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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.
Overview of the 1.6.x Release
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) - 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 streamlined 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)
Major patch releases
- Patch v1.6.54 (January 2026)
- Patch v1.6.46 (November 2025)
- Patch v1.6.45 (November 2025)
- Patch v1.6.44 (November 2025)
- Patch v1.6.43 (November 2025)
- Patch v1.6.41 (October 2025)
- Patch v1.6.36 (July 2025)
- Patch v1.6.33 (June 2025)
- Patch v1.6.32 (June 2025)
h2oGPTe v1.6.54
New features
User interface and experience
- Inline reference pills: Chat responses now include hoverable citation pills that reveal document details on hover and open the source on click, enabling users to easily validate information and navigate supporting documents. Click any reference pill to view the relevant passage.
- PDF highlighting: When you click an inline reference, the PDF viewer opens and automatically highlights the exact passage, making it easier to verify sources.
- PDF original view mode: View PDF documents in their original format with a new viewing option.
- Side panel file viewer: Open inline images and file links directly in the side panel without leaving your current view.
Search and filtering
- RAG query filters: Include or exclude specific content using filters on your chat queries for more precise results.
Connectors and integrations
- Confluence attachments: The Confluence connector now supports document attachments, allowing you to import attached files along with page content, with improved reliability and expanded content import capabilities.
Models
- GPT-5.2: Added support for OpenAI's GPT-5.2 model.
- Gemini-3-pro-preview: Added Google's Gemini-3-pro-preview model option.
- Embedded models: Added support for new embedded models including
embeddinggemma-300m-qat-q8_0-unquantizedandmxbai-embed-large-v1.
Improvements
User interface and experience
- Markdown document preview: Markdown files now correctly display as text previews instead of raw content.
- Auto-generated turn titles: Agent turn message panels now automatically generate titles when none is provided.
- Simplified prompt template view: The prompt template view is now streamlined when using agentic RAG.
Bug fixes
User interface and experience
- Page previews: Fixed page previews incorrectly displaying the full PDF document instead of the intended view section.
- View selector dropdown: Fixed view selector dropdown appearing empty and preventing proper view selection.
- Vision UI toggle: Fixed regression where the enable vision UI toggle no longer displayed the Off/Auto/On options, restoring full vision control functionality.
Chat and sessions
- Chat history stability: Fixed issues with chat history management and message alignment on large screens.
Security
- Security updates: Enhanced system security with base image updates that address multiple reported CVEs and other security vulnerabilities.
h2oGPTe v1.6.46
New features
User interface
- Math formula toggle: Control how mathematical formulas display in chat responses. Enable or disable formatted equation rendering in your preferences to customize your viewing experience.
Improvements
User interface and experience
- Chat history display: Chat history button now appears consistently across all conversations, making it easier to review and reference past interactions.
- Agent response filtering: Improved filtering of thinking sections in agent responses for cleaner, more focused content that's easier to read.
Security
- Security updates: Enhanced system security with updates that address multiple security vulnerabilities.
Bug fixes
Content rendering
- Text-to-speech: Fixed an issue where the text-to-speech feature wasn't working. You can now use the speech button to hear responses read aloud.
h2oGPTe v1.6.45
Improvements
Content formatting and display
- Markdown math rendering: Mathematical equations written in markdown now display as properly formatted equations, making technical documentation and formulas easier to read and understand.
User interface and navigation
- Settings button visibility: The + New Settings button on the System Settings page is now disabled when no configuration options are available, providing immediate visual feedback about which areas can be customized.
Bug fixes
User interface and messaging
- Chat history clarity: Internal system messages are now hidden from chat history, keeping conversations focused on your questions and the agent's responses.
- Error message accuracy: Error messages throughout the application have been updated to provide clearer descriptions of issues and actionable guidance for resolution.
System reliability
- Workspace validation: Added validation checks for workspaces and system configuration to help prevent errors when required setup steps are incomplete, enhancing overall system stability.
h2oGPTe v1.6.44
Improvements
User interface and experience
- Chat toolbar location: Moved the toolbar into the chat input area so actions like starting the agent or attaching files sit next to the message box.
- Collection name in chats: Show the collection name in collection-based chats so you can see which content the agent uses.
- References slider: Added a slider to focus on the highest‑scoring referenced passages instead of showing every match.
- Topic model management: Added a button to delete Topic Model directly from the UI to simplify analytics cleanup.
- Cloud ingestion jobs: Renamed cloud ingestion jobs with clearer, more descriptive titles so you can identify each job quickly.
- Licensing information: Standardized licensing information display so deployment details are easier to review.
Connectors and integrations
- Connector dialog redesign: Redesigned the connector configuration dialog to clarify fields and simplify setup.
- Connector navigation: Moved connector access from the sidebar to the profile area to group advanced settings.
- SharePoint OAuth settings: Added centralized SharePoint OAuth configuration to the Admin Dashboard (under System Settings) with admin-only access and built-in encryption of sensitive information to enhance security in enterprise environments.
- Confluence sync status: Added clearer progress reporting while downloading Confluence pages.
- Confluence page names: Allowed Confluence pages with slashes in their names.
- Cloud storage integrations: Extended the S3 connector to support AWS IAM Roles for Service Accounts (IRSA) and role chaining.
- Connector ingest hints: Added clearer hints for configuring ingestion through connectors by hovering over the method name in the drop-down menu.
Agents and models
- Shared agent model option: Added an option for administrators to configure a shared default language model across agents.
- Default guardrails flag: Added a configuration flag
H2OGPTE_MUX_DEFAULT_GUARDRAILS_ENABLEDto enable or disable default agent guardrails globally.
Administration and identity
- User identity display: Aligned username display from single sign-on (SSO) providers across the UI and audit logs for consistency.
Performance improvements
- PDF highlighting: Switched PDF highlighting to use a global threshold for more consistent visual citations.
- Timeout handling: Reduced timeout failures for long‑running operations.
- Storage reliability: Improved storage connection handling for more stable document storage under load.
- Filtered document lists: Fixed document listing with filters so filtered views are more accurate and responsive.
Bug fixes
User interface and documents
- File handling: Fixed previews for files with trailing dots or dot‑prefixed names, and prevented empty files from causing indexing errors.
- Drag-and-drop uploads: Fixed a form control error that occurred when drag‑dropping files.
- Extractor messages: Fixed a misleading error message when saving extractors.
- Collections and dialogs: Fixed the add‑documents dialog height, edit‑mode checkmarks, and dark mode display for connector screens.
- Topic model labels: Corrected Topic Model labels so they render as expected.
Authentication and authorization
- Single sign-on usernames: Fixed inconsistencies in how usernames from SSO providers are displayed.
- API key expiry toggle: Fixed API key expiry toggle behavior on the API page so it aligns with actual key expiry.
Workspaces and configuration
- Personal workspace assignment: Added stricter checks when setting personal workspaces to prevent incorrect assignments.
- Expiry defaults and limits: Corrected expiry default behavior and global expiration limits to match configured settings.
Connectors
- Confluence reliability: Improved error handling in the Confluence connector.
- SharePoint reactivity: Ensured SharePoint connector settings update correctly when the main server configuration changes.
Agents and models
- Agent chat history: Fixed issues with old agent chat history when agents are enabled but chat history is turned off.
- Private mode LLM filtering: Fixed broken private mode LLM filtering.
- Agent isolation: Fixed agent isolation behavior and prevented built‑in code execution tools from sharing keys unexpectedly.
h2oGPTe v1.6.43
Improvements
Workspaces and organization
- Workspace functionality: Added workspace feature to organize and manage your content with tagging and tracking capabilities.
- Existing personal content automatically migrates to the new workspace system
Agent capabilities and tools
- Tool Builder Agent: New specialized agent type designed for building and customizing tools
- Automatic model routing: Agents now automatically select the best model based on accuracy requirements for optimal results
- Agent monitoring: Added tracking for agent conversation turns to help monitor agent usage
- Final Answer Mode: New dropdown in agent configuration to control how agents deliver final responses
- Agent streaming and files UI: Improved real-time streaming interface and file management for agent responses
- Human-in-the-loop planning: Added control to review and approve agent planning before execution
- Document auto-tagging: Agents can now automatically tag documents using specialized tools
- Tool defaults: Option for admins to enable tools by default when creating new agents for faster setup
- Authentication improvements: Improved authentication tab interface for configuring agent credentials
New model support
- Google Vertex AI Gemini 2.5 Pro: Added support for Google's latest Gemini model via Vertex AI
- GPT-5 Codex: Added support for OpenAI's GPT-5 Codex model
Document processing and connectors
- Video scene descriptions: h2oGPTe now generates automatic scene descriptions for better understanding of video content
- Auto-Sync Collection Connector: New connector that automatically synchronizes collections with external sources
- SharePoint OAuth2 authentication: Enhanced SharePoint connector with OAuth2 user authentication for improved security