# LocalAI v3.9.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** LocalAI (https://localai.io)
- **Version:** v3.9.0
- **Released:** Dec 24, 2025
- **Impact Score:** 7/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Source flagged
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/localai/updates/v3.9.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
LocalAI v3.9.0. Source highlight: Xmas-release :santa:   **LocalAI 3.9.0**! 🚀

## Breaking Changes & Deprecations
- - **Issue:** After v3.8.0, `/readyz` and `/healthz` endpoints required authentication, breaking Docker health checks and monitoring tools
- Breaking Changes 🛠 * chore: switch from /usr/share to /var/lib for data storage by @poretsky in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/7361 * chore: drop drawin-x86_64 support by @mudler in https://github.com/mudler/LocalAI/pull/7616

## New Features
- **Added CUDA 13 support**: now available in Docker images and L4T builds.
- feat: agent jobs panel
- chore: refactor css, restyle to be slightly minimalistic
- feat(hf-api): return files in nested directories
- feat(agent-jobs): add multimedia support
- feat: add cuda13 images

## Bug Fixes
- **Fixed navbar ordering and login icon** — clearer navigation and better visual flow.
- **Fixed model selection toggle** — header updates correctly when switching models.
- **Issue:** After v3.8.0, `/readyz` and `/healthz` endpoints required authentication, breaking Docker health checks and monitoring tools
- **Issue:** Fixed crashes when importing models from **Hugging Face URLs with subfolders** (e.g., `huggingface://user/model/GGUF/model.gguf`).
- fix: do not require auth for readyz/healthz endpoints
- fix(ui): navbar ordering and login icon