15 June 2026

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15 June 2026
Notes for weekly communication of ongoing projects and modules.

Modules & Projects

New Features and Changes

This is a selection of changes that happened over the last week. For a full overview including fixes, code only changes and more visit projects.blender.org.

Assets

  • Show banner in asset browser when online access is disabled (commit) - (Julian Eisel)
  • Correct warning icon use (commit) - (Julian Eisel)

Compositor

  • Port Compare node (commit) - (Cristian Ivana)
  • Port Float To Int node (commit) - (Cristian Ivana)

Core

  • Add new CTX_data_ui_context_access_deny API (commit) - (Jesse Yurkovich)

Cycles

  • Improve smooth thin glass shadow (commit) - (Weizhen Huang)

Extensions

  • Clear “Continue Offline” flag on disabling online access (commit) - (Julian Eisel)

File Browser

  • Change New Folder shortcut to Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+N (commit) - (John Kiril Swenson)

GPU

  • Add ability to disable mipmap updates (commit) - (Sean Kim)

Geometry Nodes

  • Simulation catalog for dynamics assets (commit) - (Hans Goudey)
  • Remove replaced panels API (commit) - (Hans Goudey)
  • Profile markers for RNA registration and tree update (commit) - (Hans Goudey)
  • Drag-to-search visibility for Index Switch node (commit) - (Brady Johnston)
  • Add Grease Pencil Input nodes (commit) - (quackarooni)
  • Drag-to-search visibility for Repeat zone (commit) - (Brady Johnston)

Nodes

  • Make node socket padding more consistent (commit) - (W_Cloud)

Paint

  • Add more profile markers (commit) - (Sean Kim)

Platform

  • Support library path for system-wide Unix installs (commit) - (Campbell Barton)

Texture Paint

  • Apply trivial parallelization to update_pixels (commit) - (Sean Kim)

UI

  • Asset Browser: Add missing icons to menus (commit) - (Pablo Vazquez)
  • Add missing ‘X’ icons to delete operators (commit) - (Eitan Traurig)
  • File Browser: Add icons to context menu (commit) - (Pablo Vazquez)
  • File Browser: Add Show Hidden to View menu (commit) - (Pablo Vazquez)
  • Add missing delete and duplicate icons (commit) - (Eitan Traurig)

USD

  • Export normals based on Blender internal data model (commit) - (Marc Bourny)

Weekly Reports

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