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# Latest Release | OpenMetadata Release Notes and Versions

> Discover the latest OpenMetadata releases, new features, bug fixes, and updates. Stay current with release notes and upgrade information.

# Latest Release 🎉

<Update label="Latest Release" description="22nd April 2026">
  You can find the GitHub release [here](https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/releases/tag/1.12.6-release).

  ## Changelog

  ### Improvements

  * **Platform:** Enhanced search index performance and reduced memory footprint during reindex operations to minimize runtime impact
  * **Platform:** Improved reliability of bulk indexing with better handling of large payloads and batching
  * **Governance:** Refactored certification storage to improve consistency and auditability across entities
  * **Platform:** Added support for SAML metadata XML upload to simplify SSO configuration
  * **Ingestion:** Improved Looker ingestion error handling with safer logging and better diagnostics
  * **AI/Platform:** Introduced safeguards for large payload handling in vector embedding workflows to prevent system overload

  ### Fixes

  * **Security:** Addressed multiple vulnerabilities by upgrading dependencies including MCP Java SDK and netty-bom (CVE-2026-34237, CVE-2026-33870, CVE-2026-33871)
  * **Security:** Enforced stricter validation on token generation APIs to prevent unauthorized access
  * **Platform:** Fixed authentication token refresh issues causing session drops (notably in Safari environments)
  * **Platform:** Resolved failures in bulk indexing leading to 413 Request Too Large errors
  * **Platform:** Fixed issues with search index template creation and serialization impacting Data Quality indexing
  * **Platform:** Improved OAuth callback handling fallback logic for better stability
  * **Discovery:** Fixed inconsistencies in Tier filtering and tag aggregation logic
  * **Discovery:** Resolved UI access issues where restricted users could view tier/certification popovers
  * **Governance:** Fixed handling of non-boolean rule results and certification propagation issues
  * **Data Observability:** Fixed permission checks when creating Data Quality test cases
  * **Ingestion:** Fixed Airflow REST client connectivity issues impacting workflow execution
  * **Ingestion:** Resolved multiple connector issues including:
    * ClickHouse datatype parsing
    * Teradata column description ingestion
    * Pinot double datatype handling
    * S3 ingestion failure due to Pydantic validation (BucketArn field)
  * **Ingestion:** Improved handling of case sensitivity for table constraints during ingestion

  **Full Changelog**: [link](https://github.com/open-metadata/OpenMetadata/compare/1.12.5-release...1.12.6-release)
</Update>