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Release 5.0 2026.06.02.1

Β· 4 min read

New Features πŸš€β€‹

New Serenity* Star Engine​

We've rebuilt the foundation that runs your Agents. The new Serenity* Star Engine is faster and more stable, keeps pace with the latest advances in agentic systems, and gives us a stronger base to build on going forward. The rebuilt architecture improves how Agents reason over multiple steps, call skills, and stream responses β€” and it lets us ship new capabilities to you faster. No action is required β€” every Agent now runs on the new engine automatically, with no changes to your existing configurations or integrations.

Reasoning visualization β€” An Agent's reasoning flow can now be visualized, giving you better insight into how each response was produced.

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Improved skill logging β€” Skill logs now clearly distinguish between parallel and sequential executions, making it easier to follow what your Agent did and when.

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Serenity* Store & Marketplace​

Buy and sell agents across the Serenity* Star ecosystem. Use the Serenity* Marketplace to publish your own agents and earn usage credits on every purchase. Then browse the Serenity* Store to find ready-to-use agents and put them to work with little to no setup.

This functionality is currently in preview. The ability to get agents from the Store is coming soon.

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Bring Your Own Model​

Bring your own LLMs into Serenity* Star. Run models hosted on your own infrastructure for greater governance and to meet your compliance requirements.

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Bring Your Own Model requires an OpenAI-compatible inference endpoint.

Citations​

Agents now support citations. When a response draws on your Knowledge Sources, it can show exactly which source each part of the answer came from β€” giving you clearer traceability and greater trust in agent output. To learn more, refer to the Knowledge documentation.

Citation results are currently only available via the API. Support for Serenity* AI Chat, Agent Preview, and the Chat Widget is coming soon.

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Enhancements βœ¨β€‹

Guardrails​

RagMetrics Guardrails now let you select the evaluator model. Tenants can configure their own RagMetrics account and choose the evaluator model that best fits their needs.

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Input Parameters Hook​

The Chat Widget now provides a getInputParameters hook. Pass a custom function to supply updated input parameters with each message sent. Refer to the Chat Widget (JavaScript) documentation for more details.

Knowledge​

  • Knowledge Source metadata can now be generated or updated automatically with the "Generate with AI" button in the metadata section.

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  • The file types allowed in volatile Knowledge can now be configured per agent, so you control which file types users can attach to a conversation.

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Bug Fixes & Minor Improvements πŸ› οΈβ€‹

  • Improved performance of aggregate statistics in the Agent Manager and Cost Dashboard.
  • Adjusted parameter validation in the Agent Design Studio when sending a message.
  • Improved positioning of select components that could render off-screen.
  • Improved empty states in the Agent Design Studio so they take up less space.
  • Fixed an error that occurred when changing the Guardrails validation method.
  • Dataset validation now runs on the replace and append API endpoints to return a clear error to the user.
  • Renamed the RagMetrics "Legal Advice" category to "Compliance Awareness".
  • Improved anti-forgery token regeneration in the Agent Designer, preventing an authentication error when the token expired.
  • Improved parameter validation in the Agent Design Studio API
  • Fix a validation error when changing evaluation method in Guardrails configuration
  • Improved schema validation in Dataset API endpoints when doing replace and append
  • Improved connection setting pooling in fallback models

Release 5.0 2026.05.19.1

Β· 3 min read

New Features πŸš€β€‹

Owner Access API Key​

Create a Personal Access API Key. This key inherits all user roles and permissions for enhanced flexibility in the API. Changes in user permissions are auto-updated, so the API Key always works as an extension of the owner. You can now manage integrations and automation with greater security and ease, as the key always reflects your current access rights.

For more information refer to the Developer Tools Documentation

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Knowledge Auto Tagging​

When uploading new Knowledge sources (websites or files), automatic descriptions and appropriate tags are now generated for better knowledge retrieval. This enhances agent context awareness by providing a short summary of what each knowledge source contains. This makes it easier to search, filter, and utilize knowledge in your agent.

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Enhancements βœ¨β€‹

Serenity AI Chat​

Serenity AI Chat now delivers more relevant and context-aware conversations by:

  • Activating Workbench skills for enhanced capabilities
  • Enabling Agentic RAG and Agentic File processing for smarter knowledge retrieval
  • Making the chat aware of the current time and user identifier for up-to-date responses

These improvements ensure every user session is more personalized, accurate, and timely.

Email Skill​

The Email Skill now supports AI-generated mode. You can choose between AI-generated or static content. Add custom instructions for how the agent should create the email body and subject, and send agent-customized emails. This allows for more dynamic and personalized communication, tailored to your workflow needs.

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Scheduled Triggers​

Scheduled triggers now allow you to target the agent's published version by default. Always run the published version of the agent, avoiding manual configuration whenever changes are made.

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Bug Fixes & Minor Improvements πŸ› οΈβ€‹

  • Compatible models now support the "Enable Thinking" parameter configuration.
  • Knowledge sources can now be activated or deactivated via API endpoints.
  • Chunking strategy has been improved in knowledge processing.
  • Knowledge pre-filtering can now be used in all integration modes.
  • Improved contrast color ratios and semantic relationships in Chat Widget elements for enhanced accessibility.
  • Sensitive data obfuscation has been fixed when the request contained empty text.
  • Proxy Agents now support system parameters liquid syntax.
  • Email notifications have been added for failed Auto Recharge payments.
  • Added tracking for compliance violations with RagMetrics provider in the Compliance Center Dashboard.
  • Improve rendering of response output based on model capabilities.
  • Fixed execution of Alinia Guardrails when some rules where active.
  • Auto recharge is triggered instantly when configuration is set for immediate credit top up.

Release 5.0 2026.05.05.1

Β· 3 min read

New Features πŸš€β€‹

Agent Clients: Secure authentication​

Agents now support a more secure authentication scheme with Agent Clients. Authenticate using a generated, encrypted JWT token by creating your own client ID, secret, and public key.

This approach enables agents to run more safely, without exposing sensitive API keys in the frontend. For full implementation details refer to Agent Clients documentation

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Chat Widget: Enhanced accessibility​

The Chat Widget now offers major accessibility improvements, including a high-contrast mode, improved ARIA labels for screen readers, and design updates that follow UNE-EN 301549 standards.

For full specifications refer to the Chat Widget Accesibilty Documentation

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Enhancements βœ¨β€‹

Flexible currency selection​

Billing configuration now allows you to select your preferred currency for displaying and tracking all usage metrics.

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Smarter agent import​

When importing agents from a public link, related dependencies such as datasets are now automatically copied for a seamless experience. Features not included in your plan are clearly indicated.

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Agent Design Studio API updates​

New API endpoints are available for individual knowledge file management and model parameter configuration. Check out the API Reference for more information:

Improved instance cleanup​

Instance cleanup is now more efficient, reducing storage usage and improving performance in instance grids. You can manually configure log retention in your agent settings if you require longer history.

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Bug Fixes & Minor Improvements πŸ› οΈβ€‹

  • Default tenant configurations are now preloaded on first access to the Serenity AI Chat Management screen.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented changing the default embedding model for a tenant.
  • Resolved a bug where the audit user was not assigned as the last editor when a website was automatically reprocessed.
  • Serenity AI Chat agent is no longer available for execution via the Agent Executor Skill.
  • Fixed an error when creating a new test plan with a slow connection and rapid form navigation.
  • Email notifications, including invoices, are now sent to configured users upon auto-recharge or manual recharge.
  • In Agentic RAG and Agentic File Processing integration modes, skill results are now reused for faster responses when inputs are identical.
  • General UI adjustments and improvements.
  • Fixed an error when exporting a usage chart with duplicate agent names.
  • Enabled uploading Volatile Knowledge from base64-encoded files.
  • Fixed a multiple tap issue in conversation starters.
  • Implemented validation for the maximum number of files in knowledge.
  • Fixed a stored XSS vulnerability in the Chat Widget message field.
  • Resolved an error in available HTTP methods.
  • Improved Chat Widget behavior in full screen mode.
  • Minor fixes and typography adjustments.
  • Chat History is now copyied to code snippets in Chat Completion Agent
  • Allow for Quota alerts to be excluded from tenant admins
  • Added copy to clipboard functionality in Skill results in Agent Instance Details

Release 5.0 2026.04.21.1

Β· 3 min read

New Features πŸš€β€‹

RAG Metrics Guardrails​

Serenity Star now integrates with RAG Metrics as a guardrails provider for agent responses. You can monitor outputs against compliance violations, contextual relevance, and other quality checks before responses are delivered.

This gives teams a clearer way to evaluate response quality and enforce safer, more consistent agent behaviour.

RAG Metrics configured as a guardrails provider

Agentic File Processing for Volatile Knowledge​

Volatile knowledge files now support an agentic file processing mode. Agents can use the current conversation, chat history, and user intent to decide which files are relevant before retrieving content.

By narrowing retrieval to the files that matter most, this improves answer precision while reducing unnecessary token usage.

Agentic file processing for volatile knowledge sources


Enhancements βœ¨β€‹

Refreshed Configuration UX​

Several platform configuration flows now use a clearer card-based experience. Replacing dense dropdowns with guided selection cards makes options easier to understand and quicker to compare.

Card-based configuration experience in the platform

Guided option cards with clearer explanations

Improved Error Logs for Skills and Workflows​

Agent Executor Skill and Workflow runs now provide more detailed failure logs. Instance details include clearer error information to help teams diagnose complex execution issues faster.

Detailed error logs for skill and workflow failures

Workbench Improvements​

Workbench session management has been improved for better performance, file persistence, and usage tracking. A sample prompt with advanced configuration examples is now included when adding a skill, making it easier to get better results from the start.

Workbench session and prompt configuration improvements


Bug Fixes & Minor Improvements πŸ› οΈβ€‹

  • Improved validation for file uploads by URL. Invalid URLs now return Bad Request instead of generating a 500 error.
  • Fixed a redirect loop when two-factor authentication is enabled.
  • Fixed Markdown file uploads in the chat preview in Agent Design Studio.
  • Improved code snippets for importing the CSS-customizable Chat Widget.
  • Improved several empty states and corrected text across the platform.
  • Fixed an issue when duplicating agents that include datasets.
  • The HTTP Skill now supports sending a body with DELETE requests.
  • Fixed an issue related to token renewal in subscription plans.
  • Corrected the lockout icon color in the users table.
  • Improved the create-connection side panel so it no longer blocks when creation fails.
  • Fixed multiple issues in knowledge loading in the agent creation form.
  • Fixed a caching issue when enabling Skills in Serenity AI Chat.
  • Fixed an issue where the total token count was not displayed in the chat preview.
  • A modal is now shown when users try to access old invoices that are no longer available, prompting them to contact support.
  • Added clearer guidance for using CSS in the Chat Widget.
  • Added skills to integrate with Fathom.

Release 5.0 2026.04.07.1

Β· 3 min read

New Features πŸš€β€‹

Agentic RAG​

The new Agentic RAG knowledge integration mode gives agents more control over how they use knowledge sources. Agents can refine search queries, filter documents using metadata tags, and perform multiple search strategies before responding.

This improves context awareness and helps retrieve more relevant sections before the final answer is generated.

Agentic RAG knowledge mode configuration Agentic RAG search behavior options

Chat Completion Preview​

The new Chat Completion preview in Agent Design Studio makes it easier to test full chat history management. You can edit existing messages, add new ones, and manually shape the conversation history before running the agent.

This gives you a clearer way to understand how chat history affects agent behaviour and how to reproduce that behaviour in your own client implementation.

Chat Completion preview in Agent Design Studio


Enhancements βœ¨β€‹

Agent Subtenant Change​

Agents can now be moved between subtenants more easily. Select the new target subtenant from the General Configuration panel in Agent Design Studio, and the agent will be migrated with the required data.

Connections, API keys, and other configurations tied to the original subtenant are not transferred automatically and must be reconfigured if needed.

Subtenant selection in agent general configuration Agent migration to a different subtenant

Chat Widget​

Specific Agent Version​

You can now specify which version is executed when using the Chat Widget, allowing for better version management and control.

Chat Widget agent version selection

Fully customizable CSS​

We have released a new resource for configuring the Chat Widget with fully customizable CSS classes. This gives you more direct control over the widget's visual style when you want to manage its appearance through your own CSS.

Azure Safety Guardrails Provider​

Azure Safety can now be used as a guardrails provider for your agents, expanding the available options for safety and response control.

Azure Safety configured as a guardrails provider


Bug Fixes & Minor Improvements πŸ› οΈβ€‹

  • Improved connection creation in Agent Design Studio to prevent the screen from blocking when the process fails.
  • Subscription downgrades no longer inactivate AI Chat when it is included in the subscription plan.
  • Improved model validation when attempting to use deprecated models.
  • Users with the Serenity* AI Chat Management Administrator role scoped to a subtenant can now access audit information.
  • Fixed an error in the prompt editor when publishing an older agent version.
  • Added the option to show previous conversations in the Chat Widget when conversation starters are configured.
  • Improved Chat Widget side panel mode.
  • Improved validation in Chat Widget channel configuration.
  • Fixed a repeated initial bot message in the Chat Widget.
  • Added access to Billing from the Cost Dashboard.
  • Improved execution of draft agent versions when changing guardrails configuration.
  • Fixed optional postal code handling in billing configuration.
  • Embedding generation is now paginated to avoid errors caused by excessive token usage.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented custom quota alert emails from being configured.
  • Improved billing feedback when adding credit.
  • Fixed an error when creating connections for users who have access only to subtenants.
  • Improved Microsoft Graph connection refresh behavior.
  • Fixed the change-email flow in account settings.
  • Added a missing save button in the personal connections form for bearer token authentication.
  • Added support for ending WhatsApp conversations with the /EndConversation command.

Release 5.0 2026.03.24.1

Β· 3 min read

New Features πŸš€β€‹

Serenity* AI Chat​

Serenity* AI Chat has received a major update focused on usability, clarity, and faster access to the tools you use most every day.

Favorite Agents​

Pin your most-used agents and personal assistants for quicker access. Your favorites now appear in the sidebar, making it easier to jump into the right conversation with a single click.

Favorite agents in the AI Chat sidebar

Improved UI​

The chat experience has been refreshed with a cleaner layout, clearer status updates for long-running actions, and better visibility into what the assistant is doing at each step.

Updated AI Chat interface

Improved task and status feedback in AI Chat

Knowledge in Personal Assistants​

You can now enhance personal assistants with your own knowledge base. Add files directly to an assistant and it will use that content for retrieval-augmented generation in its responses.

This helps produce responses that are more relevant to your workflows and content.

Knowledge configuration for a personal assistant

Serenity Workbench​

Serenity* AI Chat now integrates with Serenity* Workbench, a dedicated micro-VM environment available directly from your chat conversations. You can run code, edit files, and work in a more capable execution environment without leaving the conversation.

Enable it from Serenity* AI Chat Management.

Serenity Workbench available from AI Chat

Connections​

The authentication flow for personal connections in Serenity* AI Chat has been simplified, making it easier to validate accounts, complete authorization, and grant access to the skills your assistants need.

Simplified connection authorization flow in AI Chat

Chat Widget Conversation History​

The Serenity* Chat Widget can now display past conversations, making it easier for users to revisit earlier interactions.

Users can open the widget and review previous messages and conversation history directly from the interface.

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Enhancements βœ¨β€‹

Default Subtenants​

You can now configure default subtenants for new users. When this setting is enabled, users who automatically register to your organization through the configured email domain are assigned access to the selected subtenants by default.

Enable default subtenants in the Compliance Center.

Default subtenant configuration in Compliance Center

Agent Design Studio API​

Agent Design Studio API

The Agent Design Studio API now supports patch methods for granular updates to agent configurations. Update individual agent sections independently:

  • Knowledge sources
  • Model selection
  • Skills (HTTP, MCP, Workflow, Email, and more)
  • Behavior and instructions

See the API Reference for details.


Bug Fixes & Minor Improvements πŸ› οΈβ€‹

  • Improved volatile knowledge handling in chat history.
  • Allowed chat, copilot, and assistant agents to run in scheduled triggers.
  • Improved the UI in the HTTP Skill headers section.
  • Improved autosizing behavior across several input areas.
  • Fixed an issue where the output JSON format did not update after changing the model.
  • Fixed multiple issues in chat widget configuration.
  • Updated the Everyone scoped limit so it applies only to logged-in users, not system users.
  • Improved the model filter used in the Quality Studio evaluator model selector.
  • Improved handling of rate-limit errors in Quality Studio.
  • Improved error handling during Quality Studio test-run execution.
  • Added support for inactivating datasets in agent knowledge sources.
  • Simplified Quality Studio and scheduled trigger creation by inferring the subtenant from the selected agent.
  • Tenants now support multiple domains for registration. Contact us for more information.
  • Added support for image generation and transcription in Qwen models.
  • User administrators assigned to specific subtenants can now grant access only to those subtenants.

Release 5.0 2026.03.10.1

Β· 4 min read

New Features πŸš€β€‹

Serena Capabilities πŸ€–β€‹

We have improved Serena's agent creation capabilities. You can now add files directly during the conversation, and Serena will use them as context and knowledge for your agents. Serena can also identify the agent's objective and suggest the necessary skills when needed.

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Usage Limits πŸ“Šβ€‹

Alerts πŸ””β€‹

Set custom notifications for your usage thresholds and stay informed before limits are reached. This makes it easier to monitor spending and avoid unexpected interruptions. You can configure your alerts from Usage Limits.

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Scoped Limits πŸŽ―β€‹

Scoped limits now provide more granular control over usage across Serenity. You can define individual limits for specific users, groups, user identifiers, or apply them to everyone. You can configure scoped limits from Scoped Limits.

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Shared Subtenancy πŸ€β€‹

The new shared subtenancy feature makes it easier to create agents that can be shared across your organization without manual subtenant assignment. You can now define whether an agent or entity is restricted to the root level, assigned to a specific subtenant, or shared with everyone.

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Groups πŸ‘₯​

Group details now provide a clearer view of how each group is structured. You can easily see which users belong to a group and whether they come from a subtenant or were added manually.

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Knowledge πŸ“šβ€‹

Knowledge sources can now be activated and deactivated more easily in Agent Design Studio. This simplifies A/B testing, helps optimize costs, and gives you more control over agent configuration.

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Chat Widget πŸ’¬β€‹

The chat widget now supports a configurable custom disclaimer. You can enable and manage it directly from the channel configuration.

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Billing Information πŸ’³β€‹

The billing section continues to improve with a better interface, clearer messaging, and improved tax configuration.

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Bug Fixes & Minor Improvements πŸ› οΈβ€‹

  • Fixed service instance grid reload behavior that caused data to load incorrectly.
  • Added markdown component sanitization to prevent access to relative paths.
  • Improved API validation errors when invalid routes are accessed without authentication.
  • Fixed an issue when selecting an API key on the services screen for users with access to only one subtenant.
  • Fixed a display issue that prevented messages from rendering correctly when the transcription service failed.
  • Added validation to prevent creating more test cases than allowed.
  • Fixed an error when accessing Manage My Account from AI Chat.
  • Fixed subscription user counting issues.
  • Updated the SDK so chat completion agents use the correct agent version in execute.
  • Added validation in Agent Design Studio to prevent selecting the same fallback model as the primary model.
  • Fixed scroll issues in several side panels.
  • Fixed an error when using shared-type connections in a subtenant scope.
  • Fixed an error that occurred when creating an instance if the vendor failed.
  • Fixed workflow execution in subtenants.
  • Adjusted default embedding model selection logic to use tenant settings or the system default value.
  • Improved and expanded empty-state messaging across multiple system screens.
  • Applied general styling improvements across several screens.
  • Improved performance when loading data on the agent instances screen.
  • Increased the allowed field size in the test plan during both import and save.
  • Improved feedback when importing a test plan template.
  • Adjusted test plan execution with that failed with some evaluator model.s
  • Updated the JavaScript SDK to support cancellation tokens and stopping requests during streaming.
  • Updated the chat widget to allow canceling message streaming.
  • Improved the agent creation API so knowledge configuration can use default values when not specified.
  • Updated the agents API to accept either modelId or modelCode plus vendor in model fields.
  • Improved vendor validations for AI service execution.
  • Optimized instance grid queries.
  • Improved feedback and attention notices when accessing agents with deprecated models.
  • Increased the character limit for AI Chat grounding.
  • Added support for connectors using API key authentication and custom headers.
  • Improved knowledge parsing in Hybrid mode.
  • Improved the API instances endpoint to return more information.

Release 5.0 2026.02.24.1

Β· 4 min read

New Features πŸš€β€‹

Microsoft Teams Integration​

Serenity* Star is now available in Microsoft Teams. Install the app from the Microsoft Marketplace, sign in with your Serenity* Star account, and start using your AI agents directly in chats and channelsβ€”without leaving Teams.

Microsoft Teams Integration

Key highlights:

  • Use AI in Teams – Interact with Serenity* Star agents without leaving Microsoft Teams.
  • Multiple conversation contexts – Use agents in personal chats, team channels, and group conversations.
  • Trusted knowledge responses – Get answers grounded in your organization's configured knowledge sources.
  • Secure access – Sign in with enterprise-ready authentication, including SSO support.

To get started, enable the Teams channel on your agent in the Agent Design Studio, then install the app from the Microsoft Marketplace.


Enhancements βœ¨β€‹

Security – API Key Management​

We’ve strengthened API key security across the entire platform. API keys are no longer exposed in the DOM, and their rendering, copying, and visualization have been redesigned to minimize the risk of accidental exposure. Clipboard interactions are now handled securely, and sensitive operations are processed through controlled server-side actions. These improvements significantly reduce the surface area for data leaks while maintaining a smooth user experience.

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MCP Skills – Tool Discovery Support​

MCP Skills that use authentication schemes now support the Get Tools method. This allows you to retrieve and preview the list of tools available on a remote MCP server before configuring your agent. By making external capabilities more transparent, it becomes easier to understand available actions and fine-tune agent behavior accordingly.

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Volatile Knowledge within chat history now includes similarity-based retrieval. The system analyzes past messages and dynamically attaches the most relevant fragments. This improves contextual continuity and enhances response accuracy, particularly in longer or more complex conversations.


Agent Design Studio API – Skill Definition Support​

The Agent Design Studio API now allows Skills to be defined programmatically when creating or updating agents. This expands customization possibilities for teams building their own integrations or external clients. Supported API Skills include:

  • Agent Executor
  • Code Execution
  • ImageGenerator
  • Prompt
  • ChartGeneration
  • SpeechGeneration
  • WebSearch

and more. Check out the API Reference for full definitions and configuration settings.


Share Directly from Agent Design Studio​

Agents can now be shared directly from the Agent Design Studio view. This simplifies collaboration and reduces friction when distributing agents internally or externally, providing faster access without additional configuration steps.

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Billing and Usage Limits Experience​

We’ve refined the billing and usage limits experience to provide clearer visibility into account activity. Usage and rate limits are now presented more transparently across the cost dashboard and billing overview account settings. These changes make it easier to understand active limits and manage your subscription with confidence.

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Bug Fixing & Minor Improvements​

  • The Agent Execution API now returns detailed cost breakdowns associated with the services used during execution.
  • Implemented downgrade logic for the Models & Providers feature, automatically restoring configuration to default values when required by plan changes.
  • Improved validation and error handling when creating agents via Serena.
  • Added call-to-action buttons redirecting users to the Billing section when a knowledge source cannot be processed due to insufficient balance.
  • Improved validation and JSON extraction in Hybrid Knowledge mode, reducing parsing errors and increasing reliability.
  • Implemented synchronization and concurrency improvements in knowledge source reprocessing to prevent errors
  • Added the ability to search agents by code within the Agents grid.
  • Optimized email sending related to deprecated models.
  • Added the channel field to embedding instances generated from website sources.
  • Improved compatibility of tool usage with Anthropic models that include hyphens in tool names.
  • Fixed an issue in the HTTP Request Skill where static body payloads were not executing correctly.
  • Resolved a saving error in Models & Providers configuration.
  • Fixed an issue in the Workbench Skill where results were reused even when the reuse option was disabled.
  • Fixed a scrolling issue in side panels that prevented proper navigation.
  • Standardized Identity Server emails and resolved issues in the password recovery flow.
  • Corrected various localization inconsistencies and typographical errors across the platform.

Release 5.0 2026.02.10.1

Β· 4 min read

New Features πŸš€β€‹

AI Services​

Serenity* Star now includes a new suite of integrated AI Services. From image generation to embeddings, you can browse the full catalog of available services and stay tuned for new additions. All AI Services are also available via the APIβ€”see the API documentation for details.

AI Services overview

Image Generation​

Quickly generate images directly in Serenity* Star by choosing the model that best fits your needs. Describe the image, select a model, and generate results in seconds.

Image generation

Transcription​

Transcribe audio files directly in Serenity* Star by uploading your audio file and selecting your preferred transcription model. Transcriptions are generated instantly and can be easily copied.

Transcription

Embedding Generation​

Transform any text into an embedding vector using the embedding generation service to power search, retrieval, and semantic matching use cases.

Embedding generation

Improved Cost Dashboard and Instance Tracking​

Access comprehensive audit information, cost and usage dashboard for AI Services within Serenity* Star. The dashboard and instance grid provides clear insights into total usage trends across the entire platform, including costs related to knowledge processing, standalone AI Services, and any internal processes that execute AI Services.

AI Services Instance gRID

Ai Services Cost Dashboard

Groups Management​

Create user groups to simplify permission assignment for agents. Groups can be created and updated, then used to grant permissions to agents for all users in the groupβ€”improving flexibility, consistency, and ease of administration.

Groups List

Group permissions

Serenity Workbench Skill​

Serenity* Workbench is a new capability in the ecosystem that allows your agent to access a dedicated workspace for creating, running, and executing code and more. This new skill gives your agent a controlled environment to perform computational and programmatic tasks, complementing LLM behavior with deterministic, code-based workflows.


Enhancements βœ¨β€‹

Account Settings​

The user account view has been moved to the authentication portal. You can now manage all your account settings directly at https://auth.serenitystar.ai/Account/Manage.

Account settings in authentication portal


Bug Fixes & Minor Improvements πŸ› οΈβ€‹

Agent Design Studio​

  • Fixed API errors when including knowledge sources
  • Fixed a bug that prevented model parameters from being set when creating an agent with Serena
  • Fixed a bug that caused errors when editing agents with Insights after a plan downgrade
  • Fixed behavior when adding and completing input parameters
  • Improved agent import with datasets to include the default dataset and dataset relationship when within the same tenant/subtenant
  • Improved HATEOAS links in API responses
  • Fixed a bug that prevented duplicating a skill when importing an agent
  • Fixed a bug that broke execution when the Remote MCP skill had no authentication
  • Fixed a bug when using Agent Input Parameters within the Prompt Skill
  • Skill catalog and documentation now display instructions for connector skills
  • Improved authorization access to the Get Models endpoint for all authorized users
  • Modified roles for the GetModels endpoint to retrieve all roles via API
  • Improved response results in the model endpoint
  • Fixed a bug in the preview when attaching a file without sending any text
  • Added localization for the timeago chat widget
  • Isolated generated HTML scripts for improved security
  • Fixed a bug that caused deprecated models to be displayed in the documentation catalog
  • Improved dashboard export to exclude grouped information when categorized under "Others"
  • Fixed a bug that incorrectly modified the last modification date and last editor when sharing a version
  • Improved redirect and confirm links in the authentication site
  • Improved loading performance of screens in views with tab navigation

Release 5.0 2026.01.27.1

Β· 4 min read

New Features πŸš€β€‹


Transcription in Agent Design Studio πŸŽ™οΈβ€‹

The preview section in Agent Design Studio now supports audio recording when an audio model is enabled on the agent.
This allows you to quickly test and iterate on agent behavior using the active audio model configuration.

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Embedding Generation Service πŸ§ β€‹

A new Embedding Generation Service is now available through the API, enabling embedding creation for downstream use cases such as semantic search, similarity matching, and RAG workflows.

Check out the API documentation for more details.

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Enhancements βœ¨β€‹

JavaScript SDK Updates πŸ§©β€‹

The JavaScript SDK has been updated to improve performance and integration. New capabilities include:

  • Transcription support
  • Volatile knowledge management

Repository:
https://github.com/serenitystar-ai/serenitystar-js/tree/main/packages/sdk


Chat Widget Improvements πŸ’¬β€‹

Transcription πŸŽ§β€‹

The Serenity Chat Widget now fully leverages agent-level transcription capabilities, following the agent’s default configuration to provide a more consistent and reliable audio experience.

File Uploads πŸ“Žβ€‹

Improved handling of uploaded files in the Chat Widget, with:

  • Better alignment to agent configuration
  • Improved error handling and validation

User Management πŸ”β€‹

User creation, password recovery, and account lockout actions have been updated to use a more secure authentication flow, improving overall account security.


Proxy Agents πŸ§­β€‹

Proxy agents now support attaching volatile knowledge directly to the system message.
This enables similarity search to be used as part of the system definition, providing a more flexible and effective approach to RAG-style implementations.

{
Β  Β  "model": "gpt-4o-mini",
Β  Β  "vendor": 0,
Β  Β  "messages": [
Β  Β  Β  Β  {
Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  "role": "system",
Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  "content": "You are a helpful assistants",
Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  "volatileKnowledgeIds": ["<VOLATILE_KNOWLEDGE_ID_1>", "<VOLATILE_KNOWLEDGE_ID_2>"]
Β  Β  Β  Β  },
Β  Β  Β  Β  {
Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  "role": "user",
Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  Β  "content": "Hi, could you provide more information on how to assemble the new device?"
Β  Β  Β  Β  }
Β  Β  ],
Β  Β  "max_tokens": 4000,
Β  Β  "stream": false,
}

Better Feedback for End-of-Life Models⏳​

When accessing agents that use models approaching end of life, the deprecation date is now clearly displayed in the overview, along with the configured fallback models, providing better visibility and helping ensure timely model updates.

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Bug Fixes & Minor Improvements πŸ› οΈβ€‹

  • Fixed an issue in the Chat Widget where the page content extraction feature did not update when the page content changed.
  • Improved style isolation in the Chat Widget to prevent interference with client page styles.
  • Fixed an error when importing agents that include knowledge sources.
  • Added a new Agent User role, which can be assigned to operate with permissions within agents.
  • Added permissions for users with agent administrator privileges to properly access the instance grid and instance detail views.
  • Improved card styles to handle text overflow caused by very long content.
  • Automatically select the authentication method in skills connectors when only one option is available.
  • Fixed multiple issues related to knowledge deletion (.csv files and other assets) in Agent Designer where the UI was not updating correctly.
  • Fixed an issue with dataset uploads in agents when the user only had the agent administrator role or permissions.
  • Added summary headers in the instance detail view for chat agents.
  • Improved input parameter detection on agent designer
  • Added a new endpoint for transcription by passing a file Id instead of a binary file
  • Improved security and redaction of sensible data when sharing agents.
  • Added resend token functionality when creating password if token is expired.