SillyTavern 1.11.8

Backends

• Perplexity: added as a Chat Completion source.
• OpenAI: added new GPT-4 Turbo models.
• Google MakerSuite: added support for system prompt usage. Unlocked context size now goes up to 10⁶ tokens.
• Custom Chat Completion source can optionally use a Claude prompt converter.
• TabbyAPI: added a setting for JSON schemes.

Improvements

• Increased default character avatar size from 400x600 to 512x768.
• Group chats: "Join character cards" mode can now define a prefix and suffix for every merged field.
• Instruct mode: added templates for Llama 3 Instruct and Command-R. Newline is no longer forced at the end of the story string when newline wrapping is disabled.
• Prompt manager: chat history and examples can be disabled. Moved the prompt controls bar to the top.
• Macros: added a {{noop}} that resolves to an empty string. {{trim}} macro can now be used in the chat start field.
• The majority of token calculations are now asynchronous and won't block the UI when counting.
• Added an option to enable magnification on zoomed avatars.
• Whitelisting: added a check for forwarded IPs.
• Updated the visual layout of character tag controls and API setting preset controls.
• Various localization fixes and improvements.

Extensions

• Image Generation: added Pollinations as a source. %char_avatar% and %user_avatar placeholders are now available for the ComfyUI workflow editor (replaced with data URI encodings of respective images).
• Vector Storage: added experimental setting to summarize messages before embedding.
• Quick Replies: added ability to set tab size and editor and use a Ctrl+Enter hotkey to execute a script being edited.
• Character Expressions: added classification using an LLM prompt and a setting for fallback expressions.

STscript

• Added /caption command for Image Captioning extension.
• /bg without arguments now reports a current background name.
• /proxy without arguments now reports a current proxy name.
• /cut command now outputs the text of removed messages to the pipe.
• /random command with a tag name provided as an argument can now pick a random character with a specified tag.

Bug fixes

• Fixed the centering of the load spinner.
• Fixed Ctrl+1-9 hotkeys being intercepted while not doing anything.
• Fixed regenerate removing more than one message when a non-streaming API fails to produce any text.
• Fixed recursive split function (used by various extensions) producing duplicate chunks.
• Fixed loading of server plugins that provide lifecycle functions in default exports.
• Fixed behavior of {{lastMessage}} and {{lastMessageId}} macro during swiping.
• Fixed forced persona name not being added to example dialogues in instruct mode.
• Fixed {{pick}} macro rerolling on branches and renamed chats.
• Fixed empty lines produced by the "Join character cards" setting in groups.
• Fixed macro not being substituted in example separators and story strings.
• Fixed interaction between TTS and streamed generations.
• Fixed substitution of macros in TTS text before narration.
• Fixed highlighting of newly added characters.
• Fixed doubled token counting of in-chat injections for prompt message fitting.
• Fixed WI recursion override checkboxes missing in localized versions.
• Fixed missing names in example dialogues for Cohere prompts.
• Fixed version display in the welcome message.
• Fixed performance of /hide and /unhide commands.
• Fixed image generation with the Draw Things app.
• Fixed line breaks encoding in message-embedded style tags.

Community updates

• Fix forced persona name not being added to examples by @Wolfsblvt in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2029
• Fix currently reswiped messages being returned on macros by @Wolfsblvt in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2028
• Add extension setting for fallback expression by @Wolfsblvt in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2033
• Fix empty lines on group squashing of char fields by @Wolfsblvt in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2030
• Fix the wrong tags for the scheduled nightly build by @caesarw in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2035
• More QR editor options by @LenAnderson in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2037
• Group chat-specific join prefix/suffix for char fields by @Wolfsblvt in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2036
• Fix pick macro rerolling on branches/renames by @Wolfsblvt in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2032
• Add a main {{systemPrompt}} macro by @Wolfsblvt in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2042
• Popups with own dom by @LenAnderson in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2045
• JSON schema fixes by @bdashore3 in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2054
• Add some llama.cpp-specific endpoints by @sasha0552 in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2057
• new turbo model by @kingbased in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2055
• Update layout for avatar tags and controls by @Dakraid in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2050
• Add Pollinations as image generation source by @Cohee1207 in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2061
• Update Russian translation and add new localized strings by @Yokayo in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2064
• Fix some errors in zh-cn.json and make the translations more concise by @sirius422 in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2066
• Gemini system prompt support by @kingbased in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2063
• Add New Icon by @CasualAutopsy in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2068
• Elevenlabs TTS update by @kingbased in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2067
• Add llama.cpp slots info endpoint by @sasha0552 in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2070
• Performance improvement for /hide, /unhide by @ThisIsPIRI in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2073
• Check forwarded IP in WhiteList by @Zhongyi-Lu in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2079
• Fix popup by @LenAnderson in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2078
• fix #2071: Set window title as SillyTavern WebServer by @steve02081504 in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2076
• Command R context+instruct presets by @StefanDanielSchwarz in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2084
• Add readme-ru_ru by @Yokayo in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2081
• Improve Chinese translation by @Touch-Night in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2082
• favicon.ico Enhancement by @CasualAutopsy in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2088
• Add web-search connector toggle for Cohere API by @africsnail in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2089
• Expressions: Classify using LLM by @bdashore3 in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2072
• Adjust style and add magnification to zoomed avatar by @Dakraid in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2090
• Fix right click closing the zoomed avatar image by @Dakraid in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2093
• fix: css decodeStyles: remove </br> tags before parsing by @aisu-wata0 in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2099
• Summarize the chat messages handed to the embedding beforehand by @Dakraid in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2097
• only close last popup with escape by @LenAnderson in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2103
• Llama 3 Instruct context+instruct presets by @StefanDanielSchwarz in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2106
• Staging by @Cohee1207 in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2112

New Contributors

• @sasha0552 made their first contribution in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2057
• @Yokayo made their first contribution in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2064
• @sirius422 made their first contribution in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2066
• @CasualAutopsy made their first contribution in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2068
• @Zhongyi-Lu made their first contribution in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2079
• @steve02081504 made their first contribution in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2076
• @africsnail made their first contribution in https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/pull/2089

Full Changelog: https://github.com/SillyTavern/SillyTavern/compare/1.11.7...1.11.8