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# January 16, 2026

Taskade developer changelog — January 16, 2026.

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## What's New:

* **Agent chat backend upgraded** — Space, Public, and Project chat agents move to a new backend with full parity for model selection, system prompt, tone/language, and title generation.
* **Persistent conversations** — agent chats are now persisted server-side; legacy conversations migrate to the new message format with backward compatibility.
* **Tool calls (function calling) v2 + conversation starters** — supported on the new backend, including for published/embedded public agents.

Build on agents via the [Developer Platform](/developers/developer-home.md).