# Ollama v0.12.8 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Ollama (https://ollama.com)
- **Version:** v0.12.8
- **Released:** Oct 30, 2025
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/ollama/updates/v0.12.8/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ollama v0.12.8. Source highlight: `qwen3-vl` performance improvements, including flash attention support by default

## Improvements
- `qwen3-vl` performance improvements, including flash attention support by default

## Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue where `deepseek-v3.1` thinking could not be disabled in Ollama's new app
- Fixed issue where `qwen3-vl` would fail to interpret images with transparent backgrounds
- Fixed issue where prompt processing would be slower on Ollama's engine