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FastGPT v4.15.0 Stability and Usability Improvements

This document details the targeted technical improvements included in the FastGPT v4.15.0 self-hosted release, focused on operational stability, workflow…

This document details the targeted technical improvements included in the FastGPT v4.15.0 self-hosted release, focused on operational stability, workflow usability, dataset management, and chat interaction reliability.

Session Reliability & State Management

This section addresses gaps in session handling, stream resumption, and cross-app chat state preservation. Key improvements and operational parameters are outlined below:

  1. Stream-resume pause experience: After pausing a running workflow, the client waits for the backend to return the real-time generation state. If the workflow has not completed, the input area remains disabled and displays the exact "Stopping" text, preventing premature submission of subsequent requests.
  2. Abnormal session recovery: Two layered mechanisms resolve stuck "generating" sessions following service crashes or restarts. Critical configuration details are summarized in the table:
Operational MechanismConfiguration Specification
Redis Stream Activity DetectionTriggers state correction after 2 minutes without a heartbeat
MongoDB Fallback RetentionRetains the existing 30-minute timeout window to avoid incorrect session state updates during short Redis outages
  1. Per-app chat ID preservation: Switching between apps in the same browser now restores the last opened chatId for each individual app, rather than using a single global shared session ID.
  2. Optimized chat2messages adaptation: Eliminates standalone reason output in chat workflow flows.

Workflow & UI Layout Enhancements

This section refines workflow design and UI consistency for self-hosted deployments:

  1. Disabled invalid connection mode in Workflows to reduce user-induced configuration errors.
  2. Improved layout adaptation for Workflow nodes with extremely long names, preventing UI overflow and layout breakage.
  3. Optimized response detail display: In the full response modal, file fields from form input nodes are now rendered as structured file lists instead of unformatted raw JSON text.

Dataset & Observability Updates

This section enhances dataset tooling and observability for operational teams:

  1. Optimized OTEL log collection format for more consistent, parseable observability data.
  2. Improved Dataset search test interaction to reduce friction during dataset validation.
  3. Refined the Dataset data editing modal for more intuitive content management.
  4. Improved reason hide toggle: Allows UI-side hiding of reasoning content while preserving the full reasoning payload for LLM request processing.

Source: FastGPT official source

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