Weaviate published v1.37.0-rc.0 (release candidate) on 2026-04-03. The RC includes Extensible tokenizers (Phase 1), Incremental backups (GA), Internal cluster communications improvements (gRPC & security hardening), Async Replication production readiness (GA), and Alter Schema - Drop vector index (GA). The notes indicate feature/GA additions rather than breaking API, licensing, or pricing changes.
Weaviate v1.36.8 (2026-03-30): vector index compression fix; no breaking changes
Weaviate published v1.36.8 on 2026-03-30. The release is a patch that fixes a vector index compression error, improves some test hardlink behavior, adds baseURL validation support, and includes a few backward-compatibility/refactor items. The release notes list no Breaking Changes and no licensing or pricing updates.
Weaviate v1.36.6 and v1.35.15 (2026-03-19): audio + Gemini/multi2vec-google updates, backup and replication fixes; no breaking changes
Weaviate published two patch/minor releases on 2026-03-19 (v1.36.6 and v1.35.15). The updates include audio support in the multi2vec-google module (Google AI Studio / Gemini-related modules), async replication binary-encoding improvements, backup chunking / split-file handling fixes, IPv6 clustering support, various race-condition/test fixes, and a security bump of google.golang.org/grpc. All release notes list "none" under Breaking Changes and no license or pricing changes were announced.
Weaviate patch/minor releases (Mar 9–12, 2026) add Gemini Embedding 2 support and backup improvements; no breaking changes
Weaviate published a set of minor/patch releases between 2026-03-09 and 2026-03-12 (notably v1.36.3, v1.36.4, v1.36.5). The updates include file-based incremental backup improvements, backup chunking/split file handling, BM25 bug fixes, and explicit support for Google AI Studio / Gemini Embedding 2 in the multi2vec-google module (Gemini Embedding 2 multimodal support). All release notes list "none" under Breaking Changes. No licensing or pricing announcements were found in the same timeframe.
Weaviate released v1.36.2 with fixes for vector index zero-length vector handling and a quantization cache issue. These bug fixes improve stability for production deployments.
Weaviate patch releases (v1.36.2, v1.35.12, v1.34.17) on 2026-02-27 — bug fixes, no breaking changes
Weaviate published multiple patch releases on 2026-02-27 (notably v1.36.2, v1.35.12, v1.34.17) addressing zero-length vector handling, quantization-with-cache issues, and related fixes. The release notes list fixes and performance/backport changes and explicitly show ‘‘none’’ under Breaking Changes. No pricing, licensing, or policy updates were found in the same timeframe.
Weaviate released v1.36.1 with Block Max-Wand performance improvements for faster keyword and hybrid search. The release also includes a fix for replication retry logic.
Weaviate v1.36.0 Released with Server-Side Batching and Object TTL
Weaviate released v1.36.0, a major update featuring server-side batching for improved write throughput, Object TTL (time-to-live) for automatic data expiration, HFresh improvements, backup restore cancellation, and the ability to drop inverted indexes.
Weaviate backported fixes to v1.35.10 and v1.34.15, addressing nested properties gRPC API issues and geo index restart problems. These patches ensure stability for users on older Weaviate versions.