# Ollama v0.4.5 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Ollama (https://ollama.com)
- **Version:** v0.4.5
- **Released:** Nov 26, 2024
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/ollama/updates/v0.4.5/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ollama v0.4.5. Source highlight: Ollama Python library improvements

## Improvements
- Python functions can now be provided as tools to models
- Strong typing throughout the library for improved reliability and type safety
- New examples for tools, chat requests and more

## Bug Fixes
- Fixed issue where `HTTPS_PROXY` and `HTTP_PROXY` environment variables would have no effect
- Fix issue where importing certain GGUF files would result in the incorrect quantization level
- @patcher9 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ollama/ollama/pull/7811