# puter 26.08.1

- Product: puter (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/puter)
- Vendor: HeyPuter
- Date: 2026-08-12
- Version: 26.08.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/releases/tag/26.08.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/puter/releases/26.08.1

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- **added** — Allow anonymous token in place of authentication for peer connections
- **added** — Add Neuralwatt as a compatible provider
- **added** — Add worker create event and new query methods
- **added** — Add iOS-style app folders in the My Apps grid
- **added** — Allow apps to use another app's data with user consent
- **added** — Add user created timestamp on whoami endpoint
- **added** — Add app user feedback system
- **changed** — Improve metering performance and add extra compatibility for monthly charges
- **changed** — Make context length on Together AI more lenient
- **changed** — Allow max-tokenless models on OpenRouter
- **changed** — Flatten driver permissions to hardcoded values
- **fixed** — Fix MCP filesystem copy, move, and rename operations
- **fixed** — Fix MCP better uploads
- **fixed** — Fix metering hardening
- **fixed** — Fix metering key-value SPAM check
- **fixed** — Fix rate limits, AI routing, and type-check gate
- **fixed** — Fix server health tolerance for primary read
- **fixed** — Fix miscellaneous security issues
- **fixed** — Fix metering with comprehensive fixes and JSDoc types
- **fixed** — Sanitize user data
- **removed** — Remove deprecated models

##### What's Changed
* Peer: allow anon token in place of authentication by @velzie in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3501
* perf: improve metering perf + add extra compat for monthly charges by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3513
* Add Neuralwatt as a compatible provider by @404oops in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3509
* fix PUT-1444 by @ProgrammerIn-wonderland in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3515
* Remove deprecated models 7 aug by @reynaldichernando in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3522
* fix: mcp fs copy, move, rename by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3517
* add worker create event and new query methods by @ProgrammerIn-wonderland in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3524
* feat(gui): iOS-style app folders in the My Apps grid by @jelveh in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3525
* feat: let apps use another app's data with user consent by @jfcastro92 in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3516
* fix: mcp better uploads by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3528
* fix: metering hardening by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3527
* Fix puter.js docs and types drift 10 aug by @reynaldichernando in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3531
* fix: metering kv spamc by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3532
* make context length on togetherAI more lenient by @ProgrammerIn-wonderland in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3533
* docs: add requestAppData() to Perms sidebar by @jfcastro92 in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3534
* allow max-tokenless models on openrouter by @ProgrammerIn-wonderland in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3536
* feat: add user created timestamp on whoami by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3538
* fix: rate limits, AI routing, and a type-check gate by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3529
* PUT-1432 by @ProgrammerIn-wonderland in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3539
* fix: misc sec fixes by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3540
* fix: server health tolerance for primary read by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3542
* fix(i18n): add Traditional Chinese app management strings by @nrps9909 in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3541
* metering: big fixes to metering + jsdoc types by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3547
* chore: bump versions by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3548
* feat: app user feedback system by @jelveh in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3546
* docs: update bug bountu by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3550
* doc: update bounty doc 2 by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3551
* :wrench: PUR-1072: Flatten driver permissions to hardcoded values by @jfcastro92 in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3545
* fix: sanitize user data by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3552

##### New Contributors
* @404oops made their first contribution in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3509
* @jfcastro92 made their first contribution in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3516
* @nrps9909 made their first contribution in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3541

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/compare/26.08...26.08.1