Release Notes#

Current Release#

Version: 1.2.0
Release Date: 04 August 2025

Features:

  • This is an incremental release on top of RC4.1 providing fixes for issues found on RC4.1 The notes provided under RC4.1 apply for this incremental release too.

  • Issues fixed are listed below:

    • Updated docker and helm to public registry.

    • Updated tags for the helm and docker images.

    • Sanity for deployment on EMT.

  • Limited support for EMT 3.0 based deployment. CPU-only configuration supported.

  • Images for all required microservices uploaded and available on Docker registry.

Known Issues/Limitations (Consolidated):#

  • Deployment on EMF is not supported. - Open

  • RWOnce PVC access mode not supported. - Open

  • Users are required to build the images and use the sample application. Docker images are not available yet on public registries (pending approvals). - Closed

  • Occasionally, the VLM/OVMS models may generate repetitive responses in a loop. - Open

  • HW sizing of the Search/Summary pipeline is in progress. Optimization of the pipelines will follow HW sizing. - Open

  • VLM models on GPUs currently support only microsoft/Phi-3.5-vision-instruct. - Open

  • The Helm chart presently supports only CPU deployments. - Open

  • Video summary with mini_cpm model not working on Xeon® 4 and Xeon® 6 machines. - Open

Previous releases#

Version: RC4.1
Release Date: 29 July 2025

Features:

  • This is an incremental release on top of RC4 providing fixes for issues found on RC4. The notes provided under RC4 apply for this incremental release too.

  • Issues fixed are listed below:

    • Error message is displayed on the UI when invalid video is uploaded in both video summary and video search modes.

    • Only mp4 format is supported currently. For other formats, error message is displayed on the UI.

    • Fix to ensure that the sample application can be shutdown in a terminal different from the one in which it was started.

    • A few minor documentation issues have been fixed.

    • Provided a means to manage the PVC in values.yaml file.

    • Fixed an issue where video summary progress is kept in the pipeline manager service even if the specific video summary is deleted

    • Issues around tag handling for videos has been fixed.

    • Trouble shooting section updated with observed useful information.

    • Enabled a minimum configuration of video summary to work on older Xeon configurations. Note that there is no official support for versions of Xeon earlier than Xeon 4.

Version: RC4
Release Date: 18 June 2025

Features:

  • Added helm chart for summary and search.

  • Streamlined microservices names and folder structure.

  • Updated documentation.

  • Reuse of VLM services with updates for Metro AI suite.

  • Addressed various issues and bugs from the previous builds.

  • Unified Search and Summary Use Case: Integration of search and summarization capabilities into a single deployment experience. Users can select the use case deployment at runtime.

  • Elimination of Datastore Microservice Dependency: Simplified architecture by removing reliance on the datastore microservice.

  • Nginx Support: Added compatibility for both Helm and Docker Compose-based deployments.

  • Streamlined Build, Deployment and Documentation: Introduction of a setup script to simplify service build and deployment processes.

HW used for validation:

  • Intel® Xeon® 5 + Intel® Arc™ B580 GPU

  • Vanilla Kubernetes Cluster