Is upgrading from Anthias 2026.07.4 really necessary for 130 Raspberry Pi devices?

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Hi, I finally started updating the approximately 130 Raspberry Pis in the facility I manage two weeks ago, using version 2026.07.4 really happy and satisfied to be able to solve the many problems encountered on the older versions of Anthias.

Now I saw that a new version, 2026.08.0, was released three days ago, with several bug fixes.

I need to figure out whether it’s worth redoing everything from scratch, or whether, for my business, version 2026.07.4 doesn’t impact the normal functioning of the Raspberry Pi 3 B+ integrated into the approximately 90 NEC V404s, plus about 30 external RPI 4 8GB. I’ve narrowed my concerns to five main changes you’ve made.

I’d like to talk to you to see if they’re really important in my case, or if I can just leave them alone.

  1. fix(processing): downscale large images on low-RAM boards before encode - #3235: Can this problem be bypassed if we convert the images to JPG with a resolution of 1920 x 1080 px during content preparation? Or do you have any other suggestions?

  2. fix: honor EXIF ​​orientation for uploaded images - #3233
    #3233: If we use images processed on the PC, and not directly from external devices such as smartphones, iPhones, or DSLRs, can we eliminate any EXIF ​​orientation problems in the images?

  3. fix(install): don’t stop getty@tty1 during a local-console install - #3241
    #3241: What do you mean by a console installation? An installation directly on a screen/TV with a USB keyboard connected? Can I avoid running into this problem if I always install Anthias remotely via SSH?

  4. fix(server): stop channel-layer redis read timeout on idle websockets (#3228) - #3229: Can you explain this fix to me better? I don’t understand. Is the problem simply because it generates a lot of logs? What impact could this have on PI3 B+ or Pi4 8Gb? Is it blocking?

  5. Proxy is not propagated to Ansible, Docker daemon, anthias-host-agent, or containers during installation behind an HTTP proxy #3239: I don’t have a proxy server installed in the VLNA of the Raspberry Pis in my facility; internet access is direct, so I shouldn’t worry about this, right?

Thanks! It’s important for me to understand what to do, because as you can imagine, any upgrade would be very time-consuming and resource-intensive.