Request for advice: Upgrading from V4.0.3 has benefits? What version to pick?

[acq23]

Hi,
I have a quite heavily patched and modified v4 (see my gap analysis v4 v5 if you want an idea of my env).
It is not perfect and a bit frustrating because I want AI to work autonomously on tasks I assign to it.
I tried to optimize a bit its tokens usage because I felt it was burning tokens for nothing.
I have a Max plan.

I've read complains about v7.*behavior on not frontier models, v5 being tokens burning and v6 being tokens saving.
I use this DA for my work life and to produce things.
I read here someone is using Hermes to produce actual work quite flawlessly.

My question is: I'll have benefits moving from v4 to a new version of PAI?
What version?
Or maybe better to move to another DA like Hermes?

Thank you in advance

[danielmiessler]

Honest answer: 7.x is a different system from v4 — the Algorithm runs against testable claims, the installer is commit-pinned with printed checksums and backs itself up before touching anything, and 7.40.4's notes (the Receipts Release) walk through exactly what changed and why. If your v4 is heavily patched, the installer is additive and won't clobber your setup; read the release notes first and decide from there. On token burn: 7.x spends by discovered difficulty rather than fixed ceremony, and the recent releases cut always-on context substantially.

[acq23]

Thank you Daniel for the clarifications.