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

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| New Feature | Improvement | Bug Fix | Enterprise Only |
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## Agent Skills [​](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release123/\#agent-skills "Direct link to Agent Skills")

| Status | Change | Details |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Released Clarifai Skills | - Clarifai Skills are specialized prompt templates that transform AI coding assistants — Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, and more — into Clarifai platform experts.<br>- Learn more about them [here](https://docs.clarifai.com/compute/agents/agent-skills). |

## Model Training [​](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release123/\#model-training "Direct link to Model Training")

| Status | Change | Details |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Added model pipeline training from templates | - You can now train models using pipeline templates, enabling a streamlined, configuration-driven training workflow. |
| **Deprecation** | Deprecated legacy model training (Triton + Kubeflow) | - Legacy model training methods using Triton and Kubeflow have been deprecated.<br>- **Note:** Transfer Learn training remains available. |

## Request Routing [​](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release123/\#request-routing "Direct link to Request Routing")

| Status | Change | Details |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Improved how Clarifai routes prediction requests for optimal performance | - Added KV cache affinity to route requests to replicas with relevant cache state.<br>- Added session-aware routing to keep user requests on the same replica. <br>- Reduced cold starts with automatic pre-warming of popular instances. <br>- Added prediction caching for identical input + model + version combinations. <br>- Learn more about them [here](https://docs.clarifai.com/compute/inference/routing/). |

## UI Updates [​](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release123/\#ui-updates "Direct link to UI Updates")

| Status | Change | Details |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Updated Compute List and View pages | - Refreshed the List and View pages for deployments, nodepools, and clusters with improved layouts and information display. |
|  | Updated the log viewer component | - Improved the log viewer UI for better readability and navigation of model and runner logs. |
|  | Updated the Home experience | - Refreshed the Clarifai platform Home page with an improved experience for navigating resources and getting started. |
|  | Updated the model page UI | - Redesigned model page with an improved layout and user experience. |

## Python SDK [​](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release123/\#python-sdk "Direct link to Python SDK")

### Model Serving & Deployment [​](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release123/\#model-serving--deployment "Direct link to Model Serving & Deployment")

| Status | Change | Details |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Added `clarifai model deploy` command and simplified `clarifai model init` | - New `clarifai model deploy` command with multi-cloud GPU discovery and a zero-prompt deployment flow.<br>- Simplified `config.yaml` structure for model initialization. |
|  | Smart resource reuse and private-by-default for `clarifai model serve` | - Model serve now reuses existing resources when available instead of creating new ones.<br>- Served models are private by default. |
|  | Added `--keep` flag to `clarifai model serve` | - Use `--keep` to preserve the build directory after serving, useful for debugging and inspecting build artifacts. |
|  | Local Runner is now public by default | - Models launched via the local runner are now publicly accessible by default, removing the need to manually set visibility. |

### Model Runner [​](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release123/\#model-runner "Direct link to Model Runner")

| Status | Change | Details |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Added `VLLMOpenAIModelClass` | - New `VLLMOpenAIModelClass` parent class with built-in cancellation support and health probes for vLLM-backed models. |
|  | Optimized model runner memory and latency | - Reduced memory footprint and improved response latency in the model runner.<br>- Streamlined overhead in SSE (Server-Sent Events) streaming. |
|  | Auto-detect and clamp `max_tokens` | - The runner now automatically detects the backend's `max_seq_len` and clamps `max_tokens` to that value, preventing out-of-range errors. |

### Bug Fixes [​](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release123/\#bug-fixes "Direct link to Bug Fixes")

| Status | Change | Details |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  | Fixed reasoning model token tracking and streaming in agentic class | - Fixed token tracking for reasoning models to correctly account for reasoning tokens.<br>- Fixed event-loop safety, streaming, and tool call passthrough in the agentic class. |
|  | Fixed user/app context conflicts in CLI | - Resolved conflicts between `user_id` and `app_id` when using named contexts in CLI commands. |
|  | Fixed `clarifai model init` directory handling | - `clarifai model init` now correctly updates an existing model directory instead of creating a subdirectory. |

- [Agent Skills](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release123/#agent-skills)
- [Model Training](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release123/#model-training)
- [Request Routing](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release123/#request-routing)
- [UI Updates](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release123/#ui-updates)
- [Python SDK](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release123/#python-sdk)
  - [Model Serving & Deployment](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release123/#model-serving--deployment)
  - [Model Runner](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release123/#model-runner)
  - [Bug Fixes](https://docs.clarifai.com/product-updates/changelog/release123/#bug-fixes)