Release notes

Local Hoist v0.0.33

May 4, 2026

Adds fal.ai video generation, ephemeral private cloud media staging, richer video cost tracking, and cleaner media references for generated and uploaded videos.

New

Added fal.ai video generation support alongside Google Veo, including Seedance and Happy Horse workflows for text, image, video, and reference-based generation.
Added Local Hoist managed fal.ai proxy support and direct fal.ai BYOK credentials, with preflight cost estimates before provider jobs are submitted.
Added private AWS S3 cloud media staging so local images and videos can be sent to URL-based providers using short-lived signed URLs, with ephemeral storage that auto-deletes after two days.

Improved

Generated and uploaded videos now get short `vid_` references that are easier to copy, preview, and reuse in later tool calls.
Added a unified `view_media` tool for previewing images, videos, paths, URLs, and Local Hoist media IDs from one place.
Improved video generation cost reporting with first-class video usage, provider billing metadata, and clearer cost breakdowns.

Reliability

Video generation approvals are now guarded against duplicate submissions, eliminating the chance of accidentally starting the same paid provider job twice.
Improved media staging recovery, deletion, and fallback behavior so local media workflows continue working when staging is disabled or unavailable.
Improved microphone startup and audio recovery handling so older or unusual recovery metadata is less likely to interrupt recording.

Fixed

Fixed default web research location handling so blank or placeholder locations are normalized before being sent to OpenAI web search.
Fixed several fal.ai edge cases around queue URLs, Happy Horse payloads, provider error messages, and local video duration inference.