Release Notes

AI Workbench Component Versions:

Date: April 2026

New features and improvements:

• (CLI) Adds Brev integration to the CLI.
• (Desktop) Adds NVIDIA Brev integration and location creation within the Desktop App.
• (Desktop) Improves Brev integration by disabling non-running Brev locations and blocking adding non-stoppable instances, i.e. Lambda Labs.
• (Desktop) Improves Compose UX by blocking edits while Compose is running.
• (Desktop) Improves the non-interactive install by removing the Git author configuration step.
• (Service) Adds project container custom CA advanced settings.

Bug fixes:

• (Service) Fixes an issue with fresh install failure for Podman selected on macOS.
• (Service) Fixes an install issue with Podman when getting rate limited by GitHub.

New and updated example projects on GitHub:

• Workbench Onboarding (new)
• Downloadable NIM (new)
• PDF-to-Podcast (updated)

New features:

New features:

• (CLI) Add CLI support to configure a cloud instance on Brev as an AI Workbench location. For more information, see Add a Brev Instance.
• (Desktop) Add UI support to create a deep link to a project on GitHub or GitLab. For more information, see Use a Clone Deep Link.
• (Desktop) You can now filter your projects view. For more information, see Project Structure.
• (Desktop) You can now edit files in your project in a simple editor. For more information, see Project Structure.
• (Desktop) Add additional support to create a new branch. For more information, see Version Control in AI Workbench.

Bug fixes:

• (All) An issue when you install AI Workbench on Windows with Docker Desktop 4.35.x and later has been resolved.
• (All) Compose files that contain multiple services with the same profile are now only listed once.

New features:

• (CLI) Add support for sharing projects in development to collaborate. For more information, see Use a Clone Deep Link.
• (All) Add support for sharing your running application for testing and demonstrating. For more information, see Share a Web Application.
• (All) Add support for Git branching, merging, and managing conflicts. For more information, see Version Control in AI Workbench.
• (All) Add support for multiple containers by using Docker Compose. For more information, see Multi-Container Environments (Docker Compose).
• (All) Add 2 new example projects: Multimodal Virtual Assistant and Competition Kernel. For more information, see NVIDIA AI Workbench Example Projects.
• (Desktop) Add dark mode. For more information, see AI Workbench Settings.
• (Desktop) Add timeout seconds to the app add and edit forms.
• (CLI) Add support for opening a file in VS Code, if installed, or in the default editor.

New features:

• (All) On windows and macOS, the AI Workbench installer now also installs Docker Desktop.
• (Desktop) New settings button on window headers to access the AI Workbench settings. For more information, see AI Workbench Settings.
• (CLI) The support bundle now includes full server info and project logs. For more information, see Logs, Runtime Files and Error Reports.
• (CLI) Add optional timeout-seconds field to application configuration. For more information, see AI Workbench Project Specification.

New features:

• (Desktop) Enhanced system menus; added location and description for active windows.

Bug fixes:

New features:

• (All) Added support for password-protected SSH keys. For more information, see Remote Locations.
• (All) Added support for Ubuntu 24.04. For more information, see Install on Ubuntu Desktop.
• (Desktop) Added support for updating pre-build and post-build scripts for environments.
• (Desktop) Installer now recommends a container runtime based on your operating system. For more information, see AI Workbench Container Runtimes.
• (CLI) Added a new CLI command to create a support bundle. For more information, see Logs, Runtime Files and Error Reports.
• (Manager) Improved error message when connecting by using an NGC Personal Key.
• (Service) Added new field tagFilterRegex to NCG default base images to filter out tags that do not match the regex.

Bug fixes:

• (Service) The installer now correctly offers to install GPU drivers when they are missing.

New features:

• (All) The installer now doesn’t offer Podman option on operating systems that don’t support it. For more information, see AI Workbench Container Runtimes.
• (All) Now capture all email addresses for users with multiple Git email addresses. For more information, see Integrations and Credentials.
• (Desktop) User interface improvements including new tooltips.
• (Desktop) You can now delete a project from the home page.
• (CLI) Added new commands add package, remove package, and list packages.
• (Service) You can now configure and define a secret/mount in a single operation.
• (Service) You can now specify a location for the log file for custom applications.
• (Service) For custom applications you can now set an optional field StartTimeoutSeconds for the time to wait for the application to start.
• (Service) Updated the minimum supported version of windows 10.

Release 2024.03.4 is the initial generally available (GA) version of AI Workbench.