Changelog

LM Studio 0.4.28

LM Studio 0.4.28

Build 2

  • [Mac] Fixed "Restart to apply update" reopening the current version instead of installing the update.

Build 1

  • Fixed chat template parsing for Flint model.
Oct 31, 2026
LM Studio 0.4.27

LM Studio 0.4.27

Build 2

  • Fixed a bug affecting when settings hints are displayed.

Build 1

  • Improved LM Link reliability during large transfers.
  • Improved runtime discovery reliabilty.
  • Added Radeon 8065S detection for ROCm runtime compatibility.
  • Fixed chat Markdown formatting bugs.
  • Fixed switching to bundled MTP retaining a previously selected draft model.
  • [Mac] Added maximum-memory and Neural Engine Prefill controls for Splash models.
  • [Mac] Fixed compatibility checks for M5-only Metal runtimes.
Oct 29, 2026
LM Studio 0.4.26

LM Studio 0.4.26

Build 5

  • Fix Windows on ARM CUDA not detected
  • Fixed lms compatibility with Bionic.

Build 4

  • Support for /v1/systemone Jev (TypeSafe AI) compatible endpoint
  • Support for /v1/decisions OpenAI compatible endpoint

Build 3

  • Coexistence with Bionic — Run both apps together; Bionic uses LM Studio for local model inference while LM Studio is running. Requires Bionic 1.1.8 and newer.
  • Added CUDA 13 support on Windows ARM.
  • UI polish

Build 2

  • Updated the llama.cpp runtime to 2.50.0 (upstream b11337).

Build 1

  • Bug fixes and security hardening.
Oct 13, 2026
LM Studio 0.4.25

LM Studio 0.4.25

Build 1

  • [Mac] Added support for the Splash engine on Apple Silicon M3 or newer running macOS 26.4 or newer.
Sep 19, 2026
LM Studio 0.4.24

LM Studio 0.4.24

Build 1

  • [LM Studio Engine Protocol] Added advanced llama.cpp argument overrides for GGUF model loading
  • Improve DSpark and DFlash assistant drafters compatibility heuristics
  • Fixed the Loaded Instances UI showing an incorrect context length
  • Fixed /api/v1/chat splitting text and image inputs into separate user messages
  • Improved sign-in reliability
Sep 9, 2026
LM Studio 0.4.23

LM Studio 0.4.23

Build 1

  • Improve reliability of Qwen 3.8 Flash Next
Aug 28, 2026
LM Studio 0.4.22

LM Studio 0.4.22

Build 1

  • Support for DFlash, DSpark, and MTP assistant drafters
    • Requires llama.cpp engine version 2.29.1 or newer
  • Added support for images returned by tools in OpenAI-compatible /v1/responses and /v1/chat/completions, and Anthropic-compatible /v1/messages
  • [Linux] Fixed AppImage startup on systems without FUSE 2
  • [Linux] Fixed AppImage startup when Chromium sandboxing is unavailable
  • [Linux] Fixed lms wake-up for AppImage installations
  • [Linux] Fixed desktop icons for .deb installations
  • [Linux] Enabled in-app updates for AppImage and .deb installations
  • [Linux] Improved recovery after canceling .deb update authorization
  • [Linux] Fixed keyboard shortcuts becoming unavailable after window focus changes on Wayland
Aug 28, 2026
LM Studio 0.4.21

LM Studio 0.4.21

Build 2

  • Improved llama.cpp model-load error messages
  • Update advanced load settings for mmap, mlock, and direct io for llama.cpp engines 2.28.1 and newer.

Build 1

  • Support for local server API key in enterprise internal network endpoint mode
Aug 12, 2026
LM Studio 0.4.20

LM Studio 0.4.20

Build 1

  • Support for enterprise internal network model endpoint
  • Added support for using this device’s models in Bionic over LM Link
  • [LM Studio Engine Protocol] Added a developer setting to control the Llama.cpp engine log level
Jul 22, 2026
LM Studio 0.4.19

LM Studio 0.4.19

Build 2

  • Add /reasoning to lms chat
  • [STABLE] Default LM Studio Engine Protocol to ON.

Build 1

  • [LM Studio Engine Protocol] Fixed a bug where reasoning would be replayed as non-reasoning content while using /v1/responses or chat UI
  • [BETA] Default LM Studio Engine Protocol to ON.
Jul 7, 2026