# LocalAI v2.6.1 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** LocalAI (https://localai.io)
- **Version:** v2.6.1
- **Released:** Jan 23, 2024
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/localai/updates/v2.6.1/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
LocalAI v2.6.1. Source highlight: This is a patch release containing bug-fixes around parallel request support with llama.cpp models.

## New Features
- feat(grpc): backend SPI pluggable in embedding mode

## Bug Fixes
- fix(llama.cpp): Enable parallel requests
- fix(llama.cpp): enable cont batching when parallel is set