Release Notes - v0.7.6

Release Window

2025-11-12 to 2025-11-17

Overview

This minor release starts at v0.7.6 and captures the work up to the start of v0.7.7. The central change was the move toward GPT-5 and OpenAI’s Responses API, along with the first round of chat-specific MCP integration work, chat memory and access controls, and the environment fixes required to keep the new stack deployable.

Highlights

• Migrated OpenAI integrations toward the Responses API and GPT-5-oriented request handling.
• Began integrating MCP tools directly into the chat experience.
• Added chat memory and restricted-access behavior.
• Re-enabled MCP tools after early rollout issues and improved error handling.
• Stabilized the runtime with a Node 20 downgrade and follow-up build fixes.

Included Work

• v0.7.6 gpt+5 and responses API established the direction for GPT-5 support and the Responses API transition.
• Follow-up commits updated release notes and continued the chat MCP rollout.
• Chat received memory support, restricted access rules, and more resilient tool handling.
• MCP tools were temporarily adjusted and then re-enabled as the integration stabilized.
• Deployment and runtime compatibility were improved with the Node 20 downgrade and additional build fixes.

Why This Release Matters

• It marks the transition point from earlier model support into GPT-5-first infrastructure.
• It sets up the chat MCP architecture that became the main theme of v0.7.7.
• It reduces the risk of shipping the new chat and tool stack by landing the environment and error-handling fixes first.

Migration Notes

• GPT-5 and the Responses API become the primary path for future AI features after this series.
• Chat is no longer a plain text-only surface; it is being prepared to invoke MCP-backed tools directly.
• Runtime assumptions changed during this series, including the Node version used for deployment compatibility.