# LocalAI v2.4.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** LocalAI (https://localai.io)
- **Version:** v2.4.0
- **Released:** Jan 04, 2024
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/localai/updates/v2.4.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
LocalAI v2.4.0. Source highlight: fix(entrypoint): cd to backend dir before start

## New Features
- feat(preload): prepare models in galleries
- feat: share models by url
- feat(prepare): allow to specify additional files to download
- feat: add trimsuffix
- docs(phi-2): add example

## Bug Fixes
- fix(entrypoint): cd to backend dir before start
- fix(diffusers): add omegaconf dependency