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+date: 2025-02-10
+title: 'Spice v1.0.3 (Feb 10, 2025)'
+type: blog
+authors: [phillipleblanc]
+tags: [cli, runtime, performance, postgres, configuration, release]
+---
+
+Announcing the release of Spice v1.0.3 🛠️
+
+Spice v1.0.3 provides several bug fixes, including a fix for the initial data load period when a retention policy has been set, and a new `unsupported_type_action: string` parameter to auto-convert unsupported types to strings.
+
+## Highlights in v1.0.3
+
+- **PostgreSQL Data Connector**: New `unsupported_type_action: string` parameter that auto-converts unsupported types such as JSONB to strings.
+
+## Contributors
+
+- @phillipleblanc
+- @Sevenannn
+- @sgrebnov
+- @peasee
+- @Jeadie
+- @lukekim
+
+## Breaking Changes
+
+No breaking changes.
+
+## Cookbook Updates
+
+- Updated [Kubernetes Deployment Recipe](https://github.com/spiceai/cookbook/blob/trunk/kubernetes/README.md)
+- Updated [Data Retention Recipe](https://github.com/spiceai/cookbook/blob/trunk/retention/README.md)
+
+## Upgrading
+
+To upgrade to v1.0.3, use one of the following methods:
+
+**CLI**:
+
+```console
+spice upgrade
+```
+
+**Homebrew**:
+
+```console
+brew upgrade spiceai/spiceai/spice
+```
+
+**Docker**:
+
+Pull the spiceai/spiceai:1.0.3 image:
+
+```console
+docker pull spiceai/spiceai:1.0.3
+```
+
+For available tags, see [DockerHub](https://hub.docker.com/r/spiceai/spiceai/tags).
+
+**Helm**:
+
+```console
+helm repo update
+helm upgrade spiceai spiceai/spiceai
+```
+
+## What's Changed
+
+### Dependencies
+
+No major dependency changes.
+
+### Changelog
+
+```text
+- For local models, use 'content=""' instead of None by @Jeadie and @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4646
+- Perplexity Sonar LLM component by @Jeadie and @lukekim in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4673
+- Update async openai fork & support reasoning effort parameter by @Sevenannn and @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4679
+- Web search tool by @Jeadie and @lukekim in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4687
+- Setup tpc-extension by @ewgenius and @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4690
+- fix: Use PostgreSQL interval style for Spice.ai by @peasee and @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4716
+- Fix spice upgrade command by @Sevenannn and @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4699
+- Fix bug: Ensure refresh only retrieves data within the retention period by @sgrebnov and @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4717
+- Implement unsupported_type_action: string for Postgres JSONB support by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4719
+- Fix the get latest release logic by @Sevenannn and @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4721
+- add 'accelerated_refresh' to 'spice trace' allowlist by @Jeadie and @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4711
+- Update version to 1.0.3 by @phillipleblanc in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4731
+- Truncate embedding columns within sampling tool by @Jeadie in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4722
+- Validate primary key columns during accelerated dataset initialization by @sgrebnov in https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/pull/4736
+
+**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/compare/v1.0.2...v1.0.3
+```
+
+## Resources
+
+- [Getting started with Spice.ai](https://docs.spiceai.org/getting-started/)
+- [Documentation](https://docs.spiceai.org/)
+
+## Community
+
+Spice.ai started with the vision to make AI easy for developers. We are building Spice.ai in the open and with the community. Reach out on Discord or by email to get involved.
+
+- Twitter: [@spice_ai](https://twitter.com/spice_ai)
+- Discord: [https://discord.gg/kZnTfneP5u](https://discord.gg/kZnTfneP5u)
+- Telegram: [Spice AI Discussion](https://t.me/spiceaichat)
+- Reddit: [https://www.reddit.com/r/spiceai](https://www.reddit.com/r/spiceai)
+- Email: [hey@spice.ai](mailto:hey@spice.ai)