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title: "What's new in Hindsight 0.4.22"
description: New features and improvements in Hindsight 0.4.22
authors: [nicoloboschi]
date: 2026-03-31
hide_table_of_contents: true
---

Hindsight 0.4.22 is primarily a bugfix release, with fixes across providers, integrations, and the recall pipeline. It also adds mental model trigger tag filtering and exposes document metadata through the API and Control Plane.

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- [**Mental Model Tag Filtering**](#mental-model-tag-filtering): Control how memories are filtered during mental model refresh with `tags_match` and `tag_groups`.
- [**Document Metadata API**](#document-metadata-api): Retained document metadata is now exposed in list/get endpoints and the Control Plane UI.

## Mental Model Tag Filtering

When refreshing a mental model with tags, Hindsight previously hardcoded `all_strict` tag matching, which silently excluded all untagged memories from the refresh. Mental model triggers now support `tags_match` and `tag_groups` fields, giving you explicit control over how memories are filtered during refresh.

For example, you can use `any` matching to include untagged memories alongside tagged ones, or define tag groups for complex filtering logic. The Control Plane UI adds corresponding dropdowns and inputs for these new fields.

Existing mental models without these fields keep the previous `all_strict` behavior — no migration required.

## Document Metadata API

The `retain` endpoint has always accepted a `metadata` dict, but that data was never surfaced back through the API. This release properly exposes `document_metadata` in both the list and get document endpoints, and displays it in the Control Plane documents table and detail panel.

This is useful for any workflow that tags documents at ingest time — for example, by source system, user, or session ID.

## Other Updates

**Improvements**
- Custom LLM parameters via `HINDSIGHT_API_LLM_EXTRA_BODY` — pass arbitrary JSON to `extra_body` on every OpenAI-compatible API call, useful for vLLM and custom model servers. *(Contributed by @emirhan-gazi.)*
- Codex integration now retains structured tool calls (`function_call`, `local_shell_call`, `web_search_call`, etc.) as JSON content blocks, enabled by default.
- API responses now include an `X-Ignored-Params` header to warn when unknown request parameters were silently ignored.
- LiteLLM embeddings support optional output dimensions via `HINDSIGHT_API_EMBEDDINGS_LITELLM_SDK_OUTPUT_DIMENSIONS`. *(Contributed by @bullbo.)*
- ZeroEntropy reranker now supports a configurable base URL for self-hosted deployments. *(Contributed by @iskhakovt.)*
- Experience fact classification now correctly categorizes first-person agent actions (code changes, debugging, discoveries) as `experience` facts instead of `world` facts, improving recall precision for coding agents and agentic workflows.
- LLM provider initialization refactored to use centralized `from_env()` pattern with proper config constants.
- 13 previously undocumented config fields are now documented (Gemini safety settings, retain batch tokens, webhook settings, audit log settings, and more).

**Bug Fixes**
- Cohere reranker on Azure AI Foundry endpoints no longer hits 404 errors from double-path URLs — uses httpx directly when a custom `base_url` is configured. *(Contributed by @kagura-agent.)*
- Claude Code LLM provider no longer suffers from MCP tool deferral when too many built-in tools are loaded — built-in tools are now disabled so MCP tools load eagerly. *(Contributed by @mkremnev.)*
- Recall endpoint no longer drops metadata from response.
- Codex integration merges new settings on upgrade instead of overwriting existing configuration.
- LlamaIndex integration fixes for `document_id` handling, memory API, and ReAct trace formatting.
- OpenClaw defers heavy initialization to `service.start()` to avoid CLI slowdown.
- Gemini `thought_signature` is now read from the correct object for 3.1+ tool calls.

## Feedback and Community

Hindsight 0.4.22 is a drop-in replacement for 0.4.x with no breaking changes.

Share your feedback:

- [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/vectorize-io/hindsight/discussions)
- [GitHub Issues](https://github.com/vectorize-io/hindsight/issues)

For detailed changes, see the [full changelog](/changelog).
