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Ollama v0.40.6 launches clef in the cloud and adds GGUF q2_0

The October 16 release lets the clef decision model launch through Ollama's cloud, adds the q2_0 tensor and file types to GGUF support, and prevents orphaned runners on Windows.

AI News In FocusUpdated Oct 18, 2026 2 min read
Official source published Oct 16, 2026

Ollama released v0.40.6 on October 16, 2026, promoting the release candidate to stable. The patch-sized update contains four changes and no listed breaking changes. Read the release notes.

What changed

  • Launch clef in Ollama's cloud: the clef decision model can now be launched through the cloud, extending the cloud decision-model support introduced with clef:cloud in v0.40.5.
  • GGUF q2_0: the q2_0 tensor and file types were added to GGUF support.
  • Windows: a fix prevents orphaned runners.
  • Decision mode: --ask mode question keys now use identifiers.

This report covers the October 16 release notes; earlier releases are covered in our reports on v0.40.5, v0.40.4 and v0.40.3.

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