The open‑source AI serving tool Ollama posted a new pre‑release build on Oct 18 2026.
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Ollama announced version 0.40.7‑rc1 as a pre‑release on Oct 18 2026. The release was signed on GitHub and listed 19 assets. Contributors include dhiltgen and hoyyeva. The post shows reactions from 22 community members.
Developers can test the upcoming changes before the final version is published.
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