# PostHog desktop-v0.61.898 — Release & Upgrade Intelligence
- **Product:** PostHog (https://posthog.com)
- **Version:** desktop-v0.61.898
- **Released:** Oct 31, 2026
- **Impact Score:** 5/10
- **Breaking Changes:** Not verified
- **Canonical Analysis:** https://changelogs.us/posthog/updates/desktop-v0.61.898/

## Executive Summary (TL;DR)
PostHog desktop-v0.61.898. Source highlight: fix(marketing-analytics): replace misleading freshness badge

## New Features
- feat(workflows): let push steps keep no copy of sensitive content
- feat(tasks): add the knowledge writer origin product
- feat(experiments): make reason a field of a health finding
- feat(aio): let llm judges see images
- feat(data-warehouse): scaffold fathom source
- feat(aio): let llm judges set a reasoning level

## Bug Fixes
- fix(marketing-analytics): replace misleading freshness badge
- fix(data-warehouse): show linked self-managed tables only under their managed source
- fix(desktop): stop the compaction spinner after a repeated start
- fix(desktop): sync plan mode both ways with web, off by default
- fix(flags): warn when a lifecycle reads flag calls past retention