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What’s New in AI Workbench?#

Overview#

Read this page to get information about:

  • New features across all components (Desktop App, CLI, Service, and Credential Manager).

  • Latest documentation updates and new example projects.

  • Recent improvements and enhancements.

  • Links to detailed release notes.

Check this page after each release to get info on what’s changed.

Release Version 2026.06.5#

Desktop App#

The following features and improvements were added to the Desktop App:

onStart.bash Script

  • A new onStart.bash script runs each time the project container starts, giving you a place to initialize the running container without rebuilding the image.

  • Edit the script from Environment > Scripts in the Desktop App alongside preBuild.bash and postBuild.bash.

  • See more information in the onStart.bash Script guide.

Ubuntu 26.04

  • AI Workbench now supports Ubuntu 26.04 for Desktop App installations.

  • See more information in the support matrix.

CLI#

The following features and improvements were added to the CLI:

  • nvwb edit script now supports onStart.bash. Open and edit the startup script directly from the CLI. See the onStart.bash Script guide.

Service#

The following features and improvements were added to the Service:

  • Added the onStart.bash startup script, which runs each time the project container starts. The script runs as the project user with temporary passwordless sudo and can access the mounted project files. The UI reports a failed or timed-out startup if the script does not complete successfully.

  • Added Ubuntu 26.04 support to full local and remote installer workflows.

  • AI Workbench now selects between the open and proprietary NVIDIA kernel module driver when installing a missing GPU driver on Linux. See AI Workbench Support Matrix.

Credential Manager#

  • Improved reliability of NVIDIA Inference credential validation.

Documentation#

New Pages

Updated

  • Updated the support matrix, install guides, and location reference to include Ubuntu 26.04.

  • Added Linux GPU driver selection behavior and failure scenarios to the support matrix and install guides.

  • Updated release notes for the 2026.06.5 release.