# OpenRGB release_candidate_1.0rc1 — OpenRGB Release Candidate 1.0rc1

- Product: OpenRGB (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/openrgb)
- Vendor: OpenRGB
- Date: 2025-02-22
- Version: release_candidate_1.0rc1
- Original notes: https://codeberg.org/OpenRGB/OpenRGB/releases/tag/release_candidate_1.0rc1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/openrgb/releases/release-candidate-1.0rc1
- Labels: Platforms: Desktop

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- **changed** — Plugin API has been updated to API version 4

The first release candidate for 1.0!  Plugin API has been updated to API version 4 so until the official 1.0 release, use the latest pipeline builds of the plugins.