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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 2026.03.3#

Desktop App#

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

Build Assistant

  • A new Build Assistant can automatically analyze and fix project container build failures.

  • Connect an NVIDIA endpoint, and the Build Assistant will suggest fixes that you review before rebuilding.

  • A new Inference section in Settings lets you pick the endpoint used by the Build Assistant.

  • See more information in the Build Assistant guide.

Clone and Detach

  • You can now clone a project and detach it from the upstream repository, including through deep links.

  • Detaching resets the git history and creates a fresh commit that records where the project came from.

  • See more information in the Clone, Publish, and Delete Projects guide.

Non-Project Clone

  • You can now clone any Git repository, even if it isn’t an AI Workbench project.

  • When cloning a non-project repo, you are prompted to select a base environment to convert it.

  • See more information in the Work with Any Git Repository guide.

Brev Improvements

  • Improved shutdown flows for Brev locations with new close modals for stoppable and non-stoppable instances.

  • Updated the Add Remote Location modal.

  • See more information in the Brev locations guide.

CLI#

The following features and improvements were added to the CLI:

  • New commands for controlling the Build Assistant from the CLI.

  • The nvwb clone project command now supports a --detach flag to detach the cloned repo from upstream.

  • You can now clone any Git repository with nvwb clone project, even if it is not an AI Workbench project.

  • If a context is created from NVIDIA Sync and enrolled in Tailscale, AI Workbench can now connect through Tailscale. See the Tailscale guide.

  • CPU instances are now available when provisioning remote contexts through Brev.

  • Improved error output with clearer, more actionable messages from structured errors.

Service#

The following features and improvements were added to the Service:

  • Added the Build Assistant internals, model catalog, inference client, and API.

  • Added support for clone and detach workflows and non-project clone with base environment selection.

Credential Manager#

  • Added initial support for connecting to NVIDIA LLM endpoints, enabling the Build Assistant feature.

Documentation#

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