# Meilisearch v1.42.0 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Meilisearch (https://meilisearch.com)
- **Version:** v1.42.0
- **Released:** Apr 13, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/meilisearch/updates/v1.42.0/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Meilisearch v1.42.0. Source highlight: Support search fallback on remote unavailability

## New Features
- Add section to CONTRIBUTING.md to bump mini-dashboard version and testing section to right place
- Update README with new features and demos

## Improvements
- Rename some of the search performance traces

## Bug Fixes
- Fix a race condition when writing network
- Throw document template errors when updating the chat settings
- Fix: Update Index tasks will be properly forwarded to remote nodes
- Fix action mistake on the chat completions route
- Fix OpenAPI schema generation for chat completions route