# Anki 26.08b2

- Product: Anki (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/anki)
- Vendor: Ankitects
- Date: 2026-07-25
- Version: 26.08b2
- Original notes: https://github.com/ankitects/anki/releases/tag/26.08b2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/anki/releases/26.08b2
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

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- **fixed** — Fix broken tags editor in the note editor
- **fixed** — Build Linux fcitx5 plugin against the bundled Qt as a potential fix for startup crashes
- **fixed** — Prevent error when merging a notetype with duplicate fields in rare cases
- **fixed** — Fix image occlusion masks lost when adding notes in rare cases
- **changed** — Lazy-load MathJax in the reviewer
- **fixed** — Fix text labels in image occlusion notes breaking if they contain special characters

##### Notable Changes

* Fix broken tags editor in the note editor. By @iamllama in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/5151
* Build Linux fcitx5 plugin against the bundled Qt as a potential fix for startup crashes in 26.05. By @xiaohan484 in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/5142
* Prevent error when merging a notetype with duplicate fields in rare cases. By @krMaynard in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/5070
* Fix image occlusion masks lost when adding notes in rare cases. By @LTimothy in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/5155
* Lazy-load MathJax in the reviewer. By @BrayanDSO in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/5171
* Fix text labels in image occlusion notes breaking if they contain special characters. By @iamllama in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/5206

##### Other Changes
* CI: Use prebuilt binaries for cargo-llvm-cov and cargo-nextest by @iamllama in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/5141
* CI: Normalize GitHub noreply emails for all contributors by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/5159
* CI: Fix some issues in the sync_translations.py script by @abdnh in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/5161
* CI: Bump ammonia and spin for cargo deny check by @iamllama in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/5192

##### New Contributors
* @xiaohan484 made their first contribution in https://github.com/ankitects/anki/pull/5142

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/ankitects/anki/compare/26.08b1...26.08b2