Hugging Face Transformers: Patch release v4.42.4

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Analysis updated: 2026-11-01.

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$ python -m pip install 'transformers==4.42.4'

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🔧 Bug Fixes 1

⚡ Executive Summary (TL;DR)

Hugging Face Transformers v4.42.4. Source highlight: Mostly gemma2 support FA2 softcapping!

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🔧 Bug Fixes & Patches (1)

Fixes to alternating SWA layers in Gemma2 (#31775)

📄 View Raw Release Notes (Original Developer Log)

# Mostly gemma2 support FA2 softcapping! but also fix the sliding window for long context and other typos. * [Gemma2] Support FA2 softcapping (#31887) by @ArthurZucker * [ConvertSlow] make sure the order is preserved for addedtokens (#31902) by @ArthurZucker * Fixes to alternating SWA layers in Gemma2 (#31775) by @turboderp * Requires for torch.tensor before casting (#31755) by @echarlaix Was off last week could not get this out, thanks all for your patience 🥳

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