Mesa 26.1.1 has been released as a targeted bugfix update addressing driver crashes, memory leaks, and Vulkan stability issues across various hardware including AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, and ARM. This update improves the NIR shader compiler, resolves variable rate shading glitches for RDNA cards, and adds support for Blackwell while disabling problematic compression on Turing GPUs. Additionally, it fixes race conditions in Wayland compositors that previously caused desktop freezes. Users are encouraged to update through their distribution package managers or compile it from source before the maintenance window closes on June 2nd
Mesa 26.1.1 released
Mesa 26.1.1 drops as a targeted bugfix update that squashes driver crashes, memory leaks, and Vulkan stability issues across AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, and ARM hardware. The patch set tightens up the NIR shader compiler, fixes variable rate shading glitches on RDNA cards, and adds proper Blackwell support while disabling problematic compression on Turing GPUs. Wayland compositors also get a race condition fix that prevents desktop freezes during display server handoffs. Users can grab the update through their distro package managers or compile it from source before the next maintenance window closes on June second.
