LM Studio 0.3.17

0.3.17 - Release Notes

New in LM Studio 0.3.17:

• LM Studio is now an MCP host! You can connect your favorite MCP servers to the app and use them with local models.
• Support for 11 new languages, thanks to our community localizers. LM Studio is now available in 33 languages.
• Many bug fixes, as well as improvements to the UI, including a new theme: 'Solarized Dark'.

Build 10

• Added a Chat Appearance setting to display message generation stats on last message only, in tooltips only, or on all applicable messages
• Token count now includes system prompt & tool definitions
• Show 'open in browser' button for LLM messages that have a URL in the content.
  • Be mindful: LLMs may generate untrusted URLs. Always verify links before clicking.

Build 9

• Enable MCP by default
• Cmd + Shift + E on Mac or Ctrl + Shift + E on PC always opens the system prompt editor for the current chat

Build 8

• When download panel is open in a new window, add an option to pin it on top of other windows (right click the body)
• Adds the following languages, thanks to our community localizers!
  • Malayalam (ml) @prasanthc41m
  • Thai (th) @gnoparus
  • Bosnian (bs) @0haris0
  • Bulgarian (bg) @DenisZekiria
  • Hungarian (hu) @Mekemoka
  • Bengali (bn) @AbiruzzamanMolla
  • Catalan (ca) @Gopro3010
  • Finnish (fi) @reinew
  • Greek (gr) @ilikecatgirls
  • Romanian (ro) @alexandrughinea
  • Swedish (sv) @reinew
• Fixed a bug where entries may be duplicated when selecting a draft model for speculative decoding

Build 7

• Added thinking block preview 'vignette', with an option to disable in chat appearance settings
• Set default domain for "Qwen3 Embedding" models to Text Embedding
• Added --stats command to lms chat command to show prediction statistics (Thanks @Yorkie)
• [Windows][ROCm] Strix Halo (AMD Ryzen AI PRO 300 series) support
• [Windows] Add CPU name to hardware page

Build 6

• Stream tool call argument tokens to the UI as they are generated
• Fixed bugs with scrolling up while the model is generating
• Fixed a bug where tool permission dialog wouldn't auto-scroll to the bottom of the chat

Build 5

• To reduce new user confusion, the "change role" and "insert" buttons will now be hidden by default on new installs. You can right click the send button to toggle them on or off.
• Fixed a bug where MCP tools that don't provide a parameters objects would not work correctly.
• Fixed a bug where if MCP server reloaded, the ongoing tool calls would hang indefinitely.

Build 4

• [MCP Beta] Fixes crash when arguments of a tool call contains arrays or objects

Build 3

• Fixed a bug where engine updates can sometimes get stuck

Build 2

• Improved full-sized DeepSeek-R1 tool calling reliability
• Button to pop out downloads panel to a new window.

Build 1

• New Theme: Solarized Dark.
  • Set it in Settings > General or by pressing [⌘/Ctrl K + T]
• Fixed model catalog timestamp, likes, downloads sorting not working as expected.
• Fixed placeholder text in model deletion dialog.
• Fixed MLX models showing up on Windows.
• Fixed a bug with the header bar reappearing on the no chats page.
• Fixed a bug where delete chat dialog block chat UI if quickly escaped.