# Release 2026.2

Coming in February: GPU acceleration for pipelines, editable Agent tools, simplified versioning, and more control over pipeline usage.

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## GPU Acceleration for Pipelines

You can decide if your pipeline or index needs a GPU to run faster. Turn on GPU acceleration in the pipeline settings to enable it. If enabled, GPUs are only used when required and are not reserved for the entire pipeline run. For details, see [GPU Acceleration](/docs/concepts/about-pipelines/about-pipelines.mdx#gpu-acceleration).

For instructions on how to enable GPU acceleration, see:
- [Enable GPU Acceleration for Pipelines](/docs/how-to-guides/designing-your-pipeline/set-additional-params/enable-gpu.mdx)
- [Enable GPU Acceleration for Indexes](/docs/how-to-guides/working-with-indexes/enable-gpu-indexes.mdx)

<ClickableImage
  src="/img/getting-started/gpu-acceleration.png"
  alt="The GPU Acceleration toggle in the pipeline settings"
  size="large"
/>

## Pipeline Editing: One Editor at a Time and Linear Version History

We've updated how pipeline editing works when more than one person works on the same pipeline. From now on, only one person at a time can edit a pipeline. While edited, the pipeline is locked for 60 seconds so others don't overwrite the same version.

Deploy always uses the latest version of the pipeline, so you can deploy quickly without choosing between drafts and versions.

## Agent Tools Editable From the Agent Component

As promised, we're continuing to work on the Agent component. This February, we're bringing editable Agent tools. You can now edit agent tools directly from the Agent component card in Builder. No need to leave the canvas to change tool settings.

<ClickableImage src="/img/getting-started/edit-tools.gif" alt="The Agent component card with editable tools" size="large" />

## Control Your Pipeline Idle timeout

Unused pipelines become idle after a period of inactivity to save resources. By default, development pipelines become idle after 20 minutes and production pipelines after 24 hours. Now, you can control the idle timeout and customize it to your needs:
1. Go to **Pipelines** and click the pipeline whose timeout you want to change. This opens the Pipeline Details page.
2. Go to **Settings** and adjust the idle timeout. 

You can also allocate replicas to your pipeline to ensure it's always available. For more information, see [Pipeline Scaling](/docs/concepts/about-pipelines/about-pipelines.mdx#pipeline-scaling).

<ClickableImage src="/img/getting-started/pipeline-scaling.gif" alt="The Pipeline Settings page" size="large" />

## Smarter AI For Custom Code

We've revamped the code component and made the AI in there smarter by:
- Teaching it what code dependencies are already available in <ProductShortName />.
- Giving it <ProductShortName />'s documentation as context.
- Showing it the code of the component it's editing.

For help adding custom code to your pipelines, see [Add a Code Component](/docs/how-to-guides/designing-your-pipeline/work-with-custom-components/create-code-component.mdx).

## New Homepage

We've redesigned the homepage to help you move faster. Now you can:
- Create pipelines and indexes directly from the homepage.
- See your totals at a glance, including deployed pipelines and enabled indexes in your workspace.

If you need more details, click the top of the page to see full statistics, including total and latest searches and total files and documents.

<ClickableImage src="/img/getting-started/new-homepage.gif" alt="The new homepage" size="large" />
## Simplified Component Connections

We've made component connections more flexible to make things easier and get rid of "glue" components. You can now connect multiple components that output lists to a single component that accepts a list as input, without the need for a `ListJoiner` component. We've also added basic conversion from `string` to `ChatMessage` and the other way around. For details, see [Smart Connections](/docs/concepts/about-pipelines/about-pipelines.mdx#smart-connections).

## Command Palette

Find things faster with the command palette. Press **Cmd+K** (macOS) or **Ctrl+K** (Windows) to open it from anywhere in the platform. You can use it to quickly access your recent work, search documentation, find pipelines by name, and jump to any page or section directly, saving you multiple clicks.