Impact Score: 5/10
Ollama v0.12.7 — Release Notes & Engineering Impact
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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.
⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ollama v0.12.7. Source highlight: <img width="600" alt="Ollama screenshot 2025-10-29 at 13 56 55@2x" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4fea0b30-5d31-4da2-b99c-7f38606fc0a2" />
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🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (6)
- Fixed embedding results being incorrect when running `embeddinggemma`
- Fixed gemma3n on Vulkan backend
- Fixed truncation error when generating embeddings
- Fixed request status code when running cloud models
- Fixed prompt processing reporting in the llama runner
- Fixed issue where `FROM <model>` would not inherit `RENDERER` or `PARSER` commands
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<img width="600" alt="Ollama screenshot 2025-10-29 at 13 56 55@2x" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/4fea0b30-5d31-4da2-b99c-7f38606fc0a2" />
## New models
- [Qwen3-VL](https://ollama.com/library/qwen3-vl): Qwen3-VL is now available in all parameter sizes ranging from 2B to 235B
- [MiniMax-M2](https://ollama.com/library/minimax-m2): a 230 Billion parameter model built for coding & agentic workflows available on Ollama's cloud
## Add files and adjust thinking levels in Ollama's new app
Ollama's new app now includes a way to **add one or many files** when prompting the model:
<img width="912" height="712" alt="Screenshot 2025-10-29 at 2 16 55 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/60b5fff7-8fab-4433-8183-06696a96042f" />
For better responses, **thinking levels** can now be adjusted for the gpt-oss models:
<img width="954" height="712" alt="Screenshot 2025-10-29 at 2 12 33 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/7025dcfb-51eb-421c-af2d-fd6f0524955c" />
## New API documentation
New API documentation is available for Ollama's API: [https://docs.ollama.com/api](https://docs.ollama.com/api)
<img width="1539" height="814" alt="Screenshot 2025-10-29 at 4 02 53 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ccc33800-baec-4b4b-a288-213a582ac213" />
## What's Changed
* Model load failures now include more information on Windows
* Fixed embedding results being incorrect when running `embeddinggemma`
* Fixed gemma3n on Vulkan backend
* Increased time allocated for ROCm to discover devices
* Fixed truncation error when generating embeddings
* Fixed request status code when running cloud models
* The OpenAI-compatible `/v1/embeddings` endpoint now supports `encoding_format` parameter
* Ollama will now parse tool calls that don't conform to `{"name": name, "arguments": args}` (thanks @rick-github!)
* Fixed prompt processing reporting in the llama runner
* Increase speed when scheduling models
* Fixed issue where `FROM <model>` would not inherit `RENDERER` or `PARSER` commands
## New Contributors
* @npardal made their first contribution in https://github.com/ollama/ollama/pull/12715
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/compare/v0.12.6...v0.12.7