jan/releases/tag/v0.6.8). |
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