# Ollama v0.12.3 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Ollama (https://ollama.com)
- **Version:** v0.12.3
- **Released:** Sep 26, 2025
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/ollama/updates/v0.12.3/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ollama v0.12.3. Source highlight: DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus: DeepSeek-V3.1-Terminus is a hybrid model that supports both thinking mode and non-thinking mode. It delivers more stable & reliable outputs across benchmarks compared to the previous version:

## Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue where tool calls provided as stringified JSON would not be parsed correctly
- Fixed issues where qwen3-coder would output unicode characters incorrectly
- Fix issue where loading a model with `/load` would crash