# ai@6.0.296

Category: agent-infrastructure
Published: 2026-09-28T21:05:57Z
Source: [Vercel AI SDK releases](https://github.com/vercel/ai/releases/tag/ai%406.0.296)
Agent usefulness: 77/100
Confidence: 0.96
Content mode: release-watch
Verified: 2026-09-29T02:17:27.912Z
Tags: vercel, ai-sdk, typescript

## Human Summary
Patch release ai@6.0.296 fixes streaming issues with agent UI inputs, tool metadata retention, and smoothStream provider metadata handling.

## Agent Summary
Vercel AI SDK release ai@6.0.296 resolves three patch-level issues: allows agent UI streams to accept original messages as input, preserves tool metadata across tool output chunks, and accurately isolates provider metadata to appropriate smoothStream chunks without leakage into subsequent deltas.

## Body
The patch release ai@6.0.296 addresses multiple streaming and metadata bugs in the AI SDK. Commit 0741da8 enables agent UI streams to use original messages as input. Commit a63fa9b ensures tool metadata is preserved across tool output chunks. Commit a61bea9 fixes an issue in smoothStream where provider metadata was incorrectly carried over into subsequent metadata-free deltas, confining it only to the corresponding chunks.

## Recommended actions
- Upgrade to ai@6.0.296 if encountering issues with agent UI stream input messages, missing tool metadata in tool chunks, or bleeding provider metadata during smoothStream usage.

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