# v2.6.0 available now

Introducing Unified Billing, Reliability and Speed Improvements, Branding Format, and More

- Published: November 14, 2025

![v2.6.0 Launch](/images/v26.png)

### Highlights

* **Unified Billing Model** - Credits and tokens merged into single system. Extract now uses credits (15 tokens = 1 credit), existing tokens work everywhere.
* **Enhanced Branding Format** - Full support across Playground, MCP, JS and Python SDKs.
* **Reliability and Speed Improvements** - All endpoints significantly faster with improved reliability.
* **Instant Credit Purchases** - Buy credit packs directly from dashboard without waiting for auto-recharge.
* **Improved Markdown Parsing** - Enhanced markdown conversion and main content extraction accuracy.
* **Change Tracking** - Faster and more reliable detection of web page content updates.
* **Core Stability Fixes** - Fixed tons of core stability issues, PDF timeouts, and improved error handling.

Read the full changelog [here](https://github.com/firecrawl/firecrawl/releases/tag/v2.6.0)

_Canonical HTML: https://www.firecrawl.dev/changelog/v26_

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- [Newer entry: v2.7.0 is here!](/changelog/v27.md)
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