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What's new in h2oGPTe v1.6.x
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We are excited to announce the release of h2oGPTe 1.6. Read on to learn about the new features and improvements in h2oGPTe 1.6.x series that help you find answers and generate content based on your private data.
The h2oGPTe 1.6.x series delivers significant capabilities for autonomous AI assistance, enhanced APIs, and improved document processing:
Major features
- Agent functionality: Autonomous tool use with code execution, placing #1 on the GAIA leaderboard for General AI assistants
- Role-Based Access Control (RBAC): Comprehensive permission system for users and groups
- REST API: OpenAPI-compliant interface with auto-generated bindings for Python, JavaScript, and Go
- Custom GPT creation: Collection-based configuration system for tailored AI assistants
Key improvements & fixes across releases
- Updated supported LLMs list: Added coverage of new large language models, including OpenAI's GPT-5 series
(v1.6.37) - OpenAI compatible API: Added OpenAI API compatibility for integration with existing applications, supporting chat completions, responses, and streaming
(v1.6.37) - User data deletion: Added endpoints to the Python client and REST API for deleting a user's data
(v1.6.39) - Exception handling and resilience: Improved exception handling and increased resilience for document ingestion and old parsing issues
(v1.6.35) - Internationalization: Added RTL language support to improve UI compatibility with right-to-left languages
(v1.6.34) - Enhanced mobile experience: Better navigation, responsive design, and improved card layouts
(v1.6.33) - Developer experience: Async API examples, simplified client connections, and enhanced code execution
(v1.6.33) - System reliability: Better error handling, improved self-tests, and enhanced stability
(v1.6.32, v1.6.33) - Performance optimizations: Faster document ingestion, improved chat queries, and faster processing
(v1.6.32) - Client stability: Improved real-time chat stability and connection reliability for web applications
(v1.6.40) - Multilingual support: Added translation framework supporting both left-to-right and right-to-left languages and full Spanish language support
(v1.6.41) - Agent capabilities: Added support for selecting user personas when using an agent and a specialized Data Science Agent type for advanced analytics tasks
(v1.6.41) - Enterprise security: Secret Manager and Secure Connectors now configurable by administrators for centralized credential management and secure external integrations
(v1.6.43) - Workspaces: Added workspace functionality with tagging and personal workspace migration
(v1.6.43) - Enhanced agents: New Tool Builder Agent and improved agent response UI
(v1.6.43) - New connectors: Added new connector to import content directly from Atlassian Confluence
(v1.6.43) - Improved document management: Added video scene descriptions and auto-tagging with agents
(v1.6.43) - Refined chat and UI experience: Redesigned Chats page, improved chat toolbar, better references view, and clearer collection context in chats
(v1.6.44) - Inline reference pills: Clickable citation pills in chat responses link directly to source document passages with PDF highlighting
(v1.6.54) - RAG query filters: Include or exclude specific content with filters on chat queries
(v1.6.54) - New model support: Added GPT-5.2 and Gemini-3-pro-preview model options
(v1.6.54) - Confluence attachments: Support for document attachments in the Confluence connector
(v1.6.54) - Chat generation control: Added APIs to pause, resume, stop, and finish ongoing chat message generation
(v1.6.55) - FedRAMP/FIPS reliability: Fixed a crash loop in FIPS-enabled deployments and a PDF parsing crash affecting FedRAMP/offline environments
(v1.6.63)
Releases in this series
| Release | Released |
|---|---|
| v1.6.63 | 2026-06-23 |
| v1.6.57 | 2026-03-09 |
| v1.6.55 | 2026-02-04 |
| v1.6.54 | 2026-01-15 |
| v1.6.46 | 2025-11-21 |
| v1.6.45 | 2025-11-15 |
| v1.6.44 | 2025-11-14 |
| v1.6.43 | 2025-10-29 |
| v1.6.41 | 2025-09-19 |
| v1.6.36 | 2025-07-13 |
| v1.6.33 | 2025-06-22 |
| v1.6.32 | 2025-06-16 |
| v1.6.0 | 2025-01-31 |
Support and resources
For technical support and questions about this release:
Additional resources
Upgrade information
We recommend upgrading to the latest version of h2oGPTe 1.6.x to access these improvements. The upgrade process preserves all your existing data and configurations.
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