Impact Score: 5/10
Ollama v0.1.12 โ Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
โก Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ollama v0.1.12. Source highlight: Yi Chat: the chat variant of the popular Yi 34b model is now available.
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๐ Product & Engineering Leads
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โก Performance & Enhancements (1)
- Improved multi-line prompts (starting & ending with `"""`) and pasting functionality in`ollama run`
๐ง Bug Fixes & Patches (2)
- Fixed issue where older Intel Macs would receive an error when trying to run a model
- Fixed issues with YaRN models output and performance
๐ View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## New Models
* [Yi Chat](https://ollama.ai/library/yi): the chat variant of the popular Yi 34b model is now available.
## What's Changed
* Improved multi-line prompts (starting & ending with `"""`) and pasting functionality in`ollama run`
* Option (or alt) + backspace will now delete words in `ollama run`
* Fixed issue where older Intel Macs would receive an error when trying to run a model
* Fixed issues with YaRN models output and performance
## New Contributors
* @ex3ndr made their first contribution in https://github.com/jmorganca/ollama/pull/1225
* @kejcao made their first contribution in https://github.com/jmorganca/ollama/pull/1223
* @longy2k made their first contribution in https://github.com/jmorganca/ollama/pull/1239
* @wookayin made their first contribution in https://github.com/jmorganca/ollama/pull/1261
* @vinjn made their first contribution in https://github.com/jmorganca/ollama/pull/1262
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/jmorganca/ollama/compare/v0.1.11...v0.1.12