Mesa has released version 26.1.6 for the Amber stable branch, focusing on bug fixes without introducing new features, and addressing various gaming regressions as well as stability issues. Key fixes include restoring ambient occlusion in The Chronicles of Riddick, resolving page faults in Doom Eternal on the AMD RX 9070, and fixing lighting issues in Horizon Forbidden West. Additionally, improvements have been made for Intel and AMD drivers, specifically regarding timing and performance for compute-pass operations and ray-tracing workloads, respectively. Other patches include enhancements for Vulkan video codec accuracy and fixes for crashes on Raspberry Pi 5, indicating ongoing support for hardware-specific issues and software rendering stability

Mesa 26.1.6 Released: AMD RX 9070, Riddick, and RDNA 4 Fixes

Mesa has released version 26.1.6 for the Amber stable branch, a targeted maintenance update arriving on July 29, 2026, that focuses exclusively on bug fixes rather than new features. The release addresses several gaming regressions, including broken ambient occlusion in The Chronicles of Riddick, page faults in Doom Eternal on the new AMD RX 9070, and lighting issues in Horizon Forbidden West. Driver improvements are highlighted by Intel ANV fixes for compute-pass timing on Panther Lake hardware and AMD RADV corrections for ray-tracing workloads on NAVI32 GPUs. Additional patches cover Vulkan video codec accuracy for AV1 and H265 encoding, a Raspberry Pi 5 decoder crash, and various stability enhancements across other open-source graphics drivers.

Mesa 26.1.6 Released: AMD RX 9070, Riddick, and RDNA 4 Fixes @ Linux Compatible