# Meilisearch v1.53.1 — 🖇️​ v1.53.1

- Product: Meilisearch (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/meilisearch)
- Vendor: Meili
- Date: 2026-08-13
- Version: v1.53.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/releases/tag/v1.53.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/meilisearch/releases/v1.53.1

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- **added** — Add MEILI_EXPERIMENTAL_TASK_QUEUE_MAX_READERS environment variable to control the maximum number of LMDB read transactions at the same time for the task queue
- **changed** — Bump mini-dashboard to v0.4.2

##### **✨ Enhancement**

###### Add an env var to change the task queue readers

> by @ManyTheFish in https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/pull/6587

Control the maximum number of LMDB read transactions at the same time for the task queue.

The following environment variable can be exported to specify the maximum number of simultaneous read transactions:

```
#### Only the environment variable can set this parameter
MEILI_EXPERIMENTAL_TASK_QUEUE_MAX_READERS=100
```

Product discussion: https://github.com/orgs/meilisearch/discussions/806

##### **🔩 Miscellaneous**

* Bump mini-dashboard to v0.4.2 by @Strift in https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/pull/6585



**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/meilisearch/meilisearch/compare/v1.53.0...v1.53.1