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Spice v2.1.5 (Aug 12, 2026)

ยท 5 min read
Viktor Yershov
Senior Software Engineer at Spice AI

Spice v2.1.5 is now available! ๐Ÿ› ๏ธ

Spice v2.1.5 is a patch release focused on dependable cached data and predictable operation under load. Cached queries now reflect data changes more reliably, Cayenne workloads stay within configured memory limits, health checks remain responsive while cached results are updated, and cache dashboards provide a more complete view of activity.

What's New in v2.1.5โ€‹

Cached Queries Stay Fresh as Data Changesโ€‹

Cached results are now cleared reliably after refreshes, writes, retention changes, and updates to dependent local datasets. Expired entries are removed promptly, and entries for data that is no longer part of a Cayenne dataset are not reused by later queries.

These improvements prevent a completed data change from being followed by an older cached answer. No configuration changes are required.

More Predictable Cayenne Behavior Under Heavy Loadโ€‹

Cayenne now keeps track of the memory needed to prepare query results, including when several parts of a query are prepared at once. Multiple accelerated tables also share available memory instead of each planning as though it were the only table in the deployment.

Large and concurrent workloads are therefore less likely to exhaust the available memory. When a query cannot fit within the configured limit, it fails cleanly instead of putting the entire service at risk. Operators can also limit how much work one dataset does at once when it needs a smaller memory footprint, without slowing every query.

Health Checks Remain Responsive During Cache Updatesโ€‹

Refreshing or writing a dataset with many cached results no longer holds up Spice while it finds old answers that need to be cleared. Health checks and other requests can continue during this work, reducing avoidable service restarts under load.

More Trustworthy Cache Dashboardsโ€‹

Cache dashboards now show total space, space in use, stored results, requests, and successful reuse whenever the dashboard is refreshed, including for new or lightly used datasets. Counts for expired results, automatic size cleanup, and cleanup after data changes are also reported consistently, so a zero value represents no activity rather than missing information.

Contributorsโ€‹

Breaking Changesโ€‹

No breaking changes.

Cookbook Updatesโ€‹

No new cookbook recipes.

The Spice Cookbook includes more than 100 recipes to help you get started with Spice quickly and easily.

Upgradingโ€‹

To upgrade to v2.1.5, use one of the following methods:

CLI:

spice upgrade

Homebrew:

brew upgrade spiceai/spiceai/spice

Docker:

Pull the spiceai/spiceai:2.1.5 image:

docker pull spiceai/spiceai:2.1.5

For available tags, see DockerHub.

Helm:

helm repo update
helm upgrade spiceai spiceai/spiceai --version 2.1.5

AWS Marketplace:

Spice is available in the AWS Marketplace.

What's Changedโ€‹

Changelogโ€‹

  • fix: arrow IndexedMemTable serves stale results after DML/retention/sync (fixes #11262) by @claudespice in #11532
  • fix(cache): evict the Pingora cache down to max_size instead of only recording it (fixes #12688) by @grokspice in #12694
  • fix(cache): count an invalidation as an eviction, and export the counters before one fires (fixes #12687) by @grokspice in #12791
  • fix(cache): never serve a result whose tables changed after it read them by @bjchambers in #12703
  • Remove unnecessary allocations from results-cache and hot conversion paths by @phillipleblanc in #11895
  • fix(cache): read and expire a Pingora entry under one hold of its shard (fixes #12832) by @grokspice in #12839
  • fix(runtime): invalidate localpod children's cached results on parent refresh by @krinart in #12897
  • fix(cache): run the Pingora invalidation scan off the calling runtime worker (fixes #12806) by @grokspice in #12808
  • fix(cache): count the removals the Pingora engine performs itself (fixes #12792) by @grokspice in #12830
  • feat(cayenne): charge scan materialization to the query memory pool by @lukekim in #12759
  • feat(cayenne): bound the SUM of the per-table PK keyset caches by @lukekim in #12802
  • Charge the query memory pool for concurrent Vortex split decodes by @lukekim in #12940
  • fix(vortex): invalidate retired segment cache entries by @phillipleblanc in #12943
  • fix(vortex): expose segment cache metrics on scrape by @phillipleblanc in #12944

*Full Changelog: https://github.com/spiceai/spiceai/compare/v2.1.4...v2.1.5

Spice.ai v0.5.1-alpha

ยท 3 min read
Phillip LeBlanc
Co-Founder and CTO of Spice AI

Announcing the release of Spice.ai v0.5.1-alpha! ๐Ÿ“ˆ

This minor release builds upon v0.5-alpha adding the ability to start training from the dashboard plus support for monitoring training runs with TensorBoard.

Highlights in v0.5.1-alphaโ€‹

Start training from dashboardโ€‹

A "Start Training" button has been added to the pod page on the dashboard so that you can easily start training runs from that context.

Training runs can now be started by:

  • Modifications to the Spicepod YAML file.
  • The spice train <pod name> command.
  • The "Start Training" dashboard button.
  • POST API calls to /api/v0.1/pods/{pod name}/train

TensorBoard monitoringโ€‹

TensorBoard monitoring is now supported when using DQL (default) or the new SACD learning algorithms that was announced in v0.5-alpha.

When enabled, TensorBoard logs will automatically be collected and a "Open TensorBoard" button will be shown on the pod page in the dashboard.

Logging can be enabled at the pod level with the training_loggers pod param or per training run with the CLI --training-loggers argument.

Support for VPG will be added in v0.6-alpha. The design allows for additional loggers to be added in the future. Let us know what you'd like to see!

New in this releaseโ€‹

  • Adds a start training button on the dashboard pod page.
  • Adds TensorBoard logging and monitoring when using DQL and SACD learning algorithms.

Dependency updatesโ€‹

  • Updates to Tailwind 3.0.6
  • Updates to Glide Data Grid 3.2.1

Resourcesโ€‹

Communityโ€‹

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 Slack or by email to get involved. We will also be starting a community call series soon!