Blender 3.6.17 LTS only has a small fix this time. It is released on the v3.6 - Stable - LTS branch.

You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v3.6 - Stable - LTS.

* Outdated HDRi license file. (#128095[projects.blender.org])

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see https://www.blender.org/download/lts/3-6/


Learn more about the https://www.blender.org/download/lts/

Blender 4.2.2 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.2 - Stable - LTS branch.

You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.2 - Stable - LTS.

* Wayland: tiny mouse cursor with 125% fractional scaling. (#105895[projects.blender.org])* OpenGL: Enable High Quality Normals for Legacy AMD Drivers. (#126483[projects.blender.org])* Blender 4.2 - Entering Grease Pencil 'Weight Paint' mode (in a new scene) crashes Blender. (#126419[projects.blender.org])* Fix #126434: Boid particle fight rule crash involving non-boid psys. (#126494[projects.blender.org])* Geometry Nodes: Crash in Sample UV Surface node. (#126450[projects.blender.org])* Blender has impractically long startup time opening old files with many objects. (#126526[projects.blender.org])* Crash while bridging faces. (#123405[projects.blender.org])* Hex values in color popup are written with 1 or 2 digits mixed, instead of always using 2 digits. (#126551[projects.blender.org])* VDB sequence gets imported multiple times and gets chopped up. (#124832[projects.blender.org])* Wrong cursor icon after saving with multiple windows open. (#124693[projects.blender.org])* Crash when unlinking scene from render layers node in compositor when using GPU device. (#126552[projects.blender.org])* Alembic: Issues importing Hair in 4.2 but not in 3.6. (#126324[projects.blender.org])* Regression: Group ID in Fill Curve Evaluate inconsistantly. (#126595[projects.blender.org])* Fix missing error check for fork() failing. (2c9e26acc56[projects.blender.org])* Fix soft-delete hanging on *nix when the command was not found. (70475861cda[projects.blender.org])* Regression: Graph Editor: broken f-curve line. (#120950[projects.blender.org])* Extensions: Update the example license on the manifest template. (e877bedac72[projects.blender.org])* 4.2.1 EEVEE Cryptomatte pass doesn't match Cycles. (#126556[projects.blender.org])* Data passes have wrong alpha with macOS GPU compositor. (#126412[projects.blender.org])* Fix: Outdated tooltip on Principled BSDF. (1e9ae10e904[projects.blender.org])* Fix crash & other errors creating fallback path for buttons. (c3916026773[projects.blender.org])* Cryptomatte doesn't work when its source is EXR file packed into blend file. (#126567[projects.blender.org])* Build: Ambiguous call to isfinite for MSVC 17.11. (fc31352b706[projects.blender.org])* Black transparent BSDF is invisible. (#126459[projects.blender.org])* Backface culling keeps "face orientation" overlay. (#126351[projects.blender.org])* USD drag-drop import crash after undo. (#124752[projects.blender.org])* USDA import crashes Blender during material assignment to geometry subsets. (#125184[projects.blender.org])* Fix: USD: Use correct data type for UsdPreviewSurface normal input. (f50e4cbb62d[projects.blender.org])* Steam launcher script refuses to launch on drive mount points that contain spaces. (#126734[projects.blender.org])* Fix: Typo in extensions repository lock info message. (7ceedb5f4c3[projects.blender.org])* EEVEE-NEXT - Shadows Break with Subdivision Surface (RDNA2 only?). (#123787[projects.blender.org])* EEVEE Command Line Rendering on the Mac freezes, memory usage constantly increases up until freeze. (#125333[projects.blender.org])* Group input socket missing subtype when created from Gamma shader node Gamma socket. (#126535[projects.blender.org])* Segmentation Fault Upon Blender Startup. (#126573[projects.blender.org])* Objects displayed as Wire occlude objects behind when Face Orientation is on. (#126225[projects.blender.org])* Fix: Cycles memory leak in HIP-RT. (357fb5c5ffd[projects.blender.org])* Pin to last issue on Library override object. (#126677[projects.blender.org])* Missing vcruntime140.dll when running blender-launcher.exe on Windows. (#126798[projects.blender.org])* Compositor has no independent Texture access. (#126856[projects.blender.org])* Fix incorrect location from SpaceText.region_location_from_cursor. (fb14083ff54[projects.blender.org])* Multiresolution modifier: Using 'Unsubdivide' while the mesh has faces hidden in edit mode results in Blender freezing completely. (#126633[projects.blender.org])* Fix multi-res un-subdivide skipping faces & leaking memory. (574d096f784[projects.blender.org])* Crash on clicking 'Lock Camera to View' widget after running 'Reload Scripts' operator. (#126852[projects.blender.org])* glTF exporter: Fix UI after Blender changes. (fc9b876f25a[projects.blender.org])* glTF exporter: Fix custom prop when apply modifier. (e38cda52808[projects.blender.org])* glTF exporter: avoid double export. (4f660c3b2c6[projects.blender.org])* glTF exporter: Regression: RGB to Shader socket unlit management. (f82b50654ab[projects.blender.org])* glTF exporter: fix error message if hook failed. (f59641b6b04[projects.blender.org])* EEVEE: Background turns black when only single visible volume object is present. (#126986[projects.blender.org])* PLY export does not clamp vertex colors when they exceed 1.0 (instead they are wrapped). (#127022[projects.blender.org])* Fix BMFace/BMLoop.copy_from_face_interp() functions. (b22dd61a47d[projects.blender.org])* `copy_from_face_interp` needs tuple input, loses reference, returns nothing. (#120861[projects.blender.org])* atan2(0,0) evaluates to NaN on Metal but 0 on all other platforms. (#126799[projects.blender.org])* Default Cube has `Transparent Shadows` off. (#126038[projects.blender.org])* Fix incorrect use of exit() when execv() fails on *nix. (374da29f6aa[projects.blender.org])* Fix: prevent free of nullptr during bone collection undo processing. (50506c79455[projects.blender.org])* Crash with "Extrude Mesh" geometry node on from_pydata edge only mesh. (#127085[projects.blender.org])* 3D viewport background color affects attribute text color. (#126908[projects.blender.org])* 4.2 oneAPI "Embree on GPU" (HWRT) no hair strands in viewport. (#124811[projects.blender.org])* Fix: Cannot render Victor and Spring with embree disabled on Intel GPUs. (b72ad1209a8[projects.blender.org])* Fix crash entering edit-mode for text objects from old blender versions. (7bc471630b0[projects.blender.org])* Fix crash reading files from v2.66. (0b42a3aabc1[projects.blender.org])* Fix memory leak loading legacy meshes without any edges. (a9745f2a16c[projects.blender.org])* 4.2 Regression: UI popover can not be scrolled upwards. (#127012[projects.blender.org])* Loop cut and Curve Modifier stop working properly. (#123138[projects.blender.org])* Regression: Crash if `cls.bl_rna` after unregister_class(). (#127165[projects.blender.org])* Regression: Connecting node lines disappear. (#127039[projects.blender.org])* Fix missing import in cli command registration example. (73c27fd6509[projects.blender.org])* Fix missing check for "-c" to terminate argument parsing. (b49c8bd8dad[projects.blender.org])* Geometry Nodes Crashes Blender - Access Violation in mesh_sample.cc - Windows 11. (#127319[projects.blender.org])* GP Objects Flicker in Video Sequencer when Material Preview mode. (#125506[projects.blender.org])* EEVEE: Can not use Curves Info->Length. (#126463[projects.blender.org])* Cleanup: pass const depsgraph for viewport funcitons. (fcc87f44886[projects.blender.org])* Fix missing redraw when setting the view axis. (f06c7a50c63[projects.blender.org])* Fix local view failing to restore axis-roll. (0cb427c9119[projects.blender.org])* Console Keyboard Interrupt does not work on Blender 4.2.1. (#127329[projects.blender.org])* EEVEE: Black surfaces on Intel GPU. (#122837[projects.blender.org])* Blender 4.2 - Compress Saving option gets removed when recovering from AutoSave. (#126821[projects.blender.org])* Can't change viewport text overlay color. (#124549[projects.blender.org])* Blender adds Grease Pencil Objects to Scene when appending IDs with annotations (e.g. in their shader editor). (#127142[projects.blender.org])* UI broken in 4.2 when preferences are saved with 4.3. (#126706[projects.blender.org])* Crash when switching an area to asset browser and back and creating a new file. (#124167[projects.blender.org])* Crash on undo: Unlinking Scene Collection from Object Properties panel. (#126549[projects.blender.org])* Area light resize gizmo (amongst other gizmos) missing undo step?. (#69164[projects.blender.org])* 4.2 backport: Core: flush outputs before calling exiting on `execvp` failure. (8159824a1c8ff1a6165b2c37b399c8b3784bea88[projects.blender.org])* glTF: hook UI, distinct import & export draw code. (79d64e293ce[projects.blender.org])* glTF exporter: fix missing hook parameters leading to crash. (cf0a1b04204[projects.blender.org])* glTF: Fix typo in a previous commit. (062a574786f[projects.blender.org])* Fix back-slash character filtering in the outliner & UI list. (73ef17c17bf[projects.blender.org])* Crash after unlink -> undo -> select (linked copied scene). (#127213[projects.blender.org])* Extensions - fail to install extension from cli. (#126792[projects.blender.org])* Fix crash scrubbing in the animation player with 1 frame loaded. (9d571a11f22[projects.blender.org])* Fix error in stereo3d side-by-side display. (420043d7271[projects.blender.org])* BKE_lib: avoid potential read uninitialized memory in BKE_id_copy_*. (b4cfb0c8168[projects.blender.org])* Fix: error in node wrangler format string. (84ed03ec12e[projects.blender.org])* active_framebuffer_get v framebuffer_active_get. (#127636[projects.blender.org])* Fix batch renaming object data from the outliner. (c6b39783aa6[projects.blender.org])* oneAPI Embree GPU, transparent shadows will render opaque if transparent bounces is 1024. (#125093[projects.blender.org])* Meshes or Curves with just "wire" edges disappear in the viewport if SubD is used while in Viewport "Wireframe" mode. (#126524[projects.blender.org])* Regression: Deinterlace checkbox makes video invisible. (#127654[projects.blender.org])* 4.2 backport: Fix fake_retiming_key_init returning uninitialized stack memory. (06ad4d64312ed97c2cacbd4736a4a1e88712bd03[projects.blender.org])

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see https://www.blender.org/download/lts/4-2/


Learn more about the https://www.blender.org/download/lts/


You can follow Blender on social media:

Keep reporting any issues you find to make this LTS the most stable release ever !

Happy blending,
The Blender team

Blender 3.6.16 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v3.6 - Stable - LTS branch.

You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v3.6 - Stable - LTS.

* atan2(0,0) evaluates to NaN on Metal but 0 on all other platforms. (#126799[projects.blender.org])* Build: Ambiguous call to isfinite for MSVC 17.11. (1da590cd2e4[projects.blender.org])* Blender 3.6.15 MetalRT - Hiding all objects in rendered viewport crashes. (#127453[projects.blender.org])* Blender adds Grease Pencil Objects to Scene when appending IDs with annotations (e.g. in their shader editor). (#127142[projects.blender.org])

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see https://www.blender.org/download/lts/3-6/


Learn more about the https://www.blender.org/download/lts/

Blender 4.2.1 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v4.2 - Stable - LTS branch.

You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v4.2 - Stable - LTS.

* Build: add missing ROCm installation step. (bf738fd35afe7fa2c79c24ac44f6ea97dc3ac8d7[projects.blender.org])* Anim: layered Action data is still loaded in 4.2-release. (#125063[projects.blender.org])* Extra Mesh Objects - Operator Presets - * Missing Paths *. (#124020[projects.blender.org])* Geometry Nodes: Crashing when I input the value node into the length on the resample curve node. (#124431[projects.blender.org])* Transparent 3D viewport issue. (#102994[projects.blender.org])* Fix: Dyntopo sample detail doesn't update status text. (5bf1be8f51c[projects.blender.org])* Fix: Nodes: crash in case of dissolving node after save. (c3268834d79[projects.blender.org])* Regression: Some nodes has wider spacing between sockets. (#124637[projects.blender.org])* Geometry Nodes: cache related nodes are not present in quick plug search. (#124625[projects.blender.org])* OptiX OSL uses incorrect SSS render method. (#124705[projects.blender.org])* VSE: Fix glitchy handle select for adjacent strips. (4f6a5f963cb[projects.blender.org])* Incorrect snap symbol. (#124552[projects.blender.org])* Voronoi Texture Smoothness Socket Input also is used as Lacunarity in Smooth F1. (#124745[projects.blender.org])* No transfer of the "Cast Shadow" attribute for light. (#124817[projects.blender.org])* VSE - Frame Selected ( Numpad . ) doesnt work anymore. (#124868[projects.blender.org])* VSE: Reword the text of the movie add "use_framerate" option. (7033d9bcf2a[projects.blender.org])* Blender 4.2: Can't install add-ons if a specific order of operations is followed on first open. (#124850[projects.blender.org])* Linux Wayland: Repeatedly opening and closing a Blender window freezes Blender. (#123096[projects.blender.org])* Fix: EEVEE materials with three closures render black on MacOS. (1f12bd3c492[projects.blender.org])* DOF eyedropper button not showing in Cycles and inconsistent text labels. (#124501[projects.blender.org])* Crash droping images in view3d ui regions. (#124931[projects.blender.org])* VSE: Meta/scene strips are drawn with a gap to strip start. (#124589[projects.blender.org])* VSE misses strip auto-deselect with right click selection (Blender 2.7 x keymap). (#124623[projects.blender.org])* VSE cache not updated for moved strips. (#124767[projects.blender.org])* Palette editing not working in Color Attribute Paint Mode in Draw Mode. (#124990[projects.blender.org])* Crash when using certain tools in viewport on Wayland. (#120465[projects.blender.org])* Fix window activation on startup with Wayland & libdecor. (de1806f4154[projects.blender.org])* Batch export of STL-files incorrect handling of .stl-suffix. (#120253[projects.blender.org])* Extensions: double-warning upon launching Blender. (#124769[projects.blender.org])* Manpage fails to generate. (#125202[projects.blender.org])* Legacy Addons don't install in 4.2 if they're missing a LF or comment at the top. (#125142[projects.blender.org])* Easing on Bendy Bones Resets Inconsistently. (#125023[projects.blender.org])* Purge Unused crashes if mouse not moved away from popup before confirm delete with enter key. (#125006[projects.blender.org])* Incorrect sampling with 180° Spot and Light tree activated. (#125168[projects.blender.org])* Regression: The Mix RGB node produces unexpected results in the World Shader. (#125134[projects.blender.org])* Extensions: Unable to parse manifest if version format "X.X" instead of "X.X.X". (#124885[projects.blender.org])* Extensions: drag'n'drop installation from website for not yer approved extensions. (#125046[projects.blender.org])* glTF exporter: avoid crash when animation + full collection hierarchy. (d3d22496bc2[projects.blender.org])* glTF exporter: Fix row active UI and add tooltip. (ee3d935debe[projects.blender.org])* glTF exporter: Fix UDIM export crash when not rectangular tile locations. (6c8510f0c0a[projects.blender.org])* Export All Collections operator returns incorrect info message after running. (#125112[projects.blender.org])* Regression: UV editor doesn't import images by drag and drop anymore. (#125319[projects.blender.org])* Collada: animated camera import bug in 4.2. (#124859[projects.blender.org])* VSE: Line between two strips draws as multiple pixels randomly although there is no gap. (#125061[projects.blender.org])* VSE: Text strip outline wrongly goes "into" the text area (visible with semitransparent font color). (#125043[projects.blender.org])* VSE : shadow of text strip don't shadow the outlines of text + naming issues. (#124922[projects.blender.org])* Fix (unreported) 4.2: Copy of material ID fails. (449c4fc72e[projects.blender.org])* Fix: Unable to duplicate mask keyframes. (c2c3ccb42fe[projects.blender.org])* Asset shelf crash when opening a file. (#125466[projects.blender.org])* Collada: animated camera import bug in 4.2. (#124859[projects.blender.org])* UI: Add LTS to Version String for Title Bar (4.2). (7a16c7532c961d908f3339ab40b8d00e7d283943[projects.blender.org])* Core extensions report bugs to add-on repo. (#122858[projects.blender.org])* Extensions becomes empty when filtering addons in the workspace. (#122754[projects.blender.org])* Fix failure to toggle filtering for add-ons with long names. (04d8595e55d[projects.blender.org])* Memory leak when using GPencil Line Art modifier on certain frames. (#125340[projects.blender.org])* VSE text outline is not fully rendered for some (mostly "script") fonts. (#124899[projects.blender.org])* Graph Editor: Cursor Value to Selection can output position outside normalized range. (#125064[projects.blender.org])* Fix: Tracking related RNA paths incomplete/wrong. (f49b57811e5[projects.blender.org])* Regression: Tooltip missing from open URL preset operator. (#123735[projects.blender.org])* Crash Converting FLOAT4X4 attribute from vertex to Face Corner. (#125404[projects.blender.org])* Changes from 'source/blender/blenlib/intern/filereader_zstd.c' led to failure on s390x architecture. (#125395[projects.blender.org])* Changes from 'source/blender/blenlib/intern/filereader_zstd.c' led to failure on s390x architecture. (#125395[projects.blender.org])* Fix unhandled exception for non dictionary items in extensions repo. (778524fce37[projects.blender.org])* Extensions: support "blocklist" in the remote repository. (0f24fd7756a[projects.blender.org])* Extensions: Errors on the console about missing directories. (#125763[projects.blender.org])* Multiple select snap mode not work in UV editer. (#123179[projects.blender.org])* Fix broken EEVEE material shadow mode versioning. (451ee89c48a[projects.blender.org])* Triangulate modifier (also Triangulate Faces operator) changed behavior with custom normals. (#124836[projects.blender.org])* Video: Error in video decoding on either Linux or AVX512 CPU (ffmpeg alignment issue?). (#125446[projects.blender.org])* Crash when add a file output node by draging in compositing workspace. (#125588[projects.blender.org])* "Pin to Last" Fails to Maintain Modifier Order. (#125400[projects.blender.org])* Compositor Convert Colorspace node crashing Blender 4.2 when viewing realtime compositor in rendered 3D viewport. (#125402[projects.blender.org])* Alembic importer imports everything twice. (#125607[projects.blender.org])* Active camera context issue. (#125636[projects.blender.org])* Failure to connect to online repository on WIN32: [ASN1] nested asn1 error (_ssl.c:4035). (#125660[projects.blender.org])* Anim: Rigify `limbs.spline_tentacle` doesn't generate correctly. (#125226[projects.blender.org])* Alpha Clip still visible in material settings when using Cycles render engine. (#125387[projects.blender.org])* PyAPI: include bpy.utils.extension_path_user in __all__. (623e196f67f[projects.blender.org])* Failure to connect to online repository on WIN32: customized Python configuration. (#124731[projects.blender.org])* Fix error where upgrading an extension always enabled it. (93be30b2172[projects.blender.org])* Blender crashes when adding a working Geometry Node modifier to a specific object in Edit Mode. (#125672[projects.blender.org])* Eevee 4.2 no longer exports Cryptomatte metadatas. (#125232[projects.blender.org])* Can't move channels in Graph Editor except for Object Transforms. (#125509[projects.blender.org])* Regression: Stick bone tail selection is not drawn. (#125542[projects.blender.org])* Weight Paint Not Appearing in Material Preview viewport shading. (#125185[projects.blender.org])* Cycles: NaN pixels in Glossy and Transmissive Passes with roughness values near 0.0266. (#125750[projects.blender.org])* Extensions: restore fix for removing extensions with symlinks. (fdbb8efa9d6[projects.blender.org])* Fix error installing app-templates & legacy add-ons overwriting symlinks. (9c3ade79f27[projects.blender.org])* Removing Addon with compiled modules(e.g. cython) on Windows will cause PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied. (#77837[projects.blender.org])* Regression: ACCESS VIOLATION for operators using class properties. (#123327[projects.blender.org])* Blender 4.2 RC - Pasting a material onto itself consistently crashes the program. (#124702[projects.blender.org])* EEVEE-Next: Volume does not immediately work after opening Blender. (#122454[projects.blender.org])* Fix: EEVEE: Invalid error in console from material preview. (ee025327a55[projects.blender.org])* Extensions: use wait cursor when toggling add-ons. (d255681e9c3[projects.blender.org])* Crash switching Alembic file to use Render Engine Procedural. (#125826[projects.blender.org])* Long Key Line and Interpolation Line turn invisible when only single keyframe visible in viewing range. (#125861[projects.blender.org])* Select in Edit Mode from Material slots with same Material broken. (#125353[projects.blender.org])* Blender crashes when undoing during sculpting on duplicate object. (#125375[projects.blender.org])* Templates: Remove bl_info from addon_add_object. (2be74423324[projects.blender.org])* Templates: Blender Manifest template. (2d2ebead32e[projects.blender.org])* Eevee Next missing render frame progress in stdout. (#124876[projects.blender.org])* Fix: Cycles Shadow linking with HIP-RT. (011b5ffbba4ac7a830bc6ec6a43fb8af408ec71f[projects.blender.org])* Edit Face Set on default mesh changes mesh color. (#125621[projects.blender.org])* Box mask crashes Blender in sculpt mode. (#125157[projects.blender.org])* Crash: Sculpting on linked objects with Multeresolution. (#126017[projects.blender.org])* Crash: Display wireframe in object mode on subdivided mesh with a lone edge. (#124292[projects.blender.org])* x86 Blender on Apple Silicon doesn't show Cycles Metal GPU render. (#126005[projects.blender.org])* Crash when EXR image is loaded in image list. (#126108[projects.blender.org])* UI: Add LTS to Version String for Title Bar (4.2). (7a16c7532c961d908f3339ab40b8d00e7d283943[projects.blender.org])* Insert text unicode not working in 4.2. (#125935[projects.blender.org])* macOS: Armature text line rendering is broken. (#124691[projects.blender.org])* Adding a compositor node while looking through the viewport realtime compositor leads to crashing. (#125946[projects.blender.org])* Setting Vertices Y to 0 and sliding in grid node causes blender to crash. (#126101[projects.blender.org])* Blender Crashes When Exporting USD with Allow Unicode Enabled and Using the Character "∧". (#126160[projects.blender.org])* Fix: USD instancing export errors. (e40b2a16106f7f5b7caeb95b4cd07bb1dfa92028[projects.blender.org])* 4.2 EEVEE Cryptomatte pass no longer matches Cycles. (#125618[projects.blender.org])* Insert keyfame uses wrong values. (#124125[projects.blender.org])* OpenGL: Remove conservative depth extension check. (#126223[projects.blender.org])* Add Brush: Added spline always misses one segment equivalent of a length in Blender 4.2. (#125929[projects.blender.org])* Regression: STL importer "Unit Scale" bug. (#125070[projects.blender.org])* Joining some meshes shows warning "Call save() to ensure ..." in console. (#126278[projects.blender.org])* Frames are layered on top of each other separated by a scanline when exporting video with PNG video codec. (#126201[projects.blender.org])* Cleanup: move bpy.utils parent-path check into a function. (e0bd7709d56[projects.blender.org])* Fix unhandled permissions exception in bpy.utils.is_path_builtin. (399ed8b6533[projects.blender.org])* Presets: consider presets within the extensions repo to be "built-in". (de565889672[projects.blender.org])* Fix active theme behavior when adding/removing themes. (3476864e92f[projects.blender.org])* Regression: Environment pass is not rendered (or rendered black) with 4.2 EEVEE. (#124565[projects.blender.org])* Geometry Nodes: Blender crash in create string socket in Capture Attribute node. (#125504[projects.blender.org])* CMake: library path reference for PLATFORM_ENV_BUILD on unix & macos. (9b251d04e7e[projects.blender.org])* CMake: library path reference for PLATFORM_ENV_BUILD unix/macos (#2). (2d05f61e6ba[projects.blender.org])* VSE: prefetch frames crashes with some scene strips. (#125401[projects.blender.org])* (Unneccessarily) restricted execution in scripted expression drivers (using e.g. "self", "bpy.data"). (#106372[projects.blender.org])* Only insert needed generates empty action. (#125169[projects.blender.org])* Cycles tests: Enable MNEE test on Metal on supported macOS version. (5c67f9469bc[projects.blender.org])* Render test: Add option to ignore block list. (82a26b72a0f[projects.blender.org])* Render tests: Use blocklist name for blocked tests. (5a255357434[projects.blender.org])* CMake: Add buildbot configuration for all platforms. (e6b856bd8ba[projects.blender.org])* Cycles render tests: Add the option to test with OSL enabled. (fc52a49be772e883e2db2de485fd4f8e5b0d97c3[projects.blender.org])* Disabling / uninstalling extensions doesn't always remove the extension's dependencies. (#125958[projects.blender.org])* Fix failure to remove libraries when removing wheels. (09e8e493654[projects.blender.org])

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see https://www.blender.org/download/lts/4-2/


Learn more about the https://www.blender.org/download/lts/


You can follow Blender on social media:

Keep reporting any issues you find to make this LTS the most stable release ever !

Happy blending,
The Blender team

Blender 3.6.14 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v3.6 - Stable - LTS branch.

You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v3.6 - Stable - LTS.

* Incorrect sampling with 180° Spot and Light tree activated. (#125168[projects.blender.org])* Graph Editor: Cursor Value to Selection can output position outside normalized range. (#125064[projects.blender.org])* Graphical glitching on AMD Radeon GPU. (#116229[projects.blender.org])

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see https://www.blender.org/download/lts/3-6/


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Blender Foundation and the online developers community are proud to present Blender 4.2 LTS!


As usual with LTS (long-term support) releases, Blender 4.2 LTS comes packed with features, improvements, and fixes ready to power your projects for the next two years.

Some highlights:

• New render engine: EEVEE got a complete rewrite, bringing global illumination, displacement, better SSS, volumetric lighting and shadows, viewport motion blur, and so much more.
  
• Cycles: Ray Portals, Thin Film Interference, better volume rendering, blue noise, and more.
  
• The Compositor: Can now utilize GPU acceleration for offline renders, it’s faster on CPU, and more nodes are supported in the 3D Viewport.
  
• Extensions: A new way to share, install, and update add-ons and themes online within Blender.
  
• Portable installation.
  
• Khronos PBR Neutral Tone Mapper.
  
• New sculpt tools.
  
• Video Sequencer: Strips redesign, including highlighting missing media, text strip enhancements, and better performance.
  
• Collection exporters.
  
• USD, Alembic, glTF, OBJ, PLY, and STL enhancements.
  
• Undo up to 5x faster.
  
• Animation editors and tools upgrades.
  
• And so much more!

This also marks the launch of the online Extensions Platform[extensions.blender.org] – a community website to share free and open source add-ons and themes.

Watch the video summary on Blender’s YouTube channel.

And many more features and fixes await you—explore the release notes[www.blender.org] for an in-depth look at what’s new!

This work is made possible thanks to the outstanding contributions of the Blender community, and the support of the over 4400 individuals and 38 organizations contributing to the Blender Development Fund[fund.blender.org].

Happy Blending!

The Blender Team
July 16th, 2024

Blender 3.6.14 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v3.6 - Stable - LTS branch.

You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v3.6 - Stable - LTS.

* STL/PLY: Imported object data instanced. (#118148[projects.blender.org])* [snap packaging] Please provide appstream common id. (#123473[projects.blender.org])* Cycles: oneAPI: Fix driver version check for future Intel GPU drivers. (2ae87b8fb06[projects.blender.org])* Collada: export when editing multiple objects does not pick up all changes. (#94125[projects.blender.org])* Possibly incorrect rendering result when using zero-spread area light on a standard Lambertian object in Blender 3.6.12. (#123448[projects.blender.org])

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see https://www.blender.org/download/lts/3-6/


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Blender 3.3.21 LTS features many bug fixes. It is released on the v3.3 - Stable - LTS branch.

You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v3.3 - Stable - LTS.

* [snap packaging] Please provide appstream common id. (#123473[projects.blender.org])* Collada: export when editing multiple objects does not pick up all changes. (#94125[projects.blender.org])

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see https://www.blender.org/download/lts/3-3/


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Keep reporting any issues you find to make this LTS the most stable release ever !

Happy blending,
The Blender team

Blender 3.6.13 LTS features important bug fixes. It is released on the v3.6 - Stable - LTS branch.

You can switch to this by right-clicking on the Blender entry in your library, select Properties.... Open the Betas tab and select v3.6 - Stable - LTS.

* 'Limit Location' constraint does not work when added via script. (#119945[projects.blender.org])* Fix #102872: Custom Normals Average operator ui shows wrong properties. (#121864[projects.blender.org])* layout.template_search() causes crash if target is a PointerProperty. (#122150[projects.blender.org])* Exporting PLY with Vertex Normals ON + Importing PLY causes Broken Vertex Normals. (#122344[projects.blender.org])* Sculpt: After using clotch, an error will occur in the cloch filter - filter type: scale. (#122429[projects.blender.org])* Hair Curves: Grow brush doesn't work if curves have only two points. (#122598[projects.blender.org])* Pie menu performs multiple actions at the same time if it appears near the edge of screen and hotkey is used. (#122526[projects.blender.org])* Blender freezes when repeating baking textures. (#82483[projects.blender.org])* Regression: Copy to selected on addons properties crach Blender. (#119999[projects.blender.org])

For a detailed list of bug fixes in each release, see https://www.blender.org/download/lts/3-6/


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