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title: "HolaClaw v1.2.1"
description: "Fixes local assistants, which could fail to respond in 1.2, and adds new local models to choose from."
updated: 2026-06-19
canonical: https://holaclaw.ai/changelog/v1.2.1
---

# HolaClaw v1.2.1

Released June 19, 2026.

Fixes local assistants, which could fail to respond in 1.2, and adds new local models to choose from.

## Highlights

### Local assistants work reliably again

Local assistants could fail to respond in 1.2. This release fixes them: the first message no longer times out while the model is loading, new assistants warm up before you chat, and the first run greets you with a clearer, provider-aware message — with a "still working" hint when a model is slow to respond.

## Changes

### Feature

- Add new local models to choose from when creating an assistant: Qwen3.5 9B and Ministral 3 8B and 14B Reasoning.

### Fix

- Fixed the first message to a local assistant timing out instead of responding.
- Fixed the first-run experience for local assistants: a clearer, provider-aware greeting, a "still working" hint when a model is slow, and per-reply timing on hover.
- Fixed a 404 when deleting an assistant and creating another in the same session.

### Other

- Updated the bundled inference engine (llama-server).