Version 1.30.0 — March 20, 2026
Features
- Night Ops: Added dark mode theme for the Command Center interface. Activate it from the footer.
- Debug Info: Added a “Debug Info” modal accessible from the footer with detailed system and application information for troubleshooting.
- Support the Project: Added a new “Support the Project” page in settings with links to community resources, donation options, and ways to contribute.
- Install: The main Nomad image is now fully self-contained and directly usable with Docker Compose, allowing for more flexible installations without relying on external scripts. The install script has been updated accordingly.
Bug Fixes
- Settings: Storage usage display now prefers real block devices over tmpfs.
- Settings: Fixed incorrect storage usage reporting and missing devices caused by device matching and mount entry deduplication logic.
- Maps: The Maps page now respects the request protocol (http vs https) so map tiles load correctly.
- Knowledge Base: Fixed an issue where file embedding jobs could cause a retry storm if the Ollama service was unavailable.
- Curated Collections: Fixed broken links in the curated collections definitions (maps and ZIM files) that were causing some resources to fail to download.
- Easy Setup: Fixed an issue where the “Start Here” badge would persist after visiting the Easy Setup Wizard for the first time.
- UI: Fixed an issue where the loading spinner could look strange in certain use cases.
- System Updates: Fixed an issue where the update banner would persist after a successful update.
- Performance: Various small memory leak fixes and performance improvements across the UI.
Improvements
- Ollama: Improved GPU detection logic to ensure the latest GPU config is always passed to the Ollama container on update.
- Ollama: The detected GPU type is now persisted in the database for more reliable configuration and troubleshooting.
- Downloads: Users can now dismiss failed download notifications to reduce clutter in the UI.
- Logging: Changed the default log level to “info” to reduce noise.
- Logging: Nomad’s internal logger now creates its own log directory on startup if it does not already exist.
- Dozzle: Shell access and container actions are now disabled by default.
- MySQL & Redis: Removed port exposure to host by default for improved security.
- Dependencies: Various dependency updates to close security vulnerabilities and improve stability.
- Utility Scripts: Added a check for Docker Compose v2 in all utility scripts.
- Utility Scripts: Added an additional warning to the install script about potential overwriting of existing configurations.
- Documentation: Updated installation instructions to reflect manual deployment via Docker Compose.
Version 1.29.0 — March 11, 2026
Features
- AI Assistant: Added improved user guidance for troubleshooting GPU pass-through issues.
- AI Assistant: The last used model is now automatically selected when a new chat is started.
- Settings: N.O.M.A.D. now automatically performs nightly checks for available app updates; users can select and apply updates from the Apps page in Settings.
Bug Fixes
- Settings: Fixed an issue where the AI Assistant settings page would appear in navigation even if the AI Assistant was not installed, causing 404 errors.
- Security: Path traversal and SSRF mitigations.
- AI Assistant: Fixed an issue causing intermittent failures saving chat session titles.
Improvements
- AI Assistant: Extensive performance improvements and improved RAG intelligence and context usage.
Version 1.28.0 — March 5, 2026
Features
- RAG: Added support for viewing active embedding jobs in the processing queue with more granular status updates.
- RAG: Added support for removing documents from the Knowledge Base (deletion from Qdrant and local storage).
Bug Fixes
- Install: Fixed broken URLs in the install script and updated to prompt for Apache 2.0 license acceptance.
- Docs: Updated legal notices to reflect Apache 2.0 license and added Qdrant attribution.
- Dependencies: Various minor dependency updates to close security vulnerabilities.
Improvements
- License: Added Apache 2.0 license file to the repository.
For all versions prior to 1.28.0, see the full release history on GitHub.