v0.78.0

[0.78.0] - 2026-10-04

Added

plugins

• A plugin page may ask for a primary tab; the operator decides by @StevenMih in #2130
• Two web UI contribution slots, a chat message and a Logs request by @StevenMih in #2140
• A plugin page can turn off the host's page header by @StevenMih in #2141
• Catalog entries can pin a version and a per-platform SHA-256 by @StevenMih in #2167
• Install a short list of default plugins on first run, pinned by @StevenMih in #2188
• Host MoA as a virtual model by @i386 in #2045

payments

• Provider-side payment.lifecycle.v1 events at the seller ops by @StevenMih in #2108
• Let operators choose and switch wallet plugins by @benthecarman in #2133
• One exchange id for the provider's two channels by @StevenMih in #2139
• Settlement events carry the wallet's credited amount and fee by @StevenMih in #2169

Other

• Add cross-language agent streaming APIs by @i386 in #2071
• Report upgrades and execution environment by @danielwinterw in #2102
• Make the split performance settings reachable and documented (#2112 workstream 1) by @danielwinterw in #2113
• Keep the echoed client nonce on a chat message by @StevenMih in #2131
• Exchange id on Logs requests by @StevenMih in #2132
• The exchange event names both nodes, with digests on the routed and Responses paths by @StevenMih in #2138
• Operator-local peer blocks, which a plugin can request by @StevenMih in #2142
• The chat page can send to one node with ?target= by @StevenMih in #2143
• An optional twin_bracket_id on the exchange envelopes by @StevenMih in #2144
• Let small nodes contribute Laya decisions by @michaelneale in #2148
• Support preview OpenAI Decisions API shape by @i386 in #2160

Changed

• Buffer the GGUF metadata readers by @Virgile-pct in #2152

Fixed

• Restore the downstream read timeout on the handle that changed it by @Virgile-pct in #2103
• Size the model-open queue to the native progress bound by @Virgile-pct in #2104
• Let the inbound reader give up a stalled frame on Windows by @Virgile-pct in #2105
• Preserve wallet profiles and release payments on restart by @michaelneale in #2111
• Initialize the ggml timer for the ngram cache by @Virgile-pct in #2129
• Publish the exchange event on the paid serving path by @StevenMih in #2109
• Fall back to MTLCopyAllDevices when the default Metal device is nil by @mayoalexander in #2156
• Reuse verified local-required sources on Windows by @Virgile-pct in #2145
• Make repetition penalties take effect by @benthecarman in #2162
• Pack decode rows past large chunks by @benthecarman in #2157
• Resolve auto fused ops from the stage's own layers by @Virgile-pct in #2174
• Name the payer on the paid serving path's terminal event by @StevenMih in #2176
• Point Docs links at the documentation hub by @iamthesvn in #2153

Security

• Stamp the local endpoint id as the frame source by @i386 in #2117

Internal

CI, build, test, and repository work with no user-facing behavior change (37 changes)

CI and release engineering

• Smoke Laya across platform lanes by @i386 in #2092
• Align ownership with standalone Skippy by @i386 in #2101
• Stop the Windows PR lane requiring a smoke it cannot run by @i386 in #2110
• Route the crates verified green on Windows to the windows-unit row by @Virgile-pct in #2068
• Restore Windows and Vulkan Laya smokes by @i386 in #2118
• Stop routing retired mesh-wallet-lexe by @michaelneale in #2149
• Pin resolve-cargo-packages to resolver that tolerates deleted crates by @michaelneale in #2150
• Resolve standalone frontend in legacy plans by @i386 in #2161
• Gate the Laya GPU smokes on an exact lowercase true by @i386 in #2116
• Register Windows unit crate ownership by @i386 in #2165
• Unblock standalone Skippy PR validation by @i386 in #2170
• Accept relocated llama.cpp pin in PR guard by @i386 in #2172
• Run mesh-llm-commands and mesh-llm-system in the windows-unit row by @Virgile-pct in #2128
• Run extracted adapter tests with dynamic runtime on Windows by @i386 in #2175
• Preserve failed llama canary repair source by @i386 in #2179
• Diagnose and avoid canary cleanup failures by @i386 in #2180
• Allow v0.77.0 crates recovery to pull runner image by @i386 in #2178
• Align static ABI cache and consumers with patched llama by @i386 in #2181
• Drop the unit row stack reservation by @Virgile-pct in #2177
• End sibling lane monitors after PR edits and closes by @Virgile-pct in #2184
• Retry llama canary family regressions by @i386 in #2107
• Verify Node SDK assets before publishing by @i386 in #2185
• Bind protected static ABI cache to patched llama revision by @i386 in #2187
• Prepare v0.78.0 source by @i386 in #2203

Build and dependencies

• Compile the built-in Lexe wallet out by default by @michaelneale in #2121
• Bump iroh 1.1.0 -> 1.3.0 by @michaelneale in #2171

Tests

• Qualify solo agentic replay runtime by @i386 in #2095
• Check every auto fused op on split stages by @Virgile-pct in #2186

Refactors, docs, and hygiene

• Remove unreachable skippy-prompt launch lane and passive/MCP runtime compat lane by @michaelneale in #2073
• Run Laya directly from published model weights by @michaelneale in #2120
• Add the DwarfStar (ds4) engine plugin guide by @michaelneale in #2114
• Design notes around wallet impls by @michaelneale in #2126
• Remove the built-in Lexe wallet by @michaelneale in #2134
• Add security policy by @iamthesvn in #2125
• Fix config example values the validator rejects by @Virgile-pct in #2155
• MacOS Local Network check is troubleshooting, not a deploy gate by @michaelneale in #2124
• Sync the repeat-window copy and note the legacy -1 alias by @i386 in #2168

New Contributors

• @mayoalexander made their first contribution in #2156

Full Changelog: v0.77.0...v0.78.0