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 - 🖥️ **Terminal session tracking.** Open Terminal now tracks the current working directory per chat session, so relative paths and navigation work correctly across multiple interactions. [Commit](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/a06685a47b89fb19dd6124fbe391ff78b54f451d), [Commit](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/6512e085c4e56897dd49e56aff5d616820a962f3)
 - 🧷 **Default model terminal selection.** Workspace model editors can now preselect an Open Terminal connection, so new chats automatically start with the model’s configured terminal ready to use. [Commit](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/47d413ce7b2a006a8126f4a9055b13e5fcb33a1d), [#23605](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/issues/23605)
 - 🎙️ **Mistral TTS support.** Mistral can now be used as a text-to-speech provider, with admin settings for the API key, base URL, voices, and model selection. [Commit](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/4cee67e2be0c80a0b501073ea49a80d13efd1c41)
+- 🎧 **STT preprocessing bypass option.** Administrators can now enable "AUDIO_STT_SKIP_PREPROCESSING" to send audio files directly to the speech-to-text backend, reducing memory and CPU consumption during large uploads for better transcription performance and stability on constrained deployments. [#23661](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/pull/23661)
 - 🗑️ **Admin model deletion.** Administrators can now delete Ollama models directly from the model selector menu, making it easier to clean up unused or unwanted models. [Commit](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/2388dd7dc3530b5dd5419c5d0bb1bcdcb7544099)
 - 🎨 **Emoji shortcode support.** Typing a colon in the chat input now opens an emoji suggestion menu, making it easier to insert emojis using shortcodes like :wave:. [Commit](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/2040095050056d01c61aa597c5010445449a42c7)
 - 📌 **Recently used emojis.** The emoji picker now shows your most recently used emojis at the top, making it faster to find emojis you use often. [Commit](https://github.com/open-webui/open-webui/commit/64da99a32218171d41b3af5acc14783de8dbdf49)