Ollama - Package Updates

[Package Updates]

[1.17.4]

• Update ollama to 0.34.4
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• Structured outputs on thinking models now apply in a single pass, making them faster and more reliable.
• Fixed intermittent "model not found" errors with a large local library
• Fixed the macOS app becoming unresponsive when checking if ChatGPT or Codex is running.
• Qwen 3.8 prompt processing is faster on Apple Silicon.
• Gemma 4 on Apple Silicon now picks the best image resolution per image, keeping more detail in high-resolution images.
• Updated llama.cpp, MLX, and XGrammar.
• Full Changelog: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/compare/v0.34.3...v0.34.4

[Package Updates]

[1.18.0]

• Update ollama to 0.35.0
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• Ollama now supports decision models through /v1/systemone, based on TypeSafe's Jev API.
• Decision models return choices, probabilities, and scores instead of text. Use them for tasks such as ticket triage, model routing, and content classification.
• Nimble from Bespoke Labs
• Tev1 from Together AI
• Settings now opens without waiting for model discovery.
• Fixed the macOS update menu and icon not reflecting an available update at startup.
• Fixed stalled MLX model downloads hanging indefinitely.
• Requests containing the deprecated typical_p parameter now log a warning instead of failing.

[Package Updates]

[1.18.1]

• Update ollama to 0.35.1
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• Models using web search can now perform up to ten searches per response, up from three
• Modelfiles now support CAPABILITY declarations, so model creators can explicitly declare what a model can do. Declarations are preserved when creating from GGUF or safetensors, through model inheritance, and on Modelfile export
• ollama show and the model list now report only decision as the capability for decision models, so clients no longer offer them for general chat, tools, or thinking
• Updated llama.cpp and the MLX engine

[Package Updates]

[1.19.0]

• Update ollama to 0.40.0
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• Models run on MLX on Apple Silicon by default
• In this release, on Apple Silicon devices, model architectures supported by the MLX runtime will automatically run on MLX.
• Additional models include gemma4, qwen3.6 and qwen3.5
• Decision models are now available on MLX as well: Nimble tev1 clef clef-flash
• MLX now has support for an embedding model: embeddinggemma-2
• We will continue testing and enabling additional models.
• Full Changelog: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/compare/v0.35.1...v0.40.0

[Package Updates]

[1.19.1]

• Update ollama to 0.40.1
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• server: proxy cloud usage and balance APIs by @drifkin in #18829
• llama: fix clef head reads past 2GiB on windows by @Gigrise in #18777
• cmd: remove account step from CLI onboarding by @hoyyeva in #18826
• manifest: avoid symlinks on Windows by @dhiltgen in #18852
• docs: fix 6 dead links in README community integrations list by @aniketkrs in #18814
• docs: fix broken download links in app README by @chenlichao in #18233
• mlx: drop carried metal residency patch now that it is upstream by @dhiltgen in #18854

[Package Updates]

[1.19.2]

• Update ollama to 0.40.2
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• ollama list no longer shows duplicate entries for upgraded models by @dhiltgen in #18874
• ollama launch claude uses the model's full context length by @jberg5 in #18855
• README: add oxi to community integrations by @maziluiosif in #18739

[Package Updates]

[1.19.3]

• Update ollama to 0.40.3
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• ollama launch claude no longer shows a warning about Claude connectors by @hoyyeva in #18878
• ollama launch codex no longer warns about service tiers by @hoyyeva in #18879
• Paused background model upgrade for embedding and other request performance, by @jmorganca in #18908

[Package Updates]

[1.19.4]

• Update ollama to 0.40.4
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• Kev decision models are now supported by the MLX runner on Apple silicon
• ollama launch can now be used with usage credits without upgrading to a paid plan
• ollama launch codex now includes locally installed Ollama models in its model picker. Use /model within the Codex CLI to swap models.
• Improved inference performance by reusing verified manifests and already loaded models
• Added support for multimodal embeddings through llama-server
• Fixed loading multimodal embedding models with small context windows
• Improved Gemma 4 prefill performance on NVIDIA GPUs with the MLX runner
• MLX runner now clips long Laya states instead of rejecting them
• Improved speculative decoding reliability in the MLX runner, including recurrent state handling after rollback
• Updated llama.cpp with native decision model support

[Package Updates]

[1.19.5]

• Update ollama to 0.40.5
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• Decision models are now available on cloud use clef:cloud and clef-flash:cloud to run decision models through ollama.com cloud without pulling them locally
• Continuing an OpenAI-compatible Responses conversation that includes custom tool calls no longer fails with an error
• Clearer error messages when cloud access fails: sign-in problems, payment issues in the desktop app, and upstream access errors from the ChatGPT gateway now explain what went wrong
• Updated llama.cpp (adding Nemotron 3.5 support) and MLX
• @willietran made their first contribution in #18986
• Full Changelog: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/compare/v0.40.4...v0.40.5

[Package Updates]

[1.19.6]

• Update ollama to 0.40.6
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• win: prevent orphaned runners by @dhiltgen in #18500
• gguf: add the q2_0 tensor and file types by @jmorganca in #18967
• Launch clef in Ollama's cloud by @jberg5 in #19036
• use identifiers for --ask mode question keys by @jberg5 in #19041
• Full Changelog: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/compare/v0.40.5...v0.40.6-rc0