# puter 26.08.2

- Product: puter (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/puter)
- Vendor: HeyPuter
- Date: 2026-08-24
- Version: 26.08.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/releases/tag/26.08.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/puter/releases/26.08.2

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- **added** — Add metering buffer store counts to metrics
- **fixed** — Show the new folder's row in the dashboard before mkdir answers
- **fixed** — Resolve duplicate emails issue
- **fixed** — Handle unhandled error in counting stream
- **added** — Add KV commands to CLI
- **fixed** — Over-quota batch uploads surface the storage prompt instead of failing quietly
- **fixed** — Concurrency limiter heals legacy INCR keys instead of failing open
- **added** — Add more extensibility to workers driver
- **deprecated** — Deprecate Gemini 2 Flash and Lite
- **added** — Render usage as credits on a 50c base with free allowance doubled
- **fixed** — Restrict OpenAI and Anthropic compatible endpoints to be subscription only
- **fixed** — Handle burst of unfinished AI requests in metering
- **added** — Add grok-4.6 model to xai provider
- **added** — Add BytePlus ModelArk providers for chat, image, and video
- **added** — Add Gemini 3.7 Flash support
- **added** — Add file sharing backend API
- **fixed** — WebDAV connectivity fixes for macOS
- **added** — Bring back referrals
- **added** — Expose app_uid in puter.workers.get and puter.workers.list
- **added** — Add file link sharing and notifications

##### What's Changed
* metrics: add metering buffer store coutns by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3554
* fix: show the new folder's row in the dashboard before mkdir answers by @jelveh in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3555
* fix: duplicate emails by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3556
* Ds/fix/counting stream unhandled error by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3557
* feat: dashboard app search continues into the App Center by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3567
* Revert "feat: dashboard app search continues into the App Center" by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3572
* fix: over-quota batch uploads surface the storage prompt instead of failing quietly by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3566
* docs: publish rate limits and quotas, and make limit changes move the docs by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3568
* fix: concurrency limiter heals legacy INCR keys instead of failing open by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3574
* tests: count only this test's dynamo reads in the block-window assertion by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3576
* update gpt 5.6 luna and terra pricing by @reynaldichernando in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3580
* add more extensibility to workers driver by @ProgrammerIn-wonderland in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3565
* deprecate gemini 2 flash and lite by @reynaldichernando in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3581
* blacklist dynamic workers by @ProgrammerIn-wonderland in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3582
* feat: usage rendered as credits on a 50c base, free allowance doubled by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3569
* fix: restrict openai and anthropic compatible endpoints to be subscription by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3583
* [PUT-1478] Add KV commands to CLI by @reynaldichernando in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3579
* fix: metering hardening; handle burst of unfinished ai requests by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3585
* feat(ai-chat): add grok-4.6 model to xai provider by @rupesh0001-tech in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3584
* feat: add BytePlus ModelArk providers (chat, image, video) by @jelveh in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3498
* fix: metering issues with addons by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3588
* fix: metering by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3591
* fix: metering gui maths by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3592
* feat: batch delete for flush + metering fixes by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3593
* docs: update web search examples to gpt-5.6-luna by @Yashwarhade8010 in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3589
* fix: derive express subdomain offset from the configured root domain by @MannXo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3575
* feat: add Gemini 3.7 Flash support by @ayush786hack in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3587
* :sparkles: PUT-1412 File sharing backend api by @jfcastro92 in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3553
* feat(ai-chat): overhaul provider model catalogs to match current APIs by @404oops in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3586
* fix: webdav connectivity fixes for macos by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3597
* feat: bring back referrals PUT-1463 by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3599
* feat(workers): expose app_uid in puter.workers.get and puter.workers.list by @Deadeye102000 in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3596
* fix: misc hardening fixes by @Salazareo in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3600
* Use gpt 5.6 luna as default for docs by @reynaldichernando in https://github.com/HeyPuter/puter/pull/3602
* :sparkles: PUT-1497: Share file link shari

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