llm-tools-datasette 0.1.1 patches a break from LLM 0.33
Simon Willison's 0.1.1 release repairs a plugin that broke when LLM 0.33 moved to httpx2. Only one affected plugin is documented.
Noise for most readers, a small Signal for plugin maintainers: llm-tools-datasette 0.1.1 fixes a breakage after LLM 0.33 switched to httpx2. Simon Willison says plugins using httpx without depending on it directly broke, and this was one of them. The sources name no other affected plugin.
The Weights Desk · 2 min read- Simon Willison's 18 October 2026 note says llm-tools-datasette 0.1.1 fixes a break caused by the httpx2 switch in LLM 0.33.
- The LLM changelog dates release 0.33 to 2026-08-22 and lists the httpx2 switch alongside an OpenAI Python library 3.x upgrade.
- Per Willison, the affected plugins were those that used httpx without directly depending on it.
- Only one affected plugin is named in the sources, so the scale of the breakage is unverified.
- Signal for people who maintain or deploy LLM plugins; Noise for everyone else.
llm-tools-datasette 0.1.1 is a maintenance release, and the evidence behind it is thin. Simon Willison wrote on 18 October 2026 that switching LLM to httpx2 in LLM 0.33 broke plugins that used httpx without directly depending on it, and that llm-tools-datasette was one of them. The plugin is now fixed. The sources name no other broken plugin.
What the sources establish
Two primary sources support the story. Willison's note, dated 18 October 2026, says the move to httpx2 in LLM 0.33 broke plugins that used httpx without directly depending on it, and that llm-tools-datasette was one of them and is now fixed. The LLM changelog dates 0.33 to 2026-08-22 and lists the OpenAI Python library 3.x upgrade and the httpx2 switch. Neither source describes the code change in 0.1.1.
What we could not verify
We did not reproduce the failure, inspect the plugin's requirements, or read the 0.1.1 diff, so the mechanism is unconfirmed beyond Willison's one-sentence description. The cause is also unconfirmed for any other plugin: the sources name only llm-tools-datasette. Readers who run LLM plugins can check each plugin's declared requirements against the packages it imports. We make no claim about how many plugins were affected or how large the fix was.
Verdict
Noise for most readers; Signal only for people who maintain or deploy LLM plugins. The release is routine maintenance, documented in one sentence, and the evidence supports no broader claim about the plugin ecosystem. A plugin maintainer upgrading past LLM 0.33 has a concrete reason to confirm that plugin's imports are covered by its own requirements. Everyone else can skip it.
- What does llm-tools-datasette 0.1.1 fix?
- It fixes a break that followed LLM 0.33's switch to httpx2. Willison says plugins using httpx without directly depending on it were affected, and llm-tools-datasette was one of them.
- When did LLM switch to httpx2?
- The LLM changelog dates release 0.33 to 2026-08-22 and lists the switch to httpx2 along with an upgrade to the OpenAI Python library 3.x.
- Are other LLM plugins affected?
- Unknown. The sources name only llm-tools-datasette, and we did not test other plugins, so no count can be given.
- llm-tools-datasette 0.1.1 — Simon Willison
- LLM changelog (0.33) — LLM project documentation