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**Release Date:** January 8th, 2026

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| New Feature | Improvement | Bug Fix | Enterprise Only |
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## Pay-As-You-Go Plan [​](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release120/\#pay-as-you-go-plan "Direct link to Pay-As-You-Go Plan")

| Status | Change | Details |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Introduced a simple, flexible Pay-As-You-Go plan | - The new plan has no minimum monthly commitments and far fewer feature gates. Just prepay credits, build, and go. <br>- Additionally, the new plan comes with a one-time $5 welcome credit after verifying your phone number and auto-recharge capability. <br>- Learn more [here](https://docs.clarifai.com/control/account-billing#billing). |

## Pipelines [​](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release120/\#pipelines "Direct link to Pipelines")

| Status | Change | Details |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [**Public Preview**](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release-types#release-types) | Introduced the ability to create, run, and manage pipelines via the Clarifai CLI | - Clarifai Pipelines let you design and run asynchronous, long-running, multi-step processes for complex AI and MLOps tasks. <br>- Learn more [here](https://docs.clarifai.com/compute/pipelines/). |

## Multi-Nodepool Deployment [​](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release120/\#multi-nodepool-deployment "Direct link to Multi-Nodepool Deployment")

| Status | Change | Details |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Introduced model routing capabilities | - We support universal model routing to provide high availability and optimal load distribution across all model services. <br>- This allows intelligent routing logic across multiple model-serving nodepools, including spillover handling and routing across different data centers. <br>- Learn more [here](https://docs.clarifai.com/compute/deployments/clusters-nodepools#multi-nodepool-deployment). |

## Vercel AI SDK Integration [​](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release120/\#vercel-ai-sdk-integration "Direct link to Vercel AI SDK Integration")

| Status | Change | Details |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Clarifai is now available as an inference provider in the Vercel AI SDK | - You can use Clarifai-hosted models directly through the OpenAI-compatible interface in `@ai-sdk/openai-compatible`, with no changes to your application logic.<br>- Learn more [here](https://docs.clarifai.com/compute/inference/vercel). |

## Published Models [​](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release120/\#published-models "Direct link to Published Models")

| Status | Change | Details |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Published two new reasoning models from the Ministral 3 family | - Published [Ministral-3-3B-Reasoning-2512](/content/mistralai/completion/models/Ministral-3-3B-Reasoning-2512/index.html), a compact model in the "Ministral 3" family. It delivers high-performance, open-weight capabilities while remaining efficient and deployable in realistic hardware settings. <br>- Published [Ministral-3-14B-Reasoning-2512](/content/mistralai/completion/models/Ministral-3-14B-Reasoning-2512/index.html), the largest model in the “Ministral 3” family. It delivers high-performance, open-weight capabilities close to much larger models while remaining efficient and deployable in realistic hardware settings. |

## Python SDK [​](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release120/\#python-sdk "Direct link to Python SDK")

| Status | Change | Details |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Improved the Python SDK <br> Learn more [here](https://github.com/Clarifai/clarifai-python/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md) | - Fixed issues with local model runners<br>- Fixed checkpoint download failures when `hf_transfer` was not installed<br>- Resolved compatibility conflicts with the latest vLLM<br>- Added a comprehensive artifact management system for both the SDK and CLI<br>- Introduced interactive `config.yaml` creation during the model upload process<br>- Added Container and Env model support for local runners<br>- Added comprehensive test coverage for the `MCPConnectionPool` connection lifecycle<br>- Updated status codes and descriptions for model runner failure cases<br>- Prevented a `TypeError` during model version creation<br>- Fixed a runner ID bug affecting local runners<br>- Fixed user verification issues in the development environment<br>- Upgraded `urllib3` to version `>= 2.6.2`<br>- Added retry logic to OpenAI API calls and fixed related test mocks<br>- Fixed a `TypeError` when `accelerator_type` is `None` in `config.yaml`<br>- Improved local runner handling of duplicate runner ID errors<br>- Added `CLARIFAI_HF_TOKEN` to the CLI context<br>- Added tests for the local runner CLI command<br>- Removed automatic file generation during model operations |

## Platform [​](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release120/\#platform "Direct link to Platform")

| Status | Change | Details |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Made some improvements | - Added cleaner filters in the Control Center, making charts more intuitive and easier to navigate. <br>- Improved the Team & Logs tab in the Control Center to ensure that today’s audit logs are included when selecting the last 7 days. <br>- Enabled stopping responses in the right panel when using the Playground’s [Compare mode](https://docs.clarifai.com/getting-started/playground/#compare-models). |
|  | Fixed some bugs | - Fixed various signup and login bugs, resulting in a more reliable and smoother user experience. <br>- Fixed an issue in the mobile view of the Configure Home settings where enabling one option unexpectedly disabled another, causing inconsistent behavior. <br>- Fixed an issue where Predict and Generate methods produced an error in the Playground.<br>- Fixed an issue with the 6-month date range in the Control Center. |

- [Pay-As-You-Go Plan](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release120/#pay-as-you-go-plan)
- [Pipelines](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release120/#pipelines)
- [Multi-Nodepool Deployment](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release120/#multi-nodepool-deployment)
- [Vercel AI SDK Integration](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release120/#vercel-ai-sdk-integration)
- [Published Models](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release120/#published-models)
- [Python SDK](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release120/#python-sdk)
- [Platform](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release120/#platform)