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03-12-2026 - New Models

New models available:

03-10-2025 - Gateway Update

NaviGator Toolkit was updated to add additional functionality:

  • Support for latest models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google
  • bug fixes and UI improvements
03-10-2026 - Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet removal

Removed the following models since they are not deprecated:

  • claude-3.5-sonnet
  • claude-3.5-sonnet-v2
03-02-2026 - Model Lifecycle Update

Added a new models to the legacy list and updated EOL dates for some models. For more details, see the Model Lifecycle Policy page.

02-24-2026 - New model
02-18-2026 - New model
02-10-2026 - Assistant widget v1.3.3
  • Fixed issue with the widget affecting font styling on the embedding page.
02-09-2026 - Assistant widget v1.3.2
02-06-2026 - NaviGator Toolkit updated

NaviGator Toolkit was updated to v1.81.0.

  • This version has fixes for when using the Responses API. It also fixes a major bug with rate limiting.
01-26-2026 - New Models
01-12-2026 - claude-3-sonnet removal

Claude 3 Sonnet ( claude-3-sonnet ) has been deprecated and removed.

12-16-2025 - New Models

New models available on NaviGator Toolkit and Chat:

  • GPT-5.1
  • GPT-5.1-Codex
  • GPT-5.1-Codex-Mini
12-2-2025 - NaviGator Chat Upgrade to v0.6.36

NaviGator Chat upgraded to v0.6.36 and brings the following new features:

  • Notes within Workspace
  • Performance and UI improvements
11-25-2025 - NaviGator Assistant Upgrade to v1.79.3

NaviGator Assistant upgraded to v1.79.3 and brings the following new features:

  • Performance Improvements: /responses API 19× Lower Median Latency
11-06-2025 - NaviGator Assistant Upgrade to v1.78.5

NaviGator Assistant upgraded to v1.78.5 and brings the following new features:

  • Team Member Rate Limits: Individual rate limiting for team members (RPM/TPM)
  • RPS and Request/Response Throughput Performance Boost
  • Team Spending Reports: Team admins can now export detailed spending reports for their teams
11-06-2025 - NaviGator Assistant Widget Upgrade to v1.2.0

NaviGator Assistant widget upgraded to version 1.2.0 and brings the following new features:

  • Dark mode
  • Citations drop-down
11-05-2025 - Model Lifecycle Policy

Adding a Model Lifecycle Policy to help users understand the states and transitions of models within the NaviGator AI platform.

11-03-2025 - o3 available in chat

In this release, we have made OpenAI's o3 available in chat

09-30-2025 - Claude 4.5 Sonnet

In this release, we published the following new models:

09-02-2025 - OpenAI gpt-oss and model retirement

In this release, we published the following new models:

We have also retired the following models:

  • mixtral-8x7b-instruct
08-22-2025 - Gateway Update

NaviGator Toolkit was updated to add additional functionality:

  • Auto-Router: Automatically route requests to specific models based on request content
  • MCP Header Propagation: Propagate headers from client to backend MCP
  • Responses API Session Management: Support for managing responses API sessions with images
08-7-2025 - OpenAI gpt-5

In this release, we published the following new models:

  • gpt-5
  • gpt-5-mini
  • gpt-5-nano
07-30-2025 - IBM Granite Models Updates

In this release, we published the following new models:

  • granite-3.3-8b-instruct

We also removed the following models:

  • granite-3.1-8b-instruct
07-07-2025 - Google Gemini 2.5 Models Updates

In this release, we published the following new models:

  • gemini-2.5-flash
  • gemini-2.5-pro
06-25-2025 - Chat Updates

NaviGator Chat was updated to a new platform that provides a better user experience and new features. Notable changes:

  • web search
  • code interpreter
  • image generation
  • custom user prompts
  • voice calls with the ai models
06-14-2025 - Model Updates

In this release, we published the following new models:

  • magistral-small
06-01-2025 - Model Updates

In this release, we published the following new models:

  • claude-4-sonnet
  • claude-4-opus
05-02-2025 - Model Updates

In this release, we published the following new models:

  • gpt-image-1
04-18-2025 - Model Updates

In this release, we published the following new models:

  • gpt-4.1-mini
  • gpt-4.1-nano
  • o3
  • o4-mini
  • o4-mini-medium
  • o4-mini-high
04-17-2025 - Model Updates

In this release, we published the following new UF HiPerGator models:

  • gemma-3-27b-it
04-14-2025 - Model Updates

In this release, we published new cloud models:

  • gpt-4.1

We also removed the following models:

  • gpt-4-turbo
  • o1-preview
03-26-2025 - Gateway Update

NaviGator Toolkit Gateway was updated to address UI issues and add functionality for new Reasoning/Thinking models. list of notable changes:

  • support for OpenAI Responses API
  • UI updates and fixes
  • Support for Mistral Small 3.1, o1 Pro, GPT 4.5
  • MCP bridge support
03-25-2025 - Model Release

In this release, we published a new cloud and local models:

  • Mistral Small 3.1 added
  • Nova Micro added
  • Nova Lite added
  • Nova Pro added
02-20-2025 - Model Release

In this release, we published a new cloud model:

  • Gemini 2.0 Flash added
12-23-2024 - Model Deprecation

Initial Release of NaviGator Toolkit Self Service.

  • llama 3 8b instruct will be deprecated on 1-6-2025
  • llama 3 70b instruct will be deprecated on 1-6-2025
11-17-2024 - Initial Release

Initial Release of NaviGator Toolkit Self Service.

  • Local LLM models added.
  • Local Image models added.
  • local speech-to-text models added.
  • Budget set to $5 monthly.