# Manticore Search 2.6.2 GA release

We are pleased to announce the release of [Manticore Search 2.6.2 GA.](https://github.com/manticoresoftware/manticore/releases/tag/2.6.2)

Prebuilt packages available for Debian,Ubuntu, Red Hat/CentOS, Windows and OSX can be downloaded from [here](https://github.com/manticoresoftware/manticore/releases). For Docker image check official [repository](https://hub.docker.com/r/manticoresearch/manticore/).

### Improvements


Performance of Percolate Queries have been greatly improved, especially when NOT operator is used and when documents are batched.

Depending on [dist\_threads](https://docs.manticoresearch.com/latest/html/conf_options_reference/searchd_program_configuration_options.html#dist-threads), multiple threads can be used to handle CALL PQ calls. Using dist\_threads=8 a 3-4X increase in number of handled documents has been observed.

A new full-text operator is available - **NOTNEAR**. NOTNEAR/N matching if the subexpressions are not found within N words of each.

Added LIMIT for SELECT over PQ indexes.

expand\_keywords can accept '**star**','**exact**' (with '**star,exact**' equals to **1**) for more granular control.

Added '**ranged-main-query**' to joined fields. The new option allows ranged queries, but uses the ranged query defined by sql\_query\_range.

 

A number of bugs have been fixed in this release, for a full report please consult the [Release note](https://docs.manticoresearch.com/latest/html/releasenotes.html#version-2-6-2-ga-23-february-2018).