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Release Notes#

Release 2.1.1-variant#

This release contains the following model update.

Qwen3.8-27B#

This is the initial release of Qwen3.8-27B. For more information on this model, refer to the model card.

Follow the instructions in the Get Started with Qwen3.8-27B guide to deploy a NIM VLM container with this model.

For GPU support, refer to the support matrix for Qwen3.8-27B.

Note the following limitation:

  • Video inference requires an external FFmpeg/libav mount. FFmpeg 8 is preferred. Set the following environment variables to mount FFmpeg/libav:

    -e PATH=/opt/external-ffmpeg/bin:$PATH
-e LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/external-ffmpeg/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-v /path/to/external-ffmpeg:/opt/external-ffmpeg:ro

For information about past updates and older versions, refer to the previous release notes.