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+title: 12 August 2026 - FieldTrip version 20260812 has been released
+category: release
+tweet: FieldTrip version 20260812 was just released. See http://www.fieldtriptoolbox.org/#12-august-2026
+---
+
+### 12 August, 2026
+
+FieldTrip version [20260812](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/releases/tag/20260812) has been released.
+See [GitHub](https://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/compare/20260803...20260812) for the detailed list of updates.
+
+#### Commits
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+- [2e14f7291](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/2e14f7291) FIX - default lambda with precomputed filters should be empty (#2604)