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+title: 18 December 2025 - FieldTrip version 20251218 has been released
+category: release
+tweet: FieldTrip version 20251218 was just released. See http://www.fieldtriptoolbox.org/#18-december-2025
+---
+
+### 18 December, 2025
+
+FieldTrip version [20251218](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/releases/tag/20251218) has been released.
+See [GitHub](https://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/compare/20251215...20251218) for the detailed list of updates.
+
+#### Commits
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+- [c49e65785](http://github.com/fieldtrip/fieldtrip/commit/c49e65785) update quit to false if keepintermediate to avoid unexpected behavior