Otto v0.8.8

0.8.8 - 2026-08-11

Added

• Manage Brain model runtimes, with bundled model downloads that resume after an interruption
• Model bundles can now include a vision projector for image understanding or a speculative draft model for faster generation
• Upgrading Brain runtimes unlocks support for newly bundled models, including Muse Glimmer 30B
• Findings are now a first-class knowledge record type, including import of legacy findings
• Permanently delete a knowledge record with a destructive confirmation step
• Explore the Visualizer's built-in demo scenario when a workspace has no chats

Changed

• Cleaned up and refined the Knowledge, Context, and Brain UIs across many small details
• Improved Hugging Face model search results and how catalog and downloaded models are displayed
• Improved the run comparison view in Brain's Benchmark tab
• Brain model management and live status updates are clearer and more responsive
• Bundled ACP agents move to their latest published versions

Fixed

• Tightened knowledge article title layout so titles sit closer to their icon
• Hardened the Brain model card cache against concurrent lookups that could deadlock
• Rejected unsafe CLI argument values and fixed removing a remote Brain runtime
• A queued chat turn no longer restarts immediately behind a message you just stopped
• Swept leftover temp files from interrupted knowledge writes and repaired dangling links left by a purge
• Visualizer live graphs now keep activity up to date for every visible agent