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Ollama released v0.40.17 on November 10, 2026. The release entry is available in the project’s GitHub release notes. Its listed changes focus on command-line recovery and how thinking metadata is used by OpenCode settings.
The first change improves restore behavior and graceful restart for the ChatGPT CLI. The release notes do not describe the implementation or list every affected command. They do show that session recovery and controlled restarts are a specific focus of this version. For people who work from a terminal, that points to a more reliable way to return to an interrupted workflow.
The second listed change is in cmd/launch. It uses thinking metadata for OpenCode settings. The announcement does not explain which settings are affected or how the metadata is presented. The practical detail is that launch behavior can now take thinking-related metadata into account when configuring an OpenCode workflow.
That matters when a creative or development task is managed through the command line. A restore improvement can reduce the need to reconstruct a session after a restart. It may also make routine maintenance less disruptive, since the release specifically calls out graceful restart rather than only adding a new command or option. The release notes do not promise that every interrupted task can be recovered, so the useful test is whether your own sessions return to a workable state.
The OpenCode change is relevant to makers who use a toolchain with explicit thinking settings. Metadata can act as a bridge between the way a model reports its thinking-related state and the settings used by a client. Here, the announcement only confirms that cmd/launch now uses that metadata for OpenCode settings. It does not state that the change affects output quality, latency, or the behavior of every model.
Ollama publishes and maintains this release. It is not a Mina Labs product, feature, or service, and Mina Labs does not offer it. The release announcement does not provide access terms or describe any change to how the software is distributed. Anyone evaluating the update should check Ollama’s own release and licensing information.
What we would use it for is a focused workflow test. First, we would update the Ollama installation used for a terminal-based project. We would then start a session, exit or restart the relevant process in a controlled way, and check whether restore behaves more cleanly. The goal would not be to assume recovery is guaranteed. It would be to compare the time and manual work required to resume a real task.
We would also inspect projects that launch OpenCode through the updated command path. The main check would be whether thinking metadata is reflected in the settings as intended, and whether existing configuration continues to behave normally. If your workflow does not use those CLI and OpenCode paths, the release may have limited immediate impact. If it does, v0.40.17 is worth testing because both listed changes target the handoff between a terminal command and an active work session.