Splitting Light
This page is for version v2026-02-09 (default).
For other versions, use one of these documentation indexes:
- v2026-02-09 (default): https://docs.extend.ai/2026-02-09/llms.txt
- v2025-04-21: https://docs.extend.ai/2025-04-21/llms.txt
- v2024-12-23: https://docs.extend.ai/2024-12-23/llms.txt
Faster and cheaper splitting, but less accurate on complex documents than performance splitting.
Versions
| Version | Date | Changelog |
|---|---|---|
1.4.2 | 2026-09-10 | Improves schema adherence. |
1.4.1 | 2026-07-09 | Enables strict identifiers by default. |
1.4.0 | 2026-06-24 | Upgrades the default light splitting parsing to use the parse_light 1.0.0 engine. |
1.3.1 | 2026-06-16 | Adds support for returning split identifiers on single page documents. |
1.3.0 | 2026-01-26 | Introduces a new model and splitting algorithm/process that significantly improves latency and accuracy for light splitting. |
1.3.0-beta | 2026-01-26 | Initial beta release of 1.3.0. Update to 1.3.0 now that it’s in non-beta release. |
1.2.1 | 2025-12-22 | Minor updates to the light splitting methods for increased accuracy on larger documents. |
1.1.0 | 2025-06-06 | Adds support for page overlap detection as an advanced option. |
1.0.0 | 2025-05-26 | Initial release of light splitting processor. |