# Open WebUI v0.3.8 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** Open WebUI (https://openwebui.com)
- **Version:** v0.3.8
- **Released:** Jul 09, 2024
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/open-webui/updates/v0.3.8/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
Open WebUI v0.3.8. Source highlight: [0.3.8] - 2024-07-09

## New Features
- **💬 Chat Controls**: Easily adjust parameters for each chat session, offering more precise control over your interactions.
- **📌 Pinned Chats**: Support for pinned chats, allowing you to keep important conversations easily accessible.
- **📄 Apache Tika Integration**: Added support for using Apache Tika as a document loader, enhancing document processing capabilities.
- **🛠️ Custom Environment for OpenID Claims**: Allows setting custom claims for OpenID, providing more flexibility in user authentication.
- **🔧 Enhanced Tools & Functions API**: Introduced 'event_emitter' and 'event_call', now you can also add citations for better documentation and tracking. Detailed documentation will be provided on our documentation website.
- **↔️ Sideways Scrolling in Settings**: Settings tabs container now supports horizontal scrolling for easier navigation.

## Improvements
- **🗃️ Database Backend**: Switched from Peewee to SQLAlchemy for improved concurrency support, enhancing database performance.
- **🔄 Font Change for Windows**: Replaced Arimo with Inter font for Windows users, improving readability.

## Bug Fixes
- **⏰ OpenAI Streaming Timeout**: Resolved issues with OpenAI streaming response using the 'AIOHTTP_CLIENT_TIMEOUT' setting, ensuring reliable performance.
- **💡 User Valves**: Fixed malfunctioning user valves, ensuring proper functionality.
- **🔄 Collapsible Components**: Addressed issues with collapsible components not working, restoring expected behavior.