# LocalAI v2.18.1 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** LocalAI (https://localai.io)
- **Version:** v2.18.1
- **Released:** Jul 01, 2024
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/localai/updates/v2.18.1/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
LocalAI v2.18.1. Source highlight: fix(talk): identify the model by ID instead of name

## New Features
- feat(backend): fallback with autodetect
- models(gallery): add new-dawn-llama
- models(gallery): add l3-aethora-15b-v2
- models(gallery): add bungo-l3-8b-iq-imatrix
- models(gallery): add llama3-8b-darkidol-2.1-uncensored-1048k-iq-imatrix
- models(gallery): add llm-compiler

## Bug Fixes
- fix(talk): identify the model by ID instead of name
- fix(initializer): do select backends that exist