Released on March 1, 2026, prompt2json v0.5.1 introduces significant improvements to how the tool handles network requests. This release focuses on robustness and flexibility, ensuring that whether you are calling a powerful remote API or running a local model, your JSON generation workflows remain stable and reliable.

What’s new

The headline feature of this release is the introduction of Automatic HTTP Timeout Logic. Instead of a one-size-fits-all timeout, prompt2json now intelligently determines the best timeout based on your destination:

  • Remote APIs: For hosted services like Vertex AI (Gemini) or OpenAI, the default timeout has been increased from 60 seconds to 300 seconds (5 minutes). This provides more breathing room for complex prompts that may take longer to process.
  • Local APIs: For requests sent to localhost or loopback addresses (such as those used by Ollama), the timeout is now disabled by default. This is a game-changer for local LLM inference, where generation speeds can vary wildly and often exceed standard timeout limits.
  • Manual Control: You still have full control. If the automatic defaults don’t fit your specific use case, you can explicitly set a timeout using the --timeout SECONDS flag.

Additionally, we’ve updated the documentation in USAGE.md and EXAMPLES.md to reflect these changes, and added a new conceptual project diagram to the README.md to help new users get up to speed quickly.

Why it matters

Reliability is the core promise of prompt2json. When using LLMs in shell pipelines and automation scripts, a timeout is more than just an error—it’s a break in the pipeline.

By differentiating between remote and local endpoints, we’ve removed a major pain point for the local-first community. You no longer have to guess the maximum possible generation time for your local model or manually pass long timeout flags every time you run a command. At the same time, the increased remote timeout ensures that your production pipelines are less likely to fail during periods of high API latency.

Getting started

Upgrading to v0.5.1 is simple. You can install the latest version directly using Go:

go install github.com/UnitVectorY-Labs/prompt2json@latest

This release is a non-breaking update, meaning your existing scripts will continue to work perfectly, but they will now benefit from more sensible and flexible timeout behaviors.

This post was AI-generated using the model unsloth/gemma-4-31B-it-GGUF:UD-Q5_K_XL. It was generated on 2026-04-13 based on the release v0.5.1 of the UnitVectorY-Labs/prompt2json repository. Written by release-storyteller.