# LiteLLM v1.97.0-dev.2

- Product: LiteLLM (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/litellm)
- Vendor: BerriAI
- Date: 2026-08-07
- Version: v1.97.0-dev.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/releases/tag/v1.97.0-dev.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/litellm/releases/v1.97.0-dev.2
- Labels: Pre-release

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- **added** — Add role capability gating to UI and migrate Tool Policies route
- **added** — Make reminder marker pair configurable in auto-router
- **added** — Derive a default auto-router savings baseline from the hardest tier in spend tracking
- **added** — Let operators rename the four complexity tiers in complexity_router
- **added** — Let operators replace the LLM classifier's system prompt in auto-router
- **added** — Make the gateway middleware the source of truth for successful requests in SGR
- **changed** — Inject the fetch client's base URL instead of reading it at import in UI
- **changed** — Perform python, dashboard, and gen-api checks concurrently in pre-commit
- **fixed** — Name enable_jwt_auth when a JWT-shaped key is rejected
- **fixed** — Update anthropic model presets in UI
- **fixed** — Switch to the dashboard node floor via nvm or fnm in bootstrap
- **fixed** — Self-heal handler clients closed after cache eviction
- **fixed** — Keep OpenAI prompt cache token details through usage reassembly in cost tracking
- **fixed** — Bill gpt-5.6 prompt cache reads at the cache read rate
- **fixed** — Account for Responses API usage in batches
- **fixed** — Skip rows without file objects in managed-files
- **fixed** — Redact fallback tracebacks at the call site and cover the sync deferred stream in router
- **fixed** — Recover from an interrupted Prisma toolchain install in migrations
- **fixed** — Give proxy_admin_viewer read parity with proxy_admin in proxy
- **fixed** — Make the env-key doc gate see get_secret_bool reads in CI
- **fixed** — Keep the connected DB client when a startup health check fails in proxy

##### Verify Docker Image Signature

All LiteLLM Docker images are signed with [cosign](https://docs.sigstore.dev/cosign/overview/). Every release is signed with the same key introduced in [commit `0112e53`](https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/commit/0112e53046018d726492c814b3644b7d376029d0).

**Verify using the pinned commit hash (recommended):**

A commit hash is cryptographically immutable, so this is the strongest way to ensure you are using the original signing key:

```bash
cosign verify \
  --key https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BerriAI/litellm/0112e53046018d726492c814b3644b7d376029d0/cosign.pub \
  ghcr.io/berriai/litellm:v1.97.0-dev.2
```

**Verify using the release tag (convenience):**

Tags are protected in this repository and resolve to the same key. This option is easier to read but relies on tag protection rules:

```bash
cosign verify \
  --key https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BerriAI/litellm/v1.97.0-dev.2/cosign.pub \
  ghcr.io/berriai/litellm:v1.97.0-dev.2
```

Expected output:

```
The following checks were performed on each of these signatures:
  - The cosign claims were validated
  - The signatures were verified against the specified public key
```

---
##### What's Changed
* feat(ui): add role capability gating, migrate Tool Policies route by @yuneng-berri in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/35812
* refactor(ui): inject the fetch client's base url instead of reading it at import by @yuneng-berri in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/35802
* chore: remove unused .flake8 config and flake8 dev dependency by @mateo-berri in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/35888
* chore: stop advising pre-commit and bootstrap by @mateo-berri in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/35884
* fix(auth): name enable_jwt_auth when a JWT-shaped key is rejected by @yassin-berriai in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/35831
* feat(auto-router): make reminder marker pair configurable by @akapur99 in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/35874
* fix(UI): update anthropic model presets by @tin-berri in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/35896
* fix(bootstrap): switch to the dashboard node floor via nvm or fnm by @mateo-berri in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/35895
* perf(pre-commit): run python, dashboard, and gen-api checks concurrently by @mateo-berri in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/35903
* feat(spend): derive a default auto-router savings baseline from the hardest tier by @tin-berri in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/35907
* fix(http_handler): self-heal handler clients closed after cache eviction by @mateo-berri in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/35862
* fix(cost_tracking): keep OpenAI prompt cache token details through usage reassembly by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/34812
* fix(cost): bill gpt-5.6 prompt cache reads at the cache read rate by @devin-ai-integration[bot] in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/34957
* fix(batches): account for Responses API usage by @rimysore in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/35367
* ci: retry Codecov uploads and stop failing jobs on OIDC token flakes by @mateo-berri in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/35251
* feat(complexity_router): let operators rename the four complexity tiers by @akapur99 in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/35893
* chore(lint): zero stale ruff and LIT headroom and strip inert type: ignore comments by @mateo-berri in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/35928
* chore(lint): zero out seven more purely local basedpyright rules by @mateo-berri in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/35927
* chore(ui): zero stale headroom on local dashboard eslint budgets by @mateo-berri in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/35929
* fix(managed-files): skip rows without file objects by @rimysore in https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm/pull/35365
* fix(router): redact fallback tracebacks at the call site and cover the sync deferred stream by @yassin-berriai in

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