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17+ Change log for November 21, 2025 Vulkan 1.4.334 spec update:
18+
19+ Github Issues
20+
21+ * Cleanup VkComputePipelineCreateInfo layout reuse restriction language
22+ (public issue 2612).
23+ * De-alias VkPhysicalDeviceRayTracingInvocationReorderFeaturesNV from
24+ VkPhysicalDeviceRayTracingInvocationReorderFeaturesEXT and restore the
25+ original enum value for
26+ VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE_RAY_TRACING_INVOCATION_REORDER_FEATURES_NV,
27+ after realizing the aliasing was done incorrectly and that the
28+ underlying SPIR-V extensions were not identical (public issue 2620).
29+
30+ Internal Issues
31+
32+ * Clarify that VkSparseImageFormatProperties::imageGranularity is always
33+ in terms of texels (internal issue 4430).
34+ * Merge remaining vendor and EXT extension markup in separate files into
35+ the chapters they are included from (internal issue 4516).
36+ * Add VkDescriptorSetLayoutBinding VU to disallow mix and matching of
37+ immutable YCbCr samplers (internal issue 4521).
38+ * Clarify YCbCr shader restrictions in runtime SPIR-V VUs and the
39+ <<textures-operation-validation, Instruction/Sampler/Image View
40+ Validation>> section (internal issues 4532, 4544).
41+ * Use "`for each element`" instead of "`for any element`" in all relevant
42+ VUs (internal issue 4534).
43+ * Add a NOTE that images created with vkImportMetalTextureInfoEXT require
44+ no memory binding operations (internal MR 6738).
45+ * Add a NOTE at the end of the <<features-requirements, Feature
46+ Requirements>> section that the formatRgba10x6WithoutYCbCrSampler
47+ feature may not be supported on older implementations (internal MR
48+ 7445).
49+ * Add a common image copy VU banning depth/stencil copies when the source
50+ and destination aspects do not match (internal MR 7770).
51+ * Clarify that VkSamplerCreateInfo::addressModeW is ignored with
52+ unnormalizedCoordinates (internal MR 7796)
53+ * Add missing VK_INDIRECT_COMMANDS_TOKEN_TYPE_DRAW_INDEXED_EXT to
54+ VkIndirectCommandsLayoutCreateInfoEXT VU 11104 (internal MR 7805).
55+ * Add missing vkCmdExecuteGeneratedCommandsEXT VU constraining compute
56+ commands inside a render pass instance (internal MR 7807).
57+ * Remove un-needed conditional markup from standalone SPIR-V VUs (internal
58+ MR 7836).
59+ * Fix descriptorCount restriction in common pipeline create info VU 07991
60+ (internal MR 7842).
61+ * Use globally consistent phrasing when describing a requirement for USAGE
62+ flags to be set (internal MR 7842).
63+
64+ '''
65+
66+ Change log for November 14, 2025 Vulkan 1.4.333 spec update:
67+
68+ Github Issues
69+
70+ * Fix `const` pNext in returnedonly="true" structs (public PR 2601).
71+ * Update description of queue objects to omit "`execution engines`"
72+ (public issue 2604).
73+
74+ Internal Issues
75+
76+ * Add CI checks in xml_consistency.py for cases where pNext members must
77+ not be `const` (internal issue 2734).
78+ * Use "`for each element`" instead of "`for any element`" in VUs for ray
79+ tracing extensions, and document this pattern in the style guide
80+ (internal issue 4534).
81+ * Add acceleration structures to vkUpdateDescriptorSetWithTemplate VU
82+ 01685 (internal issue 4536).
83+ * Add common query results VUs restricting
84+ VK_QUERY_RESULT_WITH_STATUS_BIT_KHR based on the query type (internal
85+ issue 4484).
86+ * Fix `const` pNext in VkPhysicalDeviceDataGraphModelFeaturesQCOM
87+ (internal MR 7804).
88+ * Merge INTEL, NN, NV, QCOM, and QNX extension markup in separate files
89+ into the chapters they are included from (internal issue 4516).
90+ * Update pipeline library dependency explanation in the
91+ VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline extension appendix (internal MR 7828).
92+
93+ New Extensions
94+
95+ * VK_EXT_custom_resolve
96+ * VK_EXT_ray_tracing_invocation_reorder
97+
98+ '''
99+
100+ Change log for November 7, 2025 Vulkan 1.4.332 spec update:
101+
102+ Github Issues
103+
104+ * Generate refpage aliases in Antora site build and remove now-redundant
105+ 'alias' attributes from refpage markup (public PRs 2610, 2611).
106+ * Remove 'returnedonly' XML attribute from
107+ VkPhysicalDeviceFragmentDensityMapLayeredFeaturesVALVE (public PR 2607).
108+
109+ Internal Issues
110+
111+ * Require contiguous memory per plane for multiplanar images, instead of
112+ for the entire image, in common image copy and image layout transition
113+ VUs (internal issue 3344).
114+ * Attempt to clarify <<interfaces-raypipeline, ray payload matching
115+ requirements>> (internal issue 4373).
116+ * Clarify fragment density map texel size calculation with dynamic
117+ rendering in the <<fragmentdensitymap-fetch-density-value, Fetch Density
118+ Value>> section (internal issue 4480).
119+ * Improve host synchronization NOTE for VkBufferMemoryBarrier (internal
120+ issue 4504).
121+ * Add VkQueryPoolCreateInfo VU to require queue family support for
122+ status-only query pool creation (internal issue 4511).
123+ * Make chapter markup filenames consistent with the extension names they
124+ document (internal issue 4516).
125+ * Merge AMD extension markup in separate files into the chapters it is
126+ included from (internal issue 4516).
127+ * Add missing VUs that VkDeviceOrHostAddressKHR cannot be null in
128+ ray-tracing extensions (internal MR 7613).
129+ * Add conditional markup to glossary for compute- and graphics-specific
130+ terms (internal MR 7752).
131+ * Add missing common push descriptor template VU (internal MR 7772).
132+ * Replace use of refpage attribute in SPIR-V VUIDs with `Standalone` or
133+ `Runtime` as appropriate (internal MR 7773).
134+ * Add missing VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2 dependencies to XML
135+ (internal MR 7777).
136+ * Add autogenerated "Equivalent to" for promoted APIs (internal MR 7779)
137+ and add CI test for old usage (internal MR 7798).
138+ * Take VkShaderModuleCreateInfo into account for pipeline binary matching
139+ in VkPipelineBinaryInfoKHR (internal MR 7785).
140+ * Replace "`indifferent of`" with "`regardless of`" and add CI test
141+ (internal MR 7799).
142+
143+ New Extensions
144+
145+ * VK_QCOM_data_graph_model
146+
147+ '''
148+
149+ Change log for October 31, 2025 Vulkan 1.4.331 spec update:
150+
151+ Internal Issues
152+
153+ * Clarify treatment of zero shader binding table addresses in common ray
154+ tracing VUs (internal issue 4460).
155+ * Add vkGetDescriptorSetLayoutSizeEXT VU for descriptor set layout with
156+ the PUSH_DESCRIPTOR bit set (internal issue 4473).
157+ * Add introductory paragraph to the <<dense-geometry-format, Dense
158+ Geometry Format Version 1>> section (internal issue 4519).
159+ * Add a runtime SPIR-V VU to ensure that any pointer a BDA uses is inside
160+ a valid VkBuffer (internal MR 7754).
161+ * Refactor <<queries, Queries>> chapter for parts which are optional in
162+ Vulkan Base compute / graphics profiles (internal MR 7756).
163+ * Add missing VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryDecompressionPropertiesEXT VU that
164+ decompressionMethods is valid (internal MR 7760).
165+ * Remove `const` from VkPhysicalDevicePresentationPropertiesOHOS::pNext
166+ (internal MR 7762).
167+ * Clarify <<textures-blockmatch, Block Matching>> blockSize behavior with
168+ `VK_QCOM_image_processing` (internal MR 7764).
169+
170+ New Extensions
171+
172+ * VK_ARM_performance_counters_by_region
173+ * VK_OHOS_external_memory
174+
175+ '''
176+
177+ Change log for October 24, 2025 Vulkan 1.4.330 spec update:
178+
179+ Github Issues
180+
181+ * Fix mip level sizing (public issue 2588).
182+
183+ Internal Issues
184+
185+ * Allow multiple VkAccelerationStructure objects to refer to the same
186+ range of memory (internal issue 4105).
187+ * Add a NOTE to vkCmdBuildAccelerationStructuresKHR about buffer vs device
188+ address alignment (internal issue 4368).
189+ * Remove redundant VkFramebufferCreateInfo VU 10917 (internal issue 4448).
190+ * Remove the "`depth write is enabled`" clause from common draw validity
191+ VU 08964 when performing depth tests against UNDEFINED depth attachment
192+ formats (internal issue 4455).
193+ * Redirect refpages in registry.khronos.org/vulkan to docs.vulkan.org, now
194+ that the refpages are a component of the docs site (internal issue
195+ 4456).
196+ * Use "`bound to memory`" instead of "`fully resident`" to describe source
197+ memory regions in VUs for VkCopyMemoryIndirectInfoKHR and
198+ VkCopyMemoryToImageIndirectInfoKHR (internal issue 4458).
199+ * Remove legacy and unimplemented _COINCIDE_ limitation from
200+ vkGetPhysicalDeviceVideoFormatPropertiesKHR (internal issue 4461).
201+ * Fix and improve buffer usage VUs for vkCmdBindDescriptorBuffersEXT and
202+ VkDescriptorBufferBindingInfoEXT (internal issue 4469).
203+ * Suppress warnings about unresolved anchors from the Antora markup
204+ conversion scripts (internal issue 4481).
205+ * Fix VkRenderingInfo VUs to use "`each element`" instead of "`any
206+ element`" (internal issue 4474).
207+ * Add initial Vulkan Base support (internal MR 6239).
208+ * Use "`legacy`" and "`superseded`" in spec language for functionality
209+ which is no longer recommended, instead of "`deprecated`" (internal MR
210+ 7693).
211+ * Fix XML attributes for VkWriteDescriptorSetTensorARM and
212+ VkDescriptorGetTensorInfoARM so implicit VU statements allow NULL
213+ descriptors (internal MR 7720).
214+ * Add common set descriptor buffer offsets VUs disallowing calling
215+ vkCmdSetDescriptorBufferOffsets on a Push Descriptor set (internal MR
216+ 7721).
217+ * Track selector and selection for unions in vulkanobject (internal MR
218+ 7723).
219+ * Add missing VkVideoSessionCreateInfoKHR and vkCmdBeginVideoCodingKHR VUs
220+ restricting a video session's queue family index (internal MR 7730).
221+ * Add a new implicit VU for suspended render passes (internal MR 7737).
222+ * Refactor description of the layout of <<queries-operation-memorylayout,
223+ query results>> in memory (internal MR 7738).
224+ * Refactor Images and Image Operations chapters to (mostly) not be
225+ included when building Vulkan Base, as they are mostly compute
226+ operations (internal MR 7748).
227+
228+ New Extensions
229+
230+ * VK_KHR_maintenance10
231+ * VK_EXT_memory_decompression (public issue 2341)
232+ * VK_EXT_shader_64bit_indexing
233+ * VK_EXT_shader_uniform_buffer_unsized_array
234+ * VK_OHOS_native_buffer
235+
236+ '''
237+
238+ Change log for October 10, 2025 Vulkan 1.4.329 spec update:
239+
240+ Github Issues
241+
242+ * Fix formatting in indirect_memory_copy_common.adoc (public PR 2593).
243+ * Fix malformed curved double quotes in writing.adoc (public PR 2592).
244+ * Fix some spelling errors (public PR 2591).
245+ * Clean up `VK_QCOM_tile_shading.adoc` proposal (public PR 2590).
246+ * Add runtime SPIR-V validation VU for 8-bit input/output (public issue
247+ 2595).
248+
249+ Internal Issues
250+
251+ * Unify GPL and Shader Object fragment state requirements (internal issue
252+ 4449).
253+ * Unify fragmentShadingRate for GPL and Shader Object (internal issue
254+ 4452).
255+ * Fix enumerant markup in some generated VUs (internal issue 4459).
256+ * Use correct vendorTag for extensions in vulkan object (internal issue
257+ 4465).
258+ * Add CI check for new dispatchable handle types, to make sure the working
259+ group has time to examine impact on downstream tooling (internal issue
260+ 4472).
261+ * Autogenerate "Or the equivalent" text for promoted tokens (internal MR
262+ 7627).
263+ * Fix typos in VK_KHR_copy_memory_indirect common VUs (internal MR 7698).
264+ * Remove old Queue enum in vulkan object (internal MR 7692).
265+ * Move VkDescriptorImageInfo VU 00344 to common draw dispatch VUs
266+ (internal MR 7701).
267+ * Add more address range VUs, and move strided address range in line with
268+ other MRs (internal MR 7704).
269+ * Add structs to extensions for vulkan object (internal MR 7708).
270+ * Allow degenerate triangles to be skipped for transform feedback
271+ (internal MR 7714).
272+
273+ New Extensions
274+
275+ * VK_KHR_shader_fma
276+
277+ '''
278+
17279Change log for September 25, 2025 Vulkan 1.4.328 spec update:
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19281Github Issues
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