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Planned release schedule:

Phase	Stage	Description	Start Date	Branch
Bcon1	Alpha	New features and changes	September 27, 2023	`main`
Bcon2	Alpha	Improve and stabilize	December 20, 2023	`main`
Bcon3	Beta	Bug fixing only	January 24, 2024	`blender-v4.1-release`
Bcon4	Release Candidate	Prepare release	February 28, 2024	`blender-v4.1-release`
Bcon5	Release	Release	March 5, 2024	`blender-v4.1-release`

Information about release cycles and Bcon phases.

For features and changes already committed check the release notes.

2024-03-05

70% Completed

EEVEE: Lookdev HDRI Spheres

EEVEE & Viewport

#115465 opened 2023-11-27 11:57:03 +01:00 by Jeroen Bakker

Jeroen-Bakker:eevee-next/lookdev-spheres

EEVEE & Viewport 8 / 9 1 change request 1 conflicting file

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

WIP: Vulkan: Remove Wait After Each Submission

#115054 opened 2023-11-17 16:39:27 +01:00 by Jeroen Bakker

Jeroen-Bakker:vulkan/experiments/transient-command-buffers

EEVEE & Viewport 5 conflicting files

OpenImageDenoise GPU acceleration

Render & Cycles

#115045 opened 2023-11-17 14:49:25 +01:00 by Brecht Van Lommel Render & Cycles 5 / 13

Expose Selection Tools in Weight Paint Mode

Animation & Rigging

Sculpt, Paint & Texture

#114981 opened 2023-11-16 11:58:16 +01:00 by Julien Kaspar

Retopology: Use Material Colors In Overlay

buildbot/vexp-code-patch-coordinator Build done. Details

EEVEE & Viewport

#114969 opened 2023-11-16 09:43:50 +01:00 by Jeroen Bakker

Jeroen-Bakker:viewport/retopo-material-colors

EEVEE & Viewport 1 change request 1 waiting review

Material color support for Retopology overlay

#114843 opened 2023-11-14 15:34:16 +01:00 by Julien Kaspar EEVEE & Viewport

Issue with discoverability of replacement for auto-smooth option

Nodes & Physics

#114794 opened 2023-11-13 15:02:14 +01:00 by Simon Thommes Nodes & Physics

Vulkan: Overlay Extra Depth Write is Disabled

#114713 opened 2023-11-10 16:30:51 +01:00 by Jeroen Bakker EEVEE & Viewport

Blender doesn't run with --gpu-backend vulkan flag on linux (ubuntu)

EEVEE & Viewport

#114385 opened 2023-11-02 01:24:30 +01:00 by Dmitry-Goryachev EEVEE & Viewport

Regression: Smooth operators destroy manual sharp seams.

#114244 opened 2023-10-29 09:32:31 +01:00 by Vyacheslav Kobozev

DrawData recalc fixes/improvements

EEVEE & Viewport

#114112 opened 2023-10-24 17:04:23 +02:00 by Miguel Pozo EEVEE & Viewport

EEVEE Next: Displacement splits flat-shaded faces

EEVEE & Viewport

#114029 opened 2023-10-22 08:29:58 +02:00 by Sun Kim

Cycles: Displacement splits flat-shaded faces

Render & Cycles

#114028 opened 2023-10-22 08:23:45 +02:00 by Sun Kim

EEVEE-Next: Python API deprecation

EEVEE & Viewport

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

Anim: rework bone colors

#113941 opened 2023-10-19 16:38:06 +02:00 by Sybren A. Stüvel Animation & Rigging

WIP: OpenGL: Use ShaderC to Compile GLSL

#113938 opened 2023-10-19 16:02:11 +02:00 by Jeroen Bakker

Jeroen-Bakker:opengl/spir-v-compilation

EEVEE & Viewport 0 / 3

Eevee Next: Light Path node not working as expected

EEVEE & Viewport

#113922 opened 2023-10-19 10:22:23 +02:00 by panterita-films

Eevee Next - Aliased edges on shadows projected from point, spot and area lights

EEVEE & Viewport

#113839 opened 2023-10-17 15:30:32 +02:00 by Juan Romero

EEVEE Next: Shader to RGB doesn't work

EEVEE & Viewport

#113747 opened 2023-10-15 16:45:18 +02:00 by MVPuccino EEVEE & Viewport

WIP: Vulkan: Framebuffer Subpass Transition Support

#113587 opened 2023-10-12 12:34:13 +02:00 by Jeroen Bakker

Jeroen-Bakker:vulkan/subpass-inputs

5 conflicting files

CMake: Disable Vulkan Backend in Lite Builds.

#113448 opened 2023-10-09 14:34:30 +02:00 by Jeroen Bakker

Jeroen-Bakker:vulkan/disable-in-lite-builds

Platforms, Builds Tests & Devices 1 waiting review

Anim: Keyframing Rework

Animation & Rigging

#113278 opened 2023-10-05 10:55:06 +02:00 by Christoph Lendenfeld Animation & Rigging 19 / 25

Library changes for Blender 4.1

Platforms, Builds & Tests

#113157 opened 2023-10-02 16:54:52 +02:00 by Brecht Van Lommel 28 / 171

WIP: Overlay Next Doesn't initialize the depth in front textures

EEVEE & Viewport

#112995 opened 2023-09-28 08:45:53 +02:00 by Jeroen Bakker

blender-v4.0-release

Jeroen-Bakker:workbench/fix-depth-tx-copy

EEVEE & Viewport 1 approval 1 waiting review 1 conflicting file

EEVEE-Next Horizon Based Global Illumination

#112979 opened 2023-09-27 21:52:08 +02:00 by Clément Foucault EEVEE & Viewport 4 / 6

GPU: Include material UUID in debug name

EEVEE & Viewport

#112921 opened 2023-09-26 21:26:04 +02:00 by Jason Fielder

Jason-Fielder:GPU_Shader_material_uuid_debug_name

EEVEE & Viewport 1 change request

WIP: Vulkan: Query Pools

#112717 opened 2023-09-22 14:06:14 +02:00 by Jeroen Bakker

Jeroen-Bakker:vulkan/query-pool

EEVEE & Viewport 4 conflicting files

Bone Collections: UI Improvements

Animation & Rigging

#112710 opened 2023-09-22 11:16:40 +02:00 by Sybren A. Stüvel

WIP: Geometry Nodes: Viewer Node Group

#112152 opened 2023-09-08 17:19:18 +02:00 by Iliya Katueshenock

mod_moder:group_viewer_branch

Nodes & Physics 0 / 5 3 conflicting files

Animation: create a full separate copy of BoneCollections while in armature edit mode

Animation & Rigging

#112134 opened 2023-09-08 13:05:34 +02:00 by Nathan Vegdahl Animation & Rigging

USD Targets for blender 4.1

Pipeline, Assets & IO

#111492 opened 2023-08-24 22:49:23 +02:00 by Bastien Montagne USD 1 / 9

Anim: Bake Channel operator

buildbot/vexp-code-patch-coordinator Build done. Details

Animation & Rigging

#111263 opened 2023-08-18 14:48:42 +02:00 by Christoph Lendenfeld

ChrisLend:bake_channel_operator

Animation & Rigging 2 waiting reviews

Better Baking in the Graph Editor

Animation & Rigging

#111050 opened 2023-08-11 16:01:36 +02:00 by Christoph Lendenfeld Animation & Rigging 4 / 5

EEVEE-Next Improve refraction denoising

#110760 opened 2023-08-03 15:40:01 +02:00 by Clément Foucault EEVEE & Viewport

EEVEE-Next Known Issues

#109646 opened 2023-07-03 14:11:40 +02:00 by Clément Foucault EEVEE & Viewport 1 / 5

Subpanels for node group sockets

Render & Cycles

#108565 opened 2023-06-03 12:42:42 +02:00 by Lukas Tönne

LukasTonne:socket_subpanels

Nodes & Physics 1 change request 1 waiting review 3 conflicting files

Add Active Camera geometry node

Dependency Graph

#106065 opened 2023-03-24 01:55:54 +01:00 by dbsc

dbsc:active_camera_geo_node

Nodes & Physics 2 waiting reviews 6 conflicting files

EEVEE-Next Screen Space Effects

#105673 opened 2023-03-11 21:38:11 +01:00 by Clément Foucault EEVEE & Viewport 6 / 6

EEVEE-Next Volume Rendering

#105672 opened 2023-03-11 21:32:53 +01:00 by Clément Foucault EEVEE & Viewport 4 / 5

EEVEE-Next Reflection Cubemaps

#105649 opened 2023-03-10 23:25:00 +01:00 by Clément Foucault EEVEE & Viewport 9 / 9

EEVEE-Next Virtual Shadow Mapping

#104472 opened 2023-02-08 15:02:07 +01:00 by Clément Foucault EEVEE & Viewport 10 / 16

Mesh Normals and Auto Smooth in 4.1

Nodes & Physics

#93551 opened 2021-12-01 19:29:14 +01:00 by Hans Goudey Nodes & Physics 7 / 10

Add rotation attributes and node sockets

Animation & Rigging

Nodes & Physics

#92967 opened 2021-11-09 19:01:04 +01:00 by Hans Goudey Nodes & Physics 9 / 15

Design: More frame snapping options

Animation & Rigging

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