diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7dbff5a563..fcf81139a7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [1.543.0](https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill/compare/v1.542.4...v1.543.0) (2025-09-15)
+
+
+### Features
+
+* **ai agent:** handle images in ai agent ([#6572](https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill/issues/6572)) ([20f48e6](https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill/commit/20f48e6dedde8b494367f962e870a0ef7ab85e67))
+
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* fix navbapp app navigation ([223feed](https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill/commit/223feede4d2cf5cb7a3079995ca5cb0a01a87f35))
+* **frontend:** add timeline to the flow log viewer ([#6577](https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill/issues/6577)) ([b0495b7](https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill/commit/b0495b7133550ecbfd04c8cc90dcf9e9ca57f99e))
+* run preprocessor even if empty flow ([#6609](https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill/issues/6609)) ([c24c629](https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill/commit/c24c6293179e584fbeddbe787176db6fc748cf4a))
+
 ## [1.542.4](https://github.com/windmill-labs/windmill/compare/v1.542.3...v1.542.4) (2025-09-13)
 
 
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.lock b/backend/Cargo.lock
index 2ed7ee5507..ef00484db3 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.lock
+++ b/backend/Cargo.lock
@@ -5879,7 +5879,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "libc",
  "r-efi",
- "wasi 0.14.5+wasi-0.2.4",
+ "wasi 0.14.6+wasi-0.2.4",
  "wasm-bindgen",
 ]
 
@@ -6706,9 +6706,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper-util"
-version = "0.1.16"
+version = "0.1.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8d9b05277c7e8da2c93a568989bb6207bef0112e8d17df7a6eda4a3cf143bc5e"
+checksum = "3c6995591a8f1380fcb4ba966a252a4b29188d51d2b89e3a252f5305be65aea8"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "bytes",
@@ -7651,9 +7651,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libredox"
-version = "0.1.9"
+version = "0.1.10"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "391290121bad3d37fbddad76d8f5d1c1c314cfc646d143d7e07a3086ddff0ce3"
+checksum = "416f7e718bdb06000964960ffa43b4335ad4012ae8b99060261aa4a8088d5ccb"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.4",
  "libc",
@@ -10771,9 +10771,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "resolv-conf"
-version = "0.7.4"
+version = "0.7.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "95325155c684b1c89f7765e30bc1c42e4a6da51ca513615660cb8a62ef9a88e3"
+checksum = "6b3789b30bd25ba102de4beabd95d21ac45b69b1be7d14522bab988c526d6799"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "retry-policies"
@@ -11017,9 +11017,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rust_decimal"
-version = "1.37.2"
+version = "1.38.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b203a6425500a03e0919c42d3c47caca51e79f1132046626d2c8871c5092035d"
+checksum = "c8975fc98059f365204d635119cf9c5a60ae67b841ed49b5422a9a7e56cdfac0"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "borsh",
@@ -11065,7 +11065,7 @@ version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "cfcb3a22ef46e85b45de6ee7e79d063319ebb6594faafcf1c225ea92ab6e9b92"
 dependencies = [
- "semver 1.0.26",
+ "semver 1.0.27",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -11140,7 +11140,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
  "ring 0.17.14",
  "rustls-pki-types",
- "rustls-webpki 0.103.5",
+ "rustls-webpki 0.103.6",
  "subtle",
  "zeroize",
 ]
@@ -11245,9 +11245,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-webpki"
-version = "0.103.5"
+version = "0.103.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b5a37813727b78798e53c2bec3f5e8fe12a6d6f8389bf9ca7802add4c9905ad8"
+checksum = "8572f3c2cb9934231157b45499fc41e1f58c589fdfb81a844ba873265e80f8eb"
 dependencies = [
  "aws-lc-rs",
  "ring 0.17.14",
@@ -11592,9 +11592,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "semver"
-version = "1.0.26"
+version = "1.0.27"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "56e6fa9c48d24d85fb3de5ad847117517440f6beceb7798af16b4a87d616b8d0"
+checksum = "d767eb0aabc880b29956c35734170f26ed551a859dbd361d140cdbeca61ab1e2"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "semver-parser"
@@ -14740,18 +14740,18 @@ checksum = "ccf3ec651a847eb01de73ccad15eb7d99f80485de043efb2f370cd654f4ea44b"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
-version = "0.14.5+wasi-0.2.4"
+version = "0.14.6+wasi-0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "a4494f6290a82f5fe584817a676a34b9d6763e8d9d18204009fb31dceca98fd4"
+checksum = "7f71243a3f320c00a8459e455c046ce571229c2f31fd11645d9dc095e3068ca0"
 dependencies = [
  "wasip2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wasip2"
-version = "1.0.0+wasi-0.2.4"
+version = "1.0.1+wasi-0.2.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "03fa2761397e5bd52002cd7e73110c71af2109aca4e521a9f40473fe685b0a24"
+checksum = "0562428422c63773dad2c345a1882263bbf4d65cf3f42e90921f787ef5ad58e7"
 dependencies = [
  "wit-bindgen",
 ]
@@ -15109,7 +15109,7 @@ checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "aws-sdk-config",
@@ -15166,7 +15166,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-api"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "argon2",
@@ -15286,7 +15286,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-api-client"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "chrono",
@@ -15301,7 +15301,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-audit"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "serde",
@@ -15314,7 +15314,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-autoscaling"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
@@ -15333,7 +15333,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-common"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-recursion",
@@ -15381,7 +15381,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest 0.12.23",
  "reqwest-middleware",
  "reqwest-retry",
- "semver 1.0.26",
+ "semver 1.0.27",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "sha2 0.10.9",
@@ -15415,7 +15415,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-git-sync"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "regex",
  "serde",
@@ -15430,7 +15430,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-indexer"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bytes",
@@ -15454,7 +15454,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-macros"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "itertools 0.14.0",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -15466,7 +15466,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-parser"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "convert_case 0.6.0",
  "serde",
@@ -15475,7 +15475,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-parser-bash"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -15487,7 +15487,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-parser-csharp"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "serde_json",
@@ -15499,7 +15499,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-parser-go"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "gosyn",
@@ -15511,7 +15511,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-parser-graphql"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -15523,7 +15523,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-parser-java"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "serde_json",
@@ -15535,7 +15535,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-parser-nu"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "nu-parser",
@@ -15546,7 +15546,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-parser-php"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
@@ -15557,7 +15557,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-parser-py"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "itertools 0.14.0",
@@ -15569,7 +15569,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-parser-py-imports"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-recursion",
@@ -15592,7 +15592,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-parser-ruby"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -15606,7 +15606,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-parser-rust"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "convert_case 0.6.0",
@@ -15623,7 +15623,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-parser-sql"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -15637,7 +15637,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-parser-ts"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "lazy_static",
@@ -15655,7 +15655,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-parser-wasm"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "getrandom 0.2.16",
@@ -15680,7 +15680,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-parser-yaml"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "serde_json",
@@ -15690,7 +15690,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-queue"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-recursion",
@@ -15723,7 +15723,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-sql-datatype-parser-wasm"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-test",
@@ -15733,7 +15733,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "windmill-worker"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-once-cell",
@@ -16362,9 +16362,9 @@ checksum = "d135d17ab770252ad95e9a872d365cf3090e3be864a34ab46f48555993efc904"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "wit-bindgen"
-version = "0.45.1"
+version = "0.46.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5c573471f125075647d03df72e026074b7203790d41351cd6edc96f46bcccd36"
+checksum = "f17a85883d4e6d00e8a97c586de764dabcc06133f7f1d55dce5cdc070ad7fe59"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "writeable"
diff --git a/backend/Cargo.toml b/backend/Cargo.toml
index 5ff9453cea..8d288b1230 100644
--- a/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "windmill"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 authors.workspace = true
 edition.workspace = true
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ members = [
 exclude = ["./windmill-duckdb-ffi-internal"]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 authors = ["Ruben Fiszel <ruben@windmill.dev>"]
 edition = "2021"
 
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ tokio-stream = { version = "0.1.17" }
 tower = "^0"
 tower-http = { version = "^0.6", features = ["trace", "cors", "catch-panic"] }
 tower-cookies = "^0.10"
-serde = "^1"
+#stuck because of swc for now
+serde = "=1.0.219"
 serde_json = { version = "^1", features = ["preserve_order", "raw_value"] }
 serde_yml = "0.0.12"
 uuid = { version = "^1", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
diff --git a/backend/windmill-api/openapi.yaml b/backend/windmill-api/openapi.yaml
index c74bb55927..fb7398faec 100644
--- a/backend/windmill-api/openapi.yaml
+++ b/backend/windmill-api/openapi.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 openapi: "3.0.3"
 
 info:
-  version: 1.542.4
+  version: 1.543.0
   title: Windmill API
 
   contact:
diff --git a/benchmarks/lib.ts b/benchmarks/lib.ts
index 05be0586c2..3c0cdbe3dd 100644
--- a/benchmarks/lib.ts
+++ b/benchmarks/lib.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { sleep } from "https://deno.land/x/sleep@v1.2.1/mod.ts";
 import * as windmill from "https://deno.land/x/windmill@v1.174.0/mod.ts";
 import * as api from "https://deno.land/x/windmill@v1.174.0/windmill-api/index.ts";
 
-export const VERSION = "v1.542.4";
+export const VERSION = "v1.543.0";
 
 export async function login(email: string, password: string): Promise<string> {
   return await windmill.UserService.login({
diff --git a/cli/src/main.ts b/cli/src/main.ts
index 4bb5c04049..c4bbac2f9b 100644
--- a/cli/src/main.ts
+++ b/cli/src/main.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ export {
 //   }
 // });
 
-export const VERSION = "1.542.4";
+export const VERSION = "1.543.0";
 
 export const WM_FORK_PREFIX = "wm-fork";
 
diff --git a/frontend/package-lock.json b/frontend/package-lock.json
index ecbc26d497..4b40a2bbff 100644
--- a/frontend/package-lock.json
+++ b/frontend/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
 	"name": "windmill-components",
-	"version": "1.542.4",
+	"version": "1.543.0",
 	"lockfileVersion": 3,
 	"requires": true,
 	"packages": {
 		"": {
 			"name": "windmill-components",
-			"version": "1.542.4",
+			"version": "1.543.0",
 			"hasInstallScript": true,
 			"license": "AGPL-3.0",
 			"dependencies": {
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 3bcf205165..c026d14c6c 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
 	"name": "windmill-components",
-	"version": "1.542.4",
+	"version": "1.543.0",
 	"scripts": {
 		"dev": "vite dev",
 		"build": "vite build",
diff --git a/lsp/Pipfile b/lsp/Pipfile
index 192b47c580..6ec7817949 100644
--- a/lsp/Pipfile
+++ b/lsp/Pipfile
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ verify_ssl = true
 name = "pypi"
 
 [packages]
-wmill = ">=1.542.4"
-wmill_pg = ">=1.542.4"
+wmill = ">=1.543.0"
+wmill_pg = ">=1.543.0"
 sendgrid = "*"
 mysql-connector-python = "*"
 pymongo = "*"
diff --git a/openflow.openapi.yaml b/openflow.openapi.yaml
index adcff2db92..243b3971c8 100644
--- a/openflow.openapi.yaml
+++ b/openflow.openapi.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 openapi: "3.0.3"
 
 info:
-  version: 1.542.4
+  version: 1.543.0
   title: OpenFlow Spec
   contact:
     name: Ruben Fiszel
diff --git a/powershell-client/WindmillClient/WindmillClient.psd1 b/powershell-client/WindmillClient/WindmillClient.psd1
index 5363f055db..35536c940c 100644
--- a/powershell-client/WindmillClient/WindmillClient.psd1
+++ b/powershell-client/WindmillClient/WindmillClient.psd1
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     RootModule        = 'WindmillClient.psm1'
 
     # Version number of this module.
-    ModuleVersion     = '1.542.4'
+    ModuleVersion     = '1.543.0'
 
     # Supported PSEditions
     # CompatiblePSEditions = @()
diff --git a/python-client/wmill/pyproject.toml b/python-client/wmill/pyproject.toml
index 7ff9107368..1b395306c4 100644
--- a/python-client/wmill/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-client/wmill/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "wmill"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 description = "A client library for accessing Windmill server wrapping the Windmill client API"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 homepage = "https://windmill.dev"
diff --git a/python-client/wmill_pg/pyproject.toml b/python-client/wmill_pg/pyproject.toml
index b265732283..d4efada8ee 100644
--- a/python-client/wmill_pg/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python-client/wmill_pg/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "wmill-pg"
-version = "1.542.4"
+version = "1.543.0"
 description = "An extension client for the wmill client library focused on pg"
 license = "Apache-2.0"
 homepage = "https://windmill.dev"
diff --git a/typescript-client/jsr.json b/typescript-client/jsr.json
index d04611d669..b9011cb312 100644
--- a/typescript-client/jsr.json
+++ b/typescript-client/jsr.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@windmill/windmill",
-  "version": "1.542.4",
+  "version": "1.543.0",
   "exports": "./src/index.ts",
   "publish": {
     "exclude": ["!src", "./s3Types.ts", "./client.ts"]
diff --git a/typescript-client/package.json b/typescript-client/package.json
index 99fe0a8ae3..e06df5883f 100644
--- a/typescript-client/package.json
+++ b/typescript-client/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "windmill-client",
   "description": "Windmill SDK client for browsers and Node.js",
-  "version": "1.542.4",
+  "version": "1.543.0",
   "author": "Ruben Fiszel",
   "license": "Apache 2.0",
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 8b9a284d33..c1c2dacfba 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.542.4
+1.543.0