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March 17-23, 2025

🚨 Major Announcements & Updates​

ElizaOS v2 Beta Launch​

The ElizaOS v2 Beta was launched this week, though stability issues persist as the team works to merge multiple repositories into a single core repo. The new version introduces significant improvements:

  • New GUI, Tauri app, CLI, and in-browser editor [source]
  • Simplified API with runtime-based operations
  • Character files no longer required
  • Installation available via npm create eliza@beta

Development Focus​

All development efforts are now concentrated on v2, with the DegenSpartan AI's progress tied to the completion of ElizaOS v2. The team is working diligently to address stability issues in the core repository.

🔧 Technical Fixes & Improvements​

User Experience & Interface​

  • Real-Time Thought Messages: Implemented live display of agent thoughts [source]
  • Profile UI: Enhanced layout and user experience [source]
  • Memory Viewer: Improved visualization for better clarity [source]
  • Grid Layout: Adjusted grid size for better consistency [source]
  • Bubble Layout Fix: Prevented elements from sticking in short messages [source]

Functionality & Performance​

  • CLI Agent Commands: Fixed issues with starting, stopping, listing, retrieving, and removing agents [source]
  • OpenAI STT Fix: Speech-to-text now works in GUI and Discord using a file-based approach [source]
  • Stack Improvements: Enhanced functionality with reintroduced maxStack for better management [source]
  • Clear Logs API: Introduced a new method for clearing logs [source]
  • Connection Status Handling: Simplified for better efficiency [source]

Plugin Enhancements​

  • Plugin-Local-AI Fix: Removed R1, added DeepHermes, and improved model downloads
  • Plugin-Tee Fix: Removed TEEVendors which no longer exists
  • Solana Plugin: Improved functionality and reliability [source]
  • Plugin Storage S3 Test Coverage: Improved validation with structured tests [source]

🐛 Notable Bug Fixes​

  • Client URL Fix: Now uses relative URL instead of hardcoded 'localhost' for Firefox compatibility
  • Regex Syntax Fix: Corrected missing comma between regex expressions
  • Tweet Scraping Fix: Added missing await to ensure tweets load correctly
  • Template Variable Fix: Corrected twitterPostTemplate variable inconsistency [source]
  • Profile Overflow: Resolved issue causing profile overflows [source]
  • Profile Picture Display: Fixed issues in group chats [source]
  • Button Label Fix: Minor correction [source]
  • Timeout Comment Correction: Adjusted from 60s to 120s [source]

🔍 Reported Issues & Challenges​

Technical Challenges​

  • Ollama Response Parsing: Fails due to invalid JSON response [source]
  • Agent List Fetch Failure: npx elizaos agent list command fails with fetch error [source]
  • Client Build Versioning: Versioning is one step behind due to build process order [source]
  • API Key Errors: AI_LoadAPIKeyError reported due to missing Anthropic API key

From Discord Discussions​

  • Discord Message Disappearance: Messages sometimes vanish when sent back-to-back
  • RAG Knowledge Directory: Errors due to missing directories; create directories and set permissions
  • Knowledge Format Requirements: Files must be in .md format and placed in characters/knowledge/<your_directory>
  • Supabase RAG: search_knowledge function missing; fix by generating embeddings
  • Missing Dependencies: Various dependency issues reported, including @elizaos/plugin-sql@^0.25.6
  • Twitter Integration: API key required, unexpected topic bias in replies, and image posting limitations
  • Telegram Bot: Multi-instance issues and negative chat ID handling problems
  • Token Limit Exceeded: Need to reduce input/output tokens to avoid GPT-4o errors
  • WebSocket Support: Added in Shaw v2 branch but not yet merged into develop

💡 Feature Discussions & Proposals​

Technical Enhancements​

  • Entity-Component System: Modular representation of users, agents, and components
  • Evaluators in AgentRuntime: Extract and assess conversation data for agent learning
  • Providers in ElizaOS: Real-time data sources (news, terminal, wallet integrations)
  • Image Generation: Stable Diffusion preferred over MidJourney, optimized with Flux models

Community & Marketing​

  • Discord Testing Channel: Proposal for private channel for structured testing
  • X (Twitter) Strategy: Suggested approach including "Spartan coming soon v2" post with contract address
  • Documentation Improvements: AI-generated SVGs suggested for better visuals
  • ChainGPT Partnership: Explored potential marketing and funding collaboration

📚 Documentation Updates​

  • Versioning Added: Users can switch between v0.25.9 and v1.0.0-alpha [source]
  • README.md Update: Improved documentation and contributor instructions [source]
  • Refactor: Removed unneeded submodules and workflows [source]
  • Quickstart Guide: Updated intro.md for better clarity [source]
  • Terminology Fix: Corrected Spanish translation [source]

💰 Crypto Market Update​

Price Tracking (Week's Range)​

  • Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC): $82,423.27 - $86,666.89
  • ai16z: $0.1713 - $0.20199

Tokenomics Discussions​

  • Concerns over ElizaOS tokenomics and launchpad implementation
  • DegenAI buyback mechanism expected, pending synchronization with ai16z
  • Discussions on staking mechanisms for agents and plugins with DAO-based fund allocation

📅 Looking Ahead​

The team continues to prioritize stabilizing ElizaOS v2 and addressing critical issues. Key focus areas for the coming week include:

  • Resolving Spartan bugs in ElizaOS v2
  • Improving documentation for knowledge directory setup and installation guides
  • Enhancing the runtime-based API documentation
  • Implementing embedding generation for Supabase RAG
  • Fixing the UUID constraint issue in Supabase Adapter

This newsletter was compiled from the daily reports of March 17-24, 2025. For more detailed information, please refer to the complete reports or join the discussions on Discord.