Release Notes

Current CHAT Models

Deprecated CHAT Models as of (May 27th 2026)

OpenAI Models

For more information about OpenAI's models, please visit their site here.

Service Update: August 14th 2026

Model Updates

  • New Models: OpenAI GPT-5.5, GPT-5.6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, and GPT-5.6 Luna are now available for all users. Anthropic Claude Opus 4.8 and Sonnet 5.0, as well as Gemini 3.5 Flash, 3.5 Flash-Lite, and 3.6 Flash, are now available for select users.

     


Service Update: July 23rd 2026

System Update

  • CHAT has been upgraded to LibreChat 0.8.5

Model Updates

  • New Models: OpenAI GPT 5.4 is now available for all users. Gemini 3.1 and Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6, Opus 4.6 and Opus 4.7 are now available for select users.
     

New Features

  • Bulk upload for agents: Users can now bulk upload users when sharing a custom agent with others
  • UI Updates: The Features Panel has been moved from the right hand side to the left hand side. All functionality of the features remains the same.

 Fixes and Stability

  • File Upload Improvement and Stability: Optimized the RAG API to improve context retrieval accuracy

 


Service Update: May 27th 2026

System Update

  • CHAT has been upgraded to LibreChat 0.8.2

Model Updates

  • New Models: Anthropic Claude Opus 4.5, and Haiku 4.5 are available to select users

New Features

  • Sharing Agents: Users can now share custom agents with other CHAT users. For information on how to do this view the CHAT user guide.
  • Pin Favorite Models: Within the Model Selection Dropdown Menu, users have the ability to “Pin” models. These models will appear under the “Search messages” bar in the left hand chat history menu.
  • Inline Diagrams: Text based inline diagrams can now be rendered directly within conversations.
  • Support for Audio Files using Gemini models: Using the “Upload to Provider” option will allow users to upload audio files with Gemini Models

 Fixes and Stability

  • Bug Fix: Resolved an issue that prevented certain models from automatically naming the thread in the chat history menu
  • File Upload Improvement and Stability: Optimized the RAG API to improve context retrieval accuracy, enabling more page-specific responses.

Service Update: May 1st 2026

Model Updates

  • New Models: Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.5 has been added for select users.

 


Service Update: February 11th 2026

Model Updates

  • New Models: OpenAI ChatGPT 5.2, 5-mini and 5-nano have been added
  • Removed Models: OpenAI GPT-4o, GPT-o4 mini, and GPT-5 have been removed

     


Service Update: December 16th 2025

New Features

  • New Models: Google Gemini 2.5 Flash and 2.5 Pro have been added for select users.

     


Service Update: November 25th 2025

Fixes and Stability

  • Bug Fixes: Resolved an issue that was preventing new user records from being created.
  • File Upload Stability: Optimized the RAG API to ensure more stable and reliable upload handling for larger files.

Security

  • Session Management: An automatic session timeout policy has been implemented, logging users out after 15 minutes of idle time for enhanced security.

     


Service Update: October 27th 2025

New Features

  • Web Search Integration: Implemented the capability to enable Web Search for all models via a toggle in the Parameters tab.
  • Memories Feature: Introduced the Memories feature into the Features Panel, allowing users to manage context across multiple conversations.

Enhancements

  • Landing Page UI Update: The CHAT landing page has been updated to include a "What’s New" section and now displays the current default model for the platform.

Security

  • System Integrity: Completed various cybersecurity updates to enhance platform stability and data integrity.

 


Service Update: October 1st 2025

New Features

  • Global Columbia Agents: Introduced pre-built, ready-to-use Columbia Agents for Image Generation and Google Search functionality. These agents utilize the current default model for CHAT and are available to all users.

Changes to Model Configuration

  • Default Model Update: GPT- 4o has been set as the new default model, replacing the previous default, GPT-5.