# LocalAI v4.2.4 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** LocalAI (https://localai.io)
- **Version:** v4.2.4
- **Released:** May 13, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/localai/updates/v4.2.4/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
LocalAI v4.2.4. Source highlight: fix(distributed): cascade-clean stale node_models rows + filter routing by healthy status

## New Features
- feat: also parse VRAM budget/usage from vulkaninfo
- feat(realtime): Add Liquid Audio s2s model and assistant mode on talk page

## Bug Fixes
- fix(distributed): cascade-clean stale node_models rows + filter routing by healthy status
- fix(http): honor X-Forwarded-Prefix when proxy strips the prefix
- fix(agentpool): close truncate-then-read race in agent_jobs.json persistence
- fix(middleware): parse OpenAI-spec tool_choice in /v1/chat/completions