1.13.0

[Cohee1207]

SillyTavern 1.13.0

Breaking changes

• Chat Completion: The "Request model reasoning" toggle now controls just the visibility of the reasoning tokens returned by the model. To control the model reasoning request, use the "Reasoning Effort" setting. If unsure, "Auto" is the recommended option for most users. Please check the documentation for more details: https://docs.sillytavern.app/usage/prompts/reasoning/#reasoning-effort
• CSS styles added to the "Creator's Notes" character card field are now processed the same way as styles in chat messages, i.e. classes are automatically prefixed, the external media preference is respected, and styles are constrained to the Creator's Note block.

Backends

• Claude: Added Claude 4 models to the list. Added the extendedTTL parameter to extend the cache lifetime if using prompt caching. Added backend-provided web search tool support.
• Google AI Studio: Reorganized and cleaned up the models list. Models which are redirected to other models are marked as such. Reintroduced the reasoning tokens visibility toggle.
• Google Vertex AI (Express mode): Added as a Chat Completion source. Only Express mode keys are supported: https://cloud.google.com/vertex-ai/generative-ai/docs/start/express-mode/overview
• Pollinations: Added as a Chat Completion source: https://pollinations.ai/
• MistralAI: Added devstral and new mistral-medium models to the list.
• OpenRouter: Synchronized the providers list.
• llama.cpp: Enabled nsigma sampler controls. Added a min_keep setting. Disabled the tfs sampler as it is not supported by the backend.
• Mancer: Enabled DRY and XTC sampler controls. Disabled the Mirostat sampler as it is not supported by the backend.

Improvements

• Welcome Screen: Completely redesigned the welcome screen, added a recent chats display, automatic creation of a permanent Assistant, and the ability to set any character as a default Assistant. See the documentation for guidance: https://docs.sillytavern.app/usage/welcome-assistants/
• Temporary Chats: Temporary chats can now be restored by importing a previously saved chat file.
• Character Cards: Styles defined in the "Creator's Notes" field are now processed the same way as styles in chat messages and constrained to the Creator's Note block. Added a per-character setting to allow applying styles outside of the Creator's Note block.
• Extensions: Added branch selection to the extension installation dialog. The branch can also be switched in the "Manage extensions" menu.
• UI Themes: "Click-to-Edit" theme toggle is decoupled from the "document mode" style. Added an ability to set toast notifications position in the theme settings. Added a Rounded Square avatar style.
• Style tags defined in greeting messages will now always be applied, even if the message is not rendered. Use the "Pin greeting message styles" user setting to control this behavior.
• World Info: Added per-entry toggles to match entry keys with the character card fields.
• Chat Completion: Added source-specific Reasoning Effort options: Auto, Minimum, Maximum. The "Request model reasoning" toggle now only controls the visibility of the reasoning tokens returned by the model.
• Chat Completion: "Prompt Post-Processing" can be used with any Chat Completion source. Added "Merge into a single user message" option to the post-processing settings. Tool calling is not supported when using Prompt Post-Processing.
• Chat Completion: Added a toggle to control the link between Chat Completion presets and API connections. When enabled (default), API connection settings will be bound to the selected preset.
• Prompt Manager: Added an indication of where the prompts are pulled from. Added an ability to set priorities of prompts on the same injection depth (similar to World Info ordering behavior).
• Text Completion: Added a Post-History Instructions field to the System Prompt settings.
• Text Completion: Added GLM-4 templates. Fixed Lightning 1.1 templates. Pygmalion template merged with Metharme template.
• Advanced Formatting: Non-Markdown Strings do not automatically include chat and examples separators anymore. Use {{chatStart}},{{chatSeparator}} value to restore the classic behavior.
• Backgrounds: Video backgrounds can now be uploaded with automatic conversion to animated WebP format. Requires a converter extension to be installed: https://github.com/SillyTavern/Extension-VideoBackgroundLoader
• Server: Added a --configPath command line argument to override the path to the config.yaml file. Missing default config entries will be added even if the post-install script is not run.
• Tags: Added an ability to hide tags on characters in the character lists.
• Various localization updates and fixes.

Extensions

• Image Generation: Added gpt-image-1 model for OpenAI. Added {{charPrefix}} and {{charNegativePrefix}} global macros.
• Image Captioning: Added Pollinations as a source. Added secondary endpoint URL control for Text Completion sources. Fixed llama.cpp captioning support.
• Vector Storage: Added embed-v4.0 model by Cohere.

STscript

• Added /test and /match commands to perform RegEx operations on strings.
• Added raw=false argument to control the quotes preservation of the message-sending commands (e.g. /send, /sendas).
• Added /chat-jump command to quickly scroll to a message by its ID.
• Added a name argument to the /sys command to set a name displayed on the message.
• Added /clipboard-get and /clipboard-set commands to read and write to the system clipboard.

Bug fixes

• Fixed vectors generated by KoboldCpp not being saved correctly.
• Fixed group chat metadata being lost when renaming a group member.
• Fixed visual duplication of Chat Completion presets on renaming.
• Fixed sending a message on Enter press while IME composition is active.
• Fixed an edge case where the Continue suffix was not correctly parsed in instruct mode.
• Fixed compatibility of tool definitions with the DeepSeek backend.
• Fixed xAI selected model not being saved to presets.
• Fixed a server crash on extracting corrupted ZIP archives.
• Fixed "hide muted sprites" toggle not being preserved per group.
• Fixed logprobs token reroll when using auto-parsed reasoning.

Community updates

• Make scrollbars make sense. by @Erquint in Make scrollbars make sense. #3887
• feat(slash-commands): Add /goto-floor command and implement message highlighting by @awaae001 in feat(slash-commands): Add /goto-floor command and implement message highlighting #3898
• Thinking Budget 2.5: Electric Googaloo by @Cohee1207 in Thinking Budget 2.5: Electric Googaloo #3893
• Add reasoning effort control for CC OpenRouter by @Cohee1207 in Add reasoning effort control for CC OpenRouter #3902
• chat preset: GLM-4 by @kallewoof in chat preset: GLM-4 #3906
• Remove last message role restriction for Cohere by @cloak1505 in Remove last message role restriction for Cohere #3908
• trivial: remove extraneous \n after sop token by @kallewoof in trivial: remove extraneous \n after sop token #3912
• Print full Google response by @cloak1505 in Print full Google response #3914
• Refactor WI init to init function for more consistent startup by @Wolfsblvt in Refactor WI init to init function for more consistent startup #3915
• Normalize instruct names behavior and repair Lightning 1.1's system prompt by @cloak1505 in Normalize instruct names behavior and repair Lightning 1.1's system prompt #3911
• Vision cleanup by @equal-l2 in Vision cleanup #3900
• Fix continuation suffix trimming by @Cohee1207 in Fix continuation suffix trimming #3913
• Check instruct activation regex before selecting context template by @Cohee1207 in Check instruct activation regex before selecting context template #3916
• Update zh-cn translation by @A1KESH1 in Update zh-cn translation #3921
• Allow read-only installation by @wrvsrx in Allow read-only installation #3857
• Prune Google models by @cloak1505 in Prune Google models #3919
• World Info chat-independent data matching by @BismuthGlass in World Info chat-independent data matching #3889
• Add both test and match regex commands by @BismuthGlass in Add both test and match regex commands #3928
• Check for error as well when parsing streaming responses by @Ristellise in Check for error as well when parsing streaming responses #3937
• TC sysprompt: Add Post-History Instructions control by @Cohee1207 in TC sysprompt: Add Post-History Instructions control #3926
• Update links to ollama gihub by @huisman in Update links to ollama gihub #3942
• Fix the issue where deleting files on Windows may cause the application to crash. by @wickedcode01 in Fix the issue where deleting files on Windows may cause the application to crash. #3940
• Add a named argument of "name" to the /sys slash command by @InspectorCaracal in Add a named argument of "name" to the /sys slash command #3946
• Adds a check for jailbreaks existing in new TC PHI by @InspectorCaracal in Adds a check for jailbreaks existing in new TC PHI #3948
• Remove Pygmalion instruct template (duplicate of Metharme) by @cloak1505 in Remove Pygmalion instruct template (duplicate of Metharme) #3941
• Add branch selection on extension installer by @Cohee1207 in Add branch selection on extension installer #3933
• Update ru-ru translation by @Yokayo in Update ru-ru translation #3930
• Export of swipe_right function by @Samueras in Export of swipe_right function #3953
• Upload video bg via converter extension by @Cohee1207 in Upload video bg via converter extension #3803
• Update zh-tw.json by @RivelleDays in Update zh-tw.json #3957
• Add style pin feature for greeting messages by @Cohee1207 in Add style pin feature for greeting messages #3955
• Add support for gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 by @sirius422 in Add support for gemini-2.5-pro-preview-05-06 #3963
• Updates/fixes for llama.cpp textgen settings by @DocShotgun in Updates/fixes for llama.cpp textgen settings #3961
• Decouple "click to edit" from document mode by @Cohee1207 in Decouple "click to edit" from document mode #3964
• Assorted Claude adjustments by @Cohee1207 in Assorted Claude adjustments #3971
• Fix llama.cpp captioning by @Cohee1207 in Fix llama.cpp captioning #3980
• Update and alphabetize OpenRouter providers list by @cloak1505 in Update and alphabetize OpenRouter providers list #3983
• Prompt Manager: add source display of pulled prompts by @Cohee1207 in Prompt Manager: add source display of pulled prompts #3981
• Update parameters for Mancer: +XTC, +DRY, -Mirostat by @50h100a in Update parameters for Mancer: +XTC, +DRY, -Mirostat #3986
• Pollinations - Text by @Cohee1207 in Pollinations - Text #3985
• chat-templates: reorder by version and add missing template by @kallewoof in chat-templates: reorder by version and add missing template #3988
• Implement a priority for prompt injections in CC by @Dakraid in Implement a priority for prompt injections in CC #3978
• Added prefill for custom-request->text completion by @bmen25124 in Added prefill for custom-request->text completion #3989
• New welcome screen + quick chat functionality by @Cohee1207 in New welcome screen + quick chat functionality #3990
• ZIP extraction error handling by @Cohee1207 in ZIP extraction error handling #4002
• Fix markdown exclusion extension to use macros by @Cohee1207 in Fix markdown exclusion extension to use macros #4003
• Reverse CC prompt manager's injection order of "Order" to match World Info by @cloak1505 in Reverse CC prompt manager's injection order of "Order" to match World Info #4004
• "Bind preset to connection" toggle by @Cohee1207 in "Bind preset to connection" toggle #3999
• working fix for logprob reroll with autoparsed reasoning by @RossAscends in working fix for logprob reroll with autoparsed reasoning #3998
• Hide tag for character by @aalizelau in Hide tag for character #4019
• Add Vertex AI express mode support by @NijikaMyWaifu in Add Vertex AI express mode support #3977
• Allow prompt post-processing for all sources. Add 'single user msg' processing by @Cohee1207 in Allow prompt post-processing for all sources. Add 'single user msg' processing #4009
• Implement creator's note style tag preferences by @Cohee1207 in Implement creator's note style tag preferences #3979
• STscript: add ability to override rawQuotes with a named argument by @Cohee1207 in STscript: add ability to override rawQuotes with a named argument #4032
• custom endpoint handling by @Autumnlight02 in custom endpoint handling #4031
• Staging by @Cohee1207 in Staging #4041

New Contributors

• @awaae001 made their first contribution in feat(slash-commands): Add /goto-floor command and implement message highlighting #3898
• @A1KESH1 made their first contribution in Update zh-cn translation #3921
• @Ristellise made their first contribution in Check for error as well when parsing streaming responses #3937
• @huisman made their first contribution in Update links to ollama gihub #3942
• @wickedcode01 made their first contribution in Fix the issue where deleting files on Windows may cause the application to crash. #3940
• @Samueras made their first contribution in Export of swipe_right function #3953
• @aalizelau made their first contribution in Hide tag for character #4019
• @Autumnlight02 made their first contribution in custom endpoint handling #4031

Full Changelog: 1.12.14...1.13.0

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This discussion was created from the release 1.13.0.