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Latest Updates & Improvements to Backyard AI
0.25.20
Jul 25, 2024
beta
Hofix
Fixed "Your system is missing the requisite DLL(s)." error
0.25.18 - 0.25.19 Internal
0.25.17
Jul 25, 2024
beta
Hofix
Disabled experimental bins on MacOS that were preventing app startup
0.25.1 - 0.25.16 Internal
0.25.0
Jul 24, 2024
stable
Homepage Folders & Custom Sorting
Create folders on the homepage
Sort characters via drag & drop
Mobile App & Mobile Web Updates
Improved mobile chat page UI
UI updates to better match desktop app
General performance improvements for mobile
Better hub navigation
Search improvements on mobile
Bug Fixes & Improvements
Fixed issue with cursor jumping to the end of text inputs
Added Gemma2 prompt template
0.24.4 - 0.24.6 Internal
0.24.3
Jul 16, 2024
beta
Bug Fixes & Improvements
Fixed issue causing Windows app to crash while tethering
Fixed Gemma2 on Windows
0.24.2
Jul 9, 2024
beta
Bug Fixes & Improvements
Support wildcards in lore keys
Updated "Experimental" backend to support Gemma models
Fixed inaccurate example dialogue token count
Fixed broken button to disconnect tethering
Improved Windows desktop app UI
0.24.0
Jul 3, 2024
stable
Added Status Page on Web
We now have a public status page that shows the current uptime of the web app, character hub, and our cloud models
It also includes the average wait time and tokens/second for all cloud models
Bug Fixes & Improvements
Speedup of message response time when using context sizes above 6k
Various fixes for mobile tethering
Fixed issue where uploading/downloading characters images to/from the hub would be out of order
Fixed issue where GIFs were not correctly displayed
Fixed issue with chat message edits not saving
Fixed User personas not saving correctly
Fixed "Minor Version Updates" toggle on the settings page
Fixed issue where chosen Avatar image would not stay selected
Fixed incorrect Avatar image dimensions on download
Fixed issue where updating Characters would break images
Character avatar image carousel order is remembered when navigating back to the Chat Page
Fixed incorrect image dimensions after downloading a character
Fixed issue where images wouldn't correctly download from the Character Hub
Fixed issue where the "Minor Version Updates" settings toggle state wasn't correctly reflected
Fixed rare render issues with dropdown menu
Fixed issue where deleting a character would delete a saved persona's image
Fixed issue where editing responses occasionally deleted the response on save
Updates from 5 beta releases included
0.23.2
Jun 24, 2024
stable
Character Page on the Hub
UI updates to the Character Pages on the Hub
Bug Fixes & Improvements
Fixed bug causing the app homepage to load slowly when the app has over 100 characters
Fixed bug causing stop button to break when using the "Experimental" backend
Improved loading times for large models
Fixed 'cublas_12.1.0_avx2-v0.2... has stopped working' error on Windows
Fixed issue causing image controls to jump around on characters with multiple different-sized images
0.23.0 - 0.23.1 Internal
0.22.3
Jun 21, 2024
stable
Bug Fixes & Improvements
Fixed under allocation of VRAM on some Windows devices
Fixed "Client Stale Error" on the Desktop chat page
Fixed issue with CUDA device detection
Improved model loading speeds on CUDA
Removed Basic mode from character creation to support upcoming features
Fixed issue with uploading characters to the Hub
Fixed IP rate limiting issue on Free Plan
Text-to-Speech fixed on web
Fixed occasional 400 errors on long chats using Cloud models
0.22.0 - 0.22.2 Internal
0.21.0
Jun 17, 2024
stable
Backyard Cloud Revamp
Free plan - increased quota on Fimbulvetr to 50 free messages per day (up from 100 per week)
Every registered user receives 25 message credits per week that can be applied to any Cloud model (including Pro)
Promoted Fimbulvetr to the default model on Free and Standard plans
Added new "Advanced" subscription plan
Added Fimbulvetr 10.7B at 8,192 context tokens to Advanced and Pro plans
Standard plan - Mythomax-Kimiko 13B added at 4,096 context tokens
Pro plan - Llama 3 Jamet MK.V Blackroot 8B added at 10,240 context tokens
Pro plan - Midnight-Rose 70B upgraded to a higher quality format
Pro plan - Psyonic-Cetacean 20B replaced with Psyonic-Cetacean Ultra 20B
Pro plan - early access to iOS app is now available
Advanced plan - Chunky Lemon-Cookie 11B added at 8,192 context tokens
Desktop App Updates
Added ability to opt out of minor release auto-updates in the settings
Updated Stable backend to support IQ quants
Fixed bad outputs on certain Mac devices using Apple Metal
Respect "iogpu.wired_limit_mb" setting on Apple devices
Better auto-GPU detection for large parameter models
Modest performance improvements for CUDA and AMD
Added support for quantized KV cache on Experimental Backend (Nvidia GPUs only)
CLBlast will begin to be phased out of future releases (use Vulkan instead)
App Improvements
Added input field caching on Character creation page to prevent unsaved edits from being lost
Added popup dialogue to disable undo confirmation
Significantly improved load times across the Character Hub
Fixed trending algorithm breaking on the Character Hub
Added more descriptive error messages to chat page
Added login options for Apple and Twitter/X
Added ability to upload characters from the web app
Lore item keys can now be up to 300 characters in length
During lore injection, only the matching key is inserted into context
0.20.2 Internal
0.20.1
May 28, 2024
stable
App updates
Added ability to reorder lorebook entries
Increased max lore tokens for large context sizes
Increased primary tag limit from 3 to 5
Added character category links to top of the hub homepage
Added global max context setting to web users (allows for longer character prompts)
Improved load time on hub homepage
Fixes to "Experimental" backend
Fixed issue where detected VRAM was inaccurate
Modest performance boosts for CUDA
Bug fixes
Fixed "Connecting to server..." chat page warning
Fixed issue where TTS would return errors on Windows
Fixed issue preventing rebrand banner from closing
Fixed errors relating to large character uploads
Fixed Google Translate causing web page bugs
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