Impact Score: 5/10
Ollama v0.1.38 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ollama v0.1.38. Source highlight: Falcon 2: A new 11B parameters causal decoder-only model built by TII and trained over 5T tokens.
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⚡ Performance & Enhancements (1)
- Yi 1.5: A new high-performing version of Yi, now licensed as Apache 2.0. Available in 6B, 9B and 34B sizes.
🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (1)
- Fixed issue where switching loaded models on Windows would take several seconds
📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)
## New Models
- [Falcon 2](https://ollama.com/library/falcon2): A new 11B parameters causal decoder-only model built by TII and trained over 5T tokens.
- [Yi 1.5](https://ollama.com/library/yi): A new high-performing version of Yi, now licensed as Apache 2.0. Available in [6B](https://ollama.com/library/yi:6b), [9B](https://ollama.com/library/yi:9b) and [34B](https://ollama.com/library/yi:34b) sizes.
## What's Changed
### `ollama ps`
A new command is now available: `ollama ps`. This command displays currently loaded models, their memory footprint, and the processors used (GPU or CPU):
```
% ollama ps
NAME ID SIZE PROCESSOR UNTIL
mixtral:latest 7708c059a8bb 28 GB 47%/53% CPU/GPU Forever
llama3:latest a6990ed6be41 5.5 GB 100% GPU 4 minutes from now
all-minilm:latest 1b226e2802db 585 MB 100% GPU 4 minutes from now
```
### `/clear`
To clear the chat history for a session when running `ollama run`, use `/clear`:
```
>>> /clear
Cleared session context
```
* Fixed issue where switching loaded models on Windows would take several seconds
* Running `/save` will no longer abort the chat session if an incorrect name is provided
* The `/api/tags` API endpoint will now correctly return an empty list `[]` instead of `null` if no models are provided
## New Contributors
* @fangtaosong made their first contribution in https://github.com/ollama/ollama/pull/4387
* @machimachida made their first contribution in https://github.com/ollama/ollama/pull/4424
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/compare/v0.1.37...v0.1.38