From abca7671033411824fcfca658c56fdc2509829f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: writinwaters <93570324+writinwaters@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:55:29 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Docs: Added v0.26.1 release notes (#16087)

### What problem does this PR solve?

Initial draft for v0.26.1 release notes.

### Type of change


- [x] Documentation Update
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 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

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 Key features, improvements and bug fixes in the latest releases.
 
+## v0.26.1
+
+Released on June 16, 2026.
+
+### New features
+
+- **Model provider**: Allows users to modify the model type of existing model configurations. [#16029](https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/16029)
+- **Chat channel**: Enables users to deploy RAGFlow assistants as chatbots within external messaging platforms like Discord and Feishu. [#15850](https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/15850)
+- **Observability**: Groups multi-turn chat traces by session within Langfuse to facilitate conversation debugging and replay. [#15679](https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/15679)
+
+### i18n
+
+- Adds ~70 missing translation keys for the French UI. [#15983](https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/15983)
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+- **Model provider**: Fixes inaccurate token billing, corrects embedding truncation limits to prevent indexing failures, and refactors error handling to surface root error causes. [#15424](https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/15424)
+- **API**: Adds a legacy mode to the `/chat/completions` endpoint to restore the v0.23.0 style `<think>` output for backward compatibility. [#16014](https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/pull/16014)
+
 ## v0.26.0
 
 Released on June 11, 2026.