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v2.8
Oct 19, 2025By Gaia teamGaia 2.8 release highlights
Evaluation workflows, platform assistant upgrades, new ingestion sources, and expanded tooling and analytics.
Gaia 2.8 release highlights
Gaia 2.8 (2.8.0–2.8.28) delivered major upgrades to evaluations, tooling, and platform automation—alongside significant UI and documentation improvements.
Major themes
- Evaluation workflows at scale: new eval tooling, conversation runs, security evaluations, and human‑override scoring.
- Platform assistant evolution: richer tool naming standards, context‑aware guidance, and improved handoff behavior.
- Data ingestion growth: ingestion webhooks, TypeScript sources, JSON array path support, and storage management UI.
- UI layout management: robust layout editing tools and renderer improvements for complex UIs.
- Performance & analytics: tool and conversation performance metrics, with better dashboard visibility.
Notable additions
- Custom TypeScript tools and location tools for richer automation.
- Browser access tools for safe live web retrieval.
- Voice and markdown improvements including TTS reliability and enhanced editors.