AI takes half the wire, two new GPT-6 models
AI claimed fifteen of thirty releases, split between infrastructure updates and two new OpenAI frontier models. GPT-6 Sol and Luna arrived with different capability-cost profiles. The plumbing layer shipped Ollama 0.34.4 fixing intermittent model-not-found errors, llama.cpp b11117 with HIP optimizations for IQ2 and IQ3, and llm CLI 0.36 adding both GPT-6 endpoints. Privacy logged seven items including KeePassXC 2.8.0-beta1 with remote database sync and Proton VPN Windows 5.1.8 fixing split tunneling. Bitcoin shipped three: Core Lightning 26.06.8 with vulnerability fixes, Cashu TS 4.11.0 backporting v5 fixes to the v4 line, and Ledger Live Desktop 4.21.1. Nostr logged four including Sprout Buzz Desktop 0.5.24 and Sidecar 1.14.0 with alt-text support.
Bitcoin
- Cashu TS 4.11.0. Maintenance backport of v5 fixes to the v4 stable line with no breaking changes.
- Core Lightning 26.06.8. Includes bug fixes and patches for responsibly reported vulnerabilities.
- Ledger Live Desktop 4.21.1. 4.21.1 Patch Changes - 22339 d97a9f6 Thanks @live-github-bot!
Nostr
- Mostro CLI 0.16.3. Added badges in readme; Show both sides of the conversation.
- Sprout Buzz Desktop 0.5.24. Stabilizes unread fixtures, remembers Inbox unread-only choice, and refreshes desktop state.
- Ditto 2.40.0. Ditto v2.40.0
- Sidecar 1.14.0. Adds alt-text support in the format other clients read and fixes uploads dropping URLs mid-sentence.
Privacy
- New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 16.0a12. Tor Browser 16.0a12 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory; This version includes important security updates to Firefox.
- Bitwarden Server Version 2026.9.1. Single bug fix: sets Reply-To header on price migration emails.
- Proton VPN Windows 5.1.8. Fixes split tunneling in include mode when using Proton Protocols.
- KeePassXC 2.8.0-beta1. First beta adds remote database synchronization, custom keyboard shortcuts, and SSH agent support for RSA and ECDSA key generation.
- SilverBullet 2.11.1. Windows-only fix: Git operations for revision history no longer spawn visible terminal windows.
- Anytype Desktop 0.57.0. Refactors auth flow to return the account synchronously and drops the AccountShow event.
- gopass 1.17.3. Breaks module cycle by moving HIBP client into pkg/hibp, avoids hdiutil deprecation warnings on macOS, and prevents unnecessary config overwrites.
Self-hosting
- N8n 2.41.0. Ai-builder: Pass parent ask-user answers into Agent Builder (e149dfa); Ai-builder: Reactive subject name on chip (233afff).
AI
- Qwen Code 0.24.4. Add monitor tool to system prompt guidance; Add batched workspace session catalogs.
- Deepseek Harness 0.1.7-alpha.2. ;, @imccyu; ,/, @yixiangihsiang.
- llm CLI 0.36. Adds support for gpt-6-sol and gpt-6-luna endpoints.
- Ollama 0.34.4. Fixes intermittent model-not-found errors on the server side.
- HelixML 2.12.20. Land users in chief of staff; Stop retrying terminal agent activations.
- langchain-openai== 1.6.4. Refreshes OpenAI model profile data.
- Cline Desktop 0.0.34. Composio connectors now load all available tools instead of stopping at the first 20.
- Cline 4.1.20. Sub-agents spawned in the same step now execute tool calls concurrently instead of sequentially.
- AnythingLLM 1.16.2. X LLMman - OSS is now available as a local LLM provider, replacing Docker Model Runner; X Google Vertex AI is now available as an LLM provider.
- llama.cpp b11117. HIP optimization for IQ2 and IQ3 using SWAR bit manipulation for vcmpne4 and vsub4.
- Mistral Common 1.12.0. Adds agnostic validation mode, allows overriding auto-detected plain thinking support in chat templates, and sets reference audio filename for voice tasks.
- Claude Agent Sdk Python 0.2.158. Adds ClaudeAgentOptions.verbatim prompts option, defaults to False.
- Introducing GPT-6 Sol and Luna. Two new frontier models with different capability-cost balances.
- Rslearn 0.1.15. Makes WorldCereal downloads resumable with checksum verification, adds sdpa option, and selects distilled register student for embedding extraction.
- MiniMax Code 0.5.2. Built from public source commit d5f6179.
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