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Phase	Stage	Description	Start Date	Branch
Bcon1	Alpha	New features and changes	February 7, 2024	`main`
Bcon2	Alpha	Improve and stabilize	May 1, 2024	`main`
Bcon3	Beta	Bug fixing only	June 5, 2024	`blender-v4.2-release`
Bcon4	Release Candidate	Prepare release	July 10, 2024	`blender-v4.2-release`
Bcon5	Release	Release	July 16, 2024	`blender-v4.2-release`

Information about release cycles and Bcon phases.

For features and changes already committed check the release notes.

2024-07-16

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EEVEE-Next: Borken soft shadow at larger radius near the camera

#121618 opened 2024-05-09 13:17:35 +02:00 by Clément Foucault

WIP: EEVEE-Next: Sunlight Extraction

#121455 opened 2024-05-06 00:17:46 +02:00 by Clément Foucault

fclem:eevee-next-sun-extraction

WIP: EEVEE-Next: Shadows: Make resolution scale linear

#121293 opened 2024-05-01 09:52:45 +02:00 by Clément Foucault

fclem:eevee-next-shadow-linear-scaling

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Can't change Reroute socket type in custom node tree

Nodes & Physics

#121110 opened 2024-04-26 09:13:26 +02:00 by picto-filmo

EEVEE-Next: Volumes doesn't take viewport pixel size into account

EEVEE & Viewport

#121077 opened 2024-04-25 15:27:22 +02:00 by Jeroen Bakker EEVEE & Viewport

WIP: Vulkan: Render graph clear attachments

#121073 opened 2024-04-25 14:37:51 +02:00 by Jeroen Bakker

Jeroen-Bakker:vulkan/render-graph-clear-attachments

EEVEE & Viewport

Fix #115460: EEVEE-Next: Missing bind when drawing curves

EEVEE & Viewport

#121064 opened 2024-04-25 09:09:39 +02:00 by Jeroen Bakker

Jeroen-Bakker:eevee/fix/missing-curve-texture-bind

EEVEE & Viewport 1 waiting review

EEVEE-Next: Review raytracing presets.

EEVEE & Viewport

#120982 opened 2024-04-23 14:32:46 +02:00 by Jeroen Bakker EEVEE & Viewport

Metal: Assert when drawing motion paths

EEVEE & Viewport

#120969 opened 2024-04-23 11:17:55 +02:00 by Jeroen Bakker EEVEE & Viewport

EEVEE-Next: Use luma weighted history blending

#120867 opened 2024-04-20 23:39:00 +02:00 by Clément Foucault

fclem:eevee-next-volume-flicker-reduction

Fix #120038: Possible fix for macOS buildbot test crash

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#120432 opened 2024-04-09 15:39:20 +02:00 by Jason Fielder

Jason-Fielder:Fix_120038_PossibleFixForBuildBotCrash

EEVEE & Viewport 1 waiting review

EEVEE-Next: Thickness ouput behavior

EEVEE & Viewport

#120384 opened 2024-04-07 21:19:56 +02:00 by Clément Foucault

Smooth by Angle Usability Improvements

#120230 opened 2024-04-03 20:12:32 +02:00 by Hans Goudey Modeling 13 / 17

More Boolean Solvers

#120182 opened 2024-04-02 18:50:27 +02:00 by Howard Trickey

EEVEE-Next: Reduce longer compilation time

EEVEE & Viewport

#120100 opened 2024-03-31 00:34:24 +01:00 by Clément Foucault

WIP: EEVEE-Next: Studio light lock to view

EEVEE & Viewport

#120059 opened 2024-03-29 13:31:36 +01:00 by Jeroen Bakker

Jeroen-Bakker:eevee-next/view-based-world-lighting

EEVEE & Viewport 3 conflicting files

Metal: Wait for finish when buffers are updated

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EEVEE & Viewport

#120050 opened 2024-03-29 11:04:42 +01:00 by Jeroen Bakker

Jeroen-Bakker:metal/barrier-buffer-update-b

EEVEE & Viewport

EEVEE-Next: Async read back statistic and result buffers

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#120048 opened 2024-03-29 09:33:48 +01:00 by Jeroen Bakker

Jeroen-Bakker:metal/barrier-buffer-update

EEVEE & Viewport

EEVEE Next tests hang on macOS buildbot

EEVEE & Viewport

#120038 opened 2024-03-28 21:31:13 +01:00 by Brecht Van Lommel

EEVEE-Next: Add operator to convert a world volume to mesh

EEVEE & Viewport

#119734 opened 2024-03-21 12:14:32 +01:00 by Jeroen Bakker

Jeroen-Bakker:eevee-next/convert-world-volume

EEVEE & Viewport 1 change request 1 waiting review 2 conflicting files

Texture dialation - Adjacent faces margin type dialates pixels inside uv island

Render & Cycles

#119393 opened 2024-03-12 18:57:36 +01:00 by Marko Tatalovic

Overlay: Edit Mesh: Add anti-alising on normal lines

EEVEE & Viewport

#119146 opened 2024-03-07 09:19:29 +01:00 by sac.aiden

sac.aiden:normal-antialiasing

EEVEE & Viewport 1 waiting review

WIP: Fix: Respect Blender Cycles setting for GPU denoising

Render & Cycles

#118841 opened 2024-02-28 10:20:23 +01:00 by Nikita Sirgienko

Sirgienko:address_gpu_denoising_settings_respect

Render & Cycles 1 waiting review 3 conflicting files

UVEditor: Display mesh indices

EEVEE & Viewport

#118746 opened 2024-02-26 13:29:47 +01:00 by Amine Bensalem

HamilcarR:UI-104092_show_indices_uv_editor

EEVEE & Viewport 1 waiting review

Baklava Phase 1.1: prepare for main branch

Animation & Rigging

#118518 opened 2024-02-20 16:12:36 +01:00 by Sybren A. Stüvel Animation & Rigging 10 / 11

Library changes for Blender 4.2

Platforms, Builds & Tests

#118455 opened 2024-02-19 13:27:57 +01:00 by Brecht Van Lommel 6 / 28

Vulkan: Synchronization/Render Graphs

#118330 opened 2024-02-15 16:12:23 +01:00 by Jeroen Bakker EEVEE & Viewport 8 / 13

EEVEE-Next: Virtual Shadow Maps Performance Improvements

EEVEE & Viewport

#118198 opened 2024-02-13 12:08:36 +01:00 by Jeroen Bakker EEVEE & Viewport 3 / 5

EEVEE: Incorrect rendering when render size smaller than reflection probe size

EEVEE & Viewport

#117444 opened 2024-01-23 12:56:10 +01:00 by Jeroen Bakker EEVEE & Viewport

WIP: UI: Image Editor Interactive Zoom Control

#117050 opened 2024-01-12 01:03:47 +01:00 by Harley Acheson

Harley:ImageZoom

User Interface 1 approval 4 conflicting files

Design: Changes required to target SSE42

#116592 opened 2023-12-28 01:35:41 +01:00 by Ray molenkamp

Vulkan: Add extension when using Maintenance4

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#116526 opened 2023-12-25 08:23:36 +01:00 by Spencer-Fricke

Spencer-Fricke:spencer-fix1

EEVEE & Viewport 1 approval

Eevee-Next Intel Arc: Switching to Eevee-next causes Blender to stop redrawing

EEVEE & Viewport

#115942 opened 2023-12-08 14:45:33 +01:00 by Vik EEVEE & Viewport

General IO: Persistent Export settings on Collections

Pipeline, Assets & IO

#115690 opened 2023-12-01 22:59:13 +01:00 by Jesse Yurkovich USD 8 / 9

EEVEE: shader UV map input is broken for hair curves

EEVEE & Viewport

#115460 opened 2023-11-27 06:07:45 +01:00 by Sun Kim EEVEE & Viewport

EEVEE Next: Generated mapping for particle hair outputs random coordinates

Nodes & Physics

EEVEE & Viewport

#115344 opened 2023-11-24 11:12:09 +01:00 by Sun Kim EEVEE & Viewport

Compositor: Enable GPU denoising for OpenImageDenoise

#115242 opened 2023-11-21 16:27:36 +01:00 by Stefan Werner

Stefan_Werner:compositor_gpu_denoising

Compositing 1 change request 2 waiting reviews

EEVEE-Next: Python API deprecation

EEVEE & Viewport

#113976 opened 2023-10-20 18:03:10 +02:00 by Clément Foucault 0 / 3

Vulkan: Performance Improvements

#113918 opened 2023-10-19 08:24:00 +02:00 by Jeroen Bakker EEVEE & Viewport 0 / 4

Indicate Parent Inverse Matrix State in UI

Animation & Rigging

#113364 opened 2023-10-06 21:11:19 +02:00 by Andrej

Andrej730:clear_inverse_poll

2 change requests 2 conflicting files

Anim: Keyframing Rework

Animation & Rigging

#113278 opened 2023-10-05 10:55:06 +02:00 by Christoph Lendenfeld Animation & Rigging 22 / 32

EEVEE-Next Horizon Based Global Illumination

#112979 opened 2023-09-27 21:52:08 +02:00 by Clément Foucault EEVEE & Viewport 4 / 5

Disable selection operators in sculpt mode

Sculpt, Paint & Texture

#111422 opened 2023-08-23 11:03:43 +02:00 by Julien Kaspar Sculpt, Paint & Texture

Design: More frame snapping options

Animation & Rigging

#91973 opened 2021-10-05 22:20:09 +02:00 by Christoph Lendenfeld

Bug while moving vertices with mirror & subdivision modifier

EEVEE & Viewport

#73952 opened 2020-02-17 23:08:43 +01:00 by Jojo W. EEVEE & Viewport