Production Branch (PB)#
A Production Branch (PB) contains production-ready AI frameworks and SDK branches to provide API stability and a secure environment for building mission-critical AI applications.
For lifecycle policy and support timelines, refer to the Production Branch (PB) in the Lifecycle Policy. Learn more about NVIDIA AI Enterprise release branches in the NVIDIA AI Enterprise Release Branches document.
Production Branch - October 2025 (PB 25h2)#
The following table provides release information and support timelines for Production Branch - October 2025 (PB 25h2):
PB Collection on NGC |
|
|---|---|
Government Ready PB Collection |
Production Branch Government Ready - October 2025 (PB 25h2) |
First planned release [3] |
October 2025 |
Last planned release |
June 2026 |
Planned End of Life (EOL) |
July 2026 |
Government Ready Versions |
STIG hardened, FIPS enabled versions are available for some products. Refer to the table below. |
Compatible Infrastructure Release |
Use the latest NVIDIA AI Enterprise Infra Release 7 on the NGC Catalog. |
Support Matrix |
The following table lists all products included in Production Branch - October 2025 (PB 25h2) with their versions, Government Ready availability, and product documentation links:
Name |
Version |
Government Ready Versions |
Product Documentation |
|---|---|---|---|
CUDA Deep Learning |
25.08 |
Yes for x86 |
|
Multi-LLM NIM |
1.14 |
Yes for x86 |
|
NVIDIA NIM Llama-3.1-70b-instruct |
1.14 |
Yes for x86 |
|
NVIDIA NIM Llama-3.3-nemotron-super-49b-v1.5 [5] |
1.14 |
Yes for x86 |
|
NVIDIA Holoscan SDK |
3.3 |
No |
|
NVIDIA Retrieval QA Llama 3.2 1B Embedding v2 [5] |
1.11.0 |
Yes for x86 |
|
NVIDIA Retrieval QA Llama 3.2 1B Reranking v2 [5] |
1.9.0 |
Yes for x86 |
|
NVIDIA TensorRT |
25.08-py |
Yes for x86 |
|
NVIDIA Triton Inference Server |
|
Yes for x86 |
|
NVIDIA TAO |
|
Yes for x86 |
|
PyTorch |
25.08-py |
Yes for x86 |
|
RAPIDS [5] |
25.08.02-runtime |
Yes for x86 |
|
RAPIDS Accelerator for Apache Spark [5] |
v25.10 |
No |
New Features - Government Ready
This release introduces a significant new baseline for security, Government Ready, for most x86 container images. Government Ready containers meet software security requirements for use within FedRAMP High or equivalent Sovereign use cases while providing matching functionality with standard NVIDIA software.
Government Ready containers are built on Canonical’s Ubuntu 24.04 STIG-hardened base image and include FIPS-enabled versions of common cryptography libraries. These containers can be deployed the same as normal containers and require a FIPS-enabled Linux kernel on the host machine to utilize FIPS mode.
For detailed information about Government Ready containers, including technical implementation details, STIG and FIPS 140-3 standards, deployment instructions, and verification procedures, refer to Government Ready Containers.
Production Branch - May 2025 (PB 25h1)#
The following table provides release information and support timelines for Production Branch - May 2025 (PB 25h1):
PB Collection on NGC |
|
|---|---|
First planned release |
May 2025 |
Last planned release |
December 2025 |
Planned End of Life (EOL) |
January 2026 |
Compatible Infrastructure Release |
Use the latest NVIDIA AI Enterprise Infra Release 6 on the NGC Catalog. |
Support Matrix |
The following table lists all products included in Production Branch - May 2025 (PB 25h1) with their versions and product documentation links:
Name |
Version |
Product Documentation |
|---|---|---|
NVIDIA NIM Llama-3.1-8b-instruct [2] |
1.10 |
|
NVIDIA NIM Llama-3.1-70b-instruct [2] |
1.10 |
|
NVIDIA DeepStream SDK [2] |
N/A |
|
NVIDIA Holoscan SDK [2] |
3.3.0 |
|
NVIDIA Morpheus |
25.02-runtime |
|
NVIDIA TensorRT |
25.03-py |
|
NVIDIA Triton Inference Server |
|
|
NVIDIA NIM Retrieval QA E5 Embedding v5 [2] |
1.8.0 |
|
PyTorch |
25.03-py |
|
RAPIDS |
25.02-runtime |
|
RAPIDS Accelerator for Apache Spark |
25.02.1 |
Production Branch - October 2024 (PB 24h2) - EOL#
Important
This branch reached end-of-life in July 2025. No further updates will be provided.
The following table provides archived release information for Production Branch - October 2024 (PB 24h2):
PB Collection on NGC |
|
|---|---|
First planned release |
October 2024 |
Last planned release |
June 2025 |
Planned End of Life (EOL) |
July 2025 |
Compatible Infrastructure Release |
Use the latest NVIDIA AI Enterprise Infra Release 6 or NVIDIA AI Enterprise Infra Release 5 on the NGC Catalog. |
Support Matrix |
The following table lists products that were included in Production Branch - October 2024 (PB 24h2):
Name |
Version |
Product Documentation |
|---|---|---|
Deep Graph Library (DGL) |
24.08-py3 |
|
NVIDIA NIM Llama-3.1-8b-instruct [1] |
1.3 |
|
NVIDIA NIM Llama-3.1-70b-instruct [1] |
1.3 |
|
NVIDIA DeepStream SDK |
7.1-triton-x86 |
|
NVIDIA Holoscan SDK |
24.08 |
|
NVIDIA Morpheus |
24.06-runtime |
|
NVIDIA TensorRT |
24.08-py3 |
|
NVIDIA Triton Inference Server |
|
|
NVIDIA NIM Retrieval QA E5 Embedding v5 [1] |
1.2 |
|
PyTorch |
24.08-py3 |
|
PyTorch Geometric (PyG) |
24.08-py3 |
|
RAPIDS |
24.06-runtime |
|
RAPIDS Accelerator for Apache Spark |
24.06.02 |
|
TensorFlow 2 |
24.08-tf2-py3 |
Production Branch - May 2024 (PB 24h1) - EOL#
Important
This branch reached end-of-life in January 2025. No further updates will be provided.
The following table provides archived release information for Production Branch - May 2024 (PB 24h1):
PB Collection on NGC |
|
|---|---|
First planned release |
May 2024 |
Last planned release |
December 2024 |
Planned End of Life (EOL) |
January 2025 |
Compatible Infrastructure Release |
Use the latest NVIDIA AI Enterprise Infra Release 5 as a supported configuration. |
Support Matrix |
The following table lists products that were included in Production Branch - May 2024 (PB 24h1):
Name |
Version |
Product Documentation |
|---|---|---|
NVIDIA MONAI Toolkit |
24.03-py3 |
|
NVIDIA Morpheus |
24.02-runtime |
|
NVIDIA TensorRT |
24.03-py3 |
|
NVIDIA Triton Inference Server |
|
|
PyTorch |
24.03-py3 |
|
RAPIDS |
24.02-runtime |
|
RAPIDS Accelerator for Apache Spark |
24.02 |
|
TensorFlow 2 |
24.03-tf2-py3 |
Production Branch - October 2023 (PB 23h2) - EOL#
Important
This branch reached end-of-life in July 2024. No further updates will be provided.
The following table provides archived release information for Production Branch - October 2023 (PB 23h2):
PB Collection on NGC |
|
|---|---|
First planned release |
October 2023 |
Last planned release |
June 2024 |
Planned End of Life (EOL) |
July 2024 |
Compatible Infrastructure Release |
Use the latest NVIDIA AI Enterprise Infra Release 5 as a supported configuration. |
The following table lists products that were included in Production Branch - October 2023 (PB 23h2):
Name |
Version |
Product Documentation |
|---|---|---|
NVIDIA Holoscan SDK |
23.10 |
|
NVIDIA TensorRT |
23.08-py3 |
|
NVIDIA Triton Inference Server |
|
|
PyTorch |
23.08-py3 |
|
RAPIDS |
23.06-runtime |
|
TensorFlow 2 |
23.08-tf2-py3 |
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