# Ollama v0.1.8 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Ollama (https://ollama.com)
- **Version:** v0.1.8
- **Released:** Nov 04, 2023
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/ollama/updates/v0.1.8/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ollama v0.1.8. Source highlight: CodeBooga: A high-performing code instruct model created by merging two existing code models.

## Improvements
- CodeBooga: A high-performing code instruct model created by merging two existing code models.
- Dolphin 2.2 Mistral: An instruct-tuned model based on Mistral. Version 2.2 is fine-tuned for improved conversation and empathy.
- MistralLite: MistralLite is a fine-tuned model based on Mistral with enhanced capabilities of processing long contexts.

## Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue where repeated characters would be output on long contexts