# LocalAI v2.29.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** LocalAI (https://localai.io)
- **Version:** v2.29.0
- **Released:** May 12, 2025
- **Impact Score:** 7/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Source flagged
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/localai/updates/v2.29.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
LocalAI v2.29.0. Source highlight: I am thrilled to announce the release of LocalAI v2.29.0! This update focuses heavily on refining our container image strategy, making default images leaner and providing clearer options for users needing specific features or hardware acceleration. We've also added support for new models like Qwen3,

## Breaking Changes & Deprecations
- ⚠️ Important: Breaking Changes This release includes significant changes to container image tagging and contents. Please review carefully:
- Breaking Changes 🛠 * chore(autogptq): drop archived backend by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/5214 * chore(ci): build only images with ffmpeg included, simplify tags by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/5251

## New Features
- **New `latest-*` Tags:** Added specific `latest` tags for various GPU architectures:
- **Qwen3 Model Support:** Officially integrated support for the Qwen3 model family.
- **Experimental Auto GPU Offload:** LocalAI can now attempt to automatically detect GPUs and configure optimal layer offloading for `llama.cpp` and `CLIP`.
- **Whisper.cpp GPU Acceleration:** Updated whisper.cpp and enabled GPU support via cuBLAS (NVIDIA) and Vulkan. SYCL and Hipblas support are in progress.
- **Experimental Video Generation:** Introduced a `/video/generations` endpoint. Stay tuned for compatible model backends!
- **Installer Uninstall Option:** The `install.sh` script now includes a `--uninstall` flag for easy removal.

## Improvements
- chore(docs): improve installer.sh docs

## Bug Fixes
- fix: bark-cpp: assign FLAG_TTS to bark-cpp backend
- fix(talk): Talk interface sends content-type headers to chatgpt
- fix: installation script compatibility with fedora 41 and later, fedora headless unclear errors
- fix(stablediffusion-ggml): Build with DSD CUDA, HIP and Metal flags
- fix(install/gpu):Fix docker not being able to leverage the GPU on systems that have SELinux Enforced
- fix(aio): Fix copypasta in download files for gpt-4 model