Release Details: August 2026 Release
System Image release: Updates as of Thursday September 3, 2026
System Image baseline: Debian 13 (Trixie), version 13.6 (released July 11, 2026) + further updates
System Image kernel: Linux version 6.18.44+rex+5-amd64
These Release Notes are specific to this release and information included here might already be superseded by changes included in more recent software updates. Please consult AMD Ryzen AI Developer Center ("Developer Center") to access the latest Release Notes available and all the features of the AMD Ryzen AI Developer Platform.
System naming
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
| Full | AMD Ryzen AI Developer Platform 1 (rex) |
| Name | AMD Ryzen AI Developer Platform |
| Version | 1 |
| Codename | rex |
| Symbol¹ | amd-ryzen-ai-developer-platform |
¹ Used in filenames etc. as a component.
Highlights
Current Stack Versions
The versions provided as part of this update have been validated by AMD and partners to ensure the current stack works seamlessly.| Component | Current Version | Details |
|---|---|---|
| ROCm | 7.14 | ROCm release: https://rocm.docs.amd.com/en/docs-7.14.0/release/changelog.html |
| Developer Center | 1.3.0 | Developer Center release |
| Kernel | 6.18.44 | Linux kernel release: https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.18.44 |
| BIOS | 3.04 | System BIOS release |
| ComfyUI | 0.21.1 | Rebuilt against new ROCm 7.14 |
| fwupd | 2.1.4-1 | No change |
| ggml | 0.13.1-1 | Rebuilt against new ROCm 7.14 |
| llama.cpp | 9413+dfsg-1 | No change |
| Lemonade | 11.5.0-1 | Upgraded from 10.5.1-0 https://github.com/lemonade-sdk/lemonade/releases/tag/v11.5.0 |
| Node.js | 20.19.2+dfsg-1 | No change |
| Python3 | 3.13.5-1 | No change |
| PyTorch | 2.10.0-0 | Rebuilt against new ROCm 7.14 |
| TorchAudio | 2.10.0-0 | Rebuilt against new ROCm 7.14 |
| TorchVision | 0.25.0-0 | Rebuilt against new ROCm 7.14 |
| vLLM | 0.22.1 | Upgraded from 0.21.1 for compatibility with ROCm 7.14 https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/releases/tag/v0.22.1 |
| amd-debug-tools | 0.2.20-1 | Upgraded from 0.2.17-1 |
New Features
- ROCm 7.14
- This ROCm 7.14 release focuses on AI inference and distributed workloads. Highlights include inference-ready vLLM images and packages, ROCprofiler-SDK adoption across AI profiling workflows, expanded system telemetry and validation coverage, and updates to math, sparse, and communication libraries.
- https://rocm.docs.amd.com/en/docs-7.14.0/about/release-notes.html#release-highlights
- Developer Center v1.3.0
- (New Feature) RGB tuning for Lightbar: Change the LED color on the box from the settings tab.
- (New Feature) Suspend inhibition: If enabled, prevents sleep during active SSH sessions or GPU workloads. Available to toggle on the settings tab.
- Lemonade 11.5.0
- New benchmark command
lemonade bench - Improve support of real time stats monitoring
- Audio generation arrives with the ThinkSound sound-effects and ACE-Step music backends
- Text-to-speech arrives with the OpenMOSS backend
- Support of ModelScope as a second remote model registry alongside Hugging Face
- https://github.com/lemonade-sdk/lemonade/releases#release-v11.5.0
- vLLM 0.22.1
- New Model Support: JetBrains' Mellum v2
- Improve Performances: DeepSeek-V4, HyperCLOVAX
- https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/releases#release-v0.22.1
Bug Fixes
- Apple Studio Display TBT3 Monitor on JUSBC2/3 port cannot light up
- Fix display freezing when hotplugging HDMI cable
- Fix too large GTT value allocated
- Hardening of the amd-halo-gnome-default-extensions package conf scripts and makefile
- mt792x: Fix a potential deadlock in high-load situations
- Add tiling support to mutter
- Fix an issue with 8K displays
- Fix kernel crash when using a wrong HSA_OVERRIDE_GFX_VERSION
- Improve support for Apple Studio Display
- More robust snapshot process
- Fix XHCI / GPU race condition on Strix Halo
- Fix broken bluetooth mt7925
- Fix wifi unable to be turned off from gnome control center
- Fix totem (video player) issue due to a too old database
- Add quirk to reset host interface on DMA path teardown for AMD USB4 routers
- Add sysfs attribute for boot integrity
- Install podman-compose by default
- Add AMDI0112 ACPI ID support
- Fix deadlock during thunderbolt hotplug
- Fix WoL from S5
Security Fixes
- Kernel CVE fixes included (non-exhaustive list)
- CVE-2026-46242
- CVE-2026-46331
- CVE-2026-53359
- CVE-2026-64560
- Fix vulnerability in CP_GFX_SHADOW
- Fix vulnerability in AMDGPU_GEM_OP_GET_MAPPING_INFO gem IOCTL
- Fix vulnerability in AMDKFD_IOC_CRIU_OP IOCTL
- cpp-httplib CVE fixes included (non-exhaustive list)
- GNOME Display Manager (GDM)
- Disable XDMCP support in GDM due to security issues
- Fix security in GDM autologin
- halo-recovery-ui
- Avoid logging the full request just in case the connection dictionary has some sensitive data
- plymouth
- Multiple security issues
Tips and known issues:
- The /efi partition may become full if old kernels are not deleted manually. This can be achieved with
sudo apt autoremovefor instance. - Updating packages from the Developer Center (halo-lp) may cause the PC to restart before all the packages have been downloaded.
Therefore, halo-lp continues to notify users of available updates without applying them. This has been fixed in the new version halo-lp version.
A workaround, to break the loop, is exceptionally to apply updates with
sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade.