# Arize Release Notes: Sep 5, 2024

- **Published:** 2024-09-05
- **Updated:** 2026-07-31
- **Authors:** Sarah Welsh
- **Canonical:** <https://arize.com/blog/arize-release-notes-sep-5-2024/>

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Welcome to our regular update on new releases, enhancements, and changes.

## What’s New

### Annotations (Beta)

Annotations are custom labels that can be added to traces. Use annotations to: manually label data, categorize spans or traces, curate a dataset for experimentation, log human feedback. Reach out to your account rep to get access.

[Learn more about annotations here.](https://docs.arize.com/arize/llm-evaluation-and-annotations/annotations)

![Arize annotations custom labels](https://arize.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Annotations_Beta-1024x632.png)

## Enhancements

### Models API Update

Users can now query Model Versions and set the model baseline using GraphQL.

[Learn more about the Models API update here](https://docs.arize.com/arize/api-reference/graphql-api/models-api).

### Metrics API Update

Users can now query for average metrics or metrics over time directly from the model node.

[Learn more about the Metrics API update here.](https://docs.arize.com/arize/api-reference/graphql-api/metrics-api)

## 📚 New Content

🤖 Intro to [Agent Architectures](https://arize.com/blog-course/llm-agent-how-to-set-up/agent-architecture/)  
🖼️ [Evaluating an Image Classifier ](https://arize.com/blog/evaluate-image-classifier/)  
💂 [Advanced Guardrails](https://arize.com/blog-course/advanced-guardrails-for-llm-applications/)  
🛠️ Survey: [The State of AI Engineering](https://arize.com/blog/state-of-ai-engineering-survey/)  
✏️ [LLM Tracing Primer](https://arize.com/blog-course/llm-tracing-from-automatically-collecting-traces-to-troubleshooting-your-llm-app/)  
🛍️ [Bazaarvoice](https://arize.com/blog/how-bazaarvoice-navigated-the-challenges-of-deploying-an-llm-app/): Navigating the Challenges of Deploying an LLM App  
👨‍💼 Report: [The Rise of Gen AI in SEC Filings](https://arize.com/resource/rise-of-gen-ai-in-sec-filings/)

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