---
title: "v2026.9.25"
summary: "The dictation list and **Copy last dictation** follow when the words were spoken."
description: "Dictate v2026.9.25 release notes: what changed, and who contributed."
keywords:
  - Dictate
  - v2026.9.25
  - release notes
---

# v2026.9.25

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AI agents and tools can read these release notes as [plain Markdown](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/arcforgelabs/dictate/master/CHANGELOG/2026.9.25.md).

This release covers **8 pull requests.**

## Highlights

- The dictation list and **Copy last dictation** follow when the words were spoken.
- A saved backend this build does not ship, including the removed xAI, OpenAI, and Gemini backends, is rewritten to Parakeet when the desktop UI loads.
- Dictation into a terminal, including the Grok CLI, is inserted with Shift+Insert as plain text.
- A `.deb` update downloads while Dictate stays open.
- Stable and beta are separate builds.

## Changes

- The About dialog no longer shows a model name. Version, package, and the update channel stay.
- Starting a meeting, and the All / Meetings / Quick filter, are on the beta channel only. The normal channel is dictation, and every saved note stays in the one list.
- Dictation into a terminal, including the Grok CLI, is inserted with Shift+Insert as plain text. Ctrl+V in that CLI treats a WebKit clipboard as a file chip.
- A `.deb` update downloads while Dictate stays open. The app installs that package and restarts only after a second click.
- Stable and beta are separate builds. The installed version decides which one you have. About no longer switches between them.

## Fixes

- The dictation list and **Copy last dictation** follow when the words were spoken. A crash recovery that stamped old notes with a later finish time no longer floats those notes above a new dictation.
- A saved backend this build does not ship, including the removed xAI, OpenAI, and Gemini backends, is rewritten to Parakeet when the desktop UI loads. The window was reporting `faster-whisper` for that stale setting even though the engine was already running Parakeet.

## Contribution record

[CHANGELOG/records/2026.9.25.md](https://github.com/arcforgelabs/dictate/blob/master/CHANGELOG/records/2026.9.25.md) lists every pull request in this release once, with its related issues and thanks.