# Ollama v0.40.3 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Ollama (https://ollama.com)
- **Version:** v0.40.3
- **Released:** Oct 11, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/ollama/updates/v0.40.3/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Ollama v0.40.3. Source highlight: `ollama launch claude` no longer shows a warning about Claude connectors

## Improvements
- Paused background model upgrade for embedding and other request performance,