Deadline Cloud release notes
This page contains information about the latest releases and updates to AWS Deadline Cloud.
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| 2026-10-07 | View the resources each user or group can access | You can now see every farm, queue, and fleet that a single user or group in your identity store can access. In the Deadline Cloud console, the new Resource access tab in User management lists those resources across all AWS Regions. A Granted through column shows whether a user received each access level directly or inherited it from a group. You can audit and change a user's or group's access from one place, instead of opening each resource in turn. In the Deadline Cloud monitor, a user with access to only a sub resource of a farm can now reach it from the Farms page. A queue or fleet is one such sub resource. Based on each user's membership, the monitor also disables actions that the user can't take and hides paths that the user can't reach. The new ListMemberships API powers these features. |
| 2026-09-29 | Run jobs in containers on Linux service-managed fleets | You can now run jobs inside a container on Linux service-managed fleets. Enable the Docker software add-on on your fleet, then choose the Docker queue environment and an Amazon ECR image URI on your queue. Deadline Cloud configures a rootless container runtime on every worker and pulls your image. Job templates need no container commands or image references, so existing job bundles work unchanged. |
| 2026-09-29 | Expressions in job templates | Job templates that list the new EXPR extension can now contain expressions. Expressions cover arithmetic, conditionals, string and path operations, and list comprehensions in a Python-style syntax. |
| 2026-09-29 | Wrap actions change how job actions run | An environment that lists the new WRAP_ACTIONS extension can now wrap the actions of the environments and tasks inside it. Three new actions, onWrapEnvEnter, onWrapTaskRun, and onWrapEnvExit, receive the wrapped action's command, arguments, timeout, and environment variables. They wrap a task's command safely. Use cases include containers, Rez, and other instrumentation. |
| 2026-09-29 | Higher job template limits and usability improvements |
With the new FEATURE_BUNDLE_1 extension, job templates support up to 200 job parameters, up from 50, and job, step, and environment names up to 512 characters. You can use format strings in more places, and actions accept a python, bash, cmd, powershell, or node shortcut that takes a script inline. |
| 2026-09-29 | Assistant now uses Claude Sonnet 4.6 | The Deadline Cloud assistant now uses Anthropic Claude Sonnet 4.6 as its foundation model, replacing Claude Sonnet 4.5. Responses are more concise and arrive faster. You don't need to take any action, because the assistant's existing Amazon Bedrock IAM policy works unchanged. |
| 2026-09-28 | Deadline Cloud Monitor 1.3.0 | The Deadline Cloud Monitor desktop application now supports two more ways to sign in. You can sign in with the AWS Management Console, which connects to a monitor with an existing console session, or with an AWS profile that you already have. When you choose Submit Job Bundle, the monitor now opens a job bundle browser in place of a folder picker. You can browse job bundles on your computer, job bundles that your team shared through Amazon S3, and job bundles that you submitted before, and you can review a bundle's steps and parameters before you submit it. To share a bundle with your team, save it to Amazon S3 from the submitter. This release also upgrades the Deadline client to version 0.60.7, and adds a startup warning when the AppImage runs on Ubuntu 22.04, where it cannot load profiles. On Ubuntu 22.04, install the deb package instead. It fixes bugs in macOS window behavior, session expiry, application updates, themes, and the Linux packages. |
| 2026-09-14 | Blender 5.2 support and LTS updates | Deadline Cloud now supports Blender 5.2. You can submit render and compositing jobs from Blender 5.2 to your Deadline Cloud render farm. We also updated Blender 4.5 LTS from 4.5.10 to 4.5.13 and Blender 4.2 LTS from 4.2.21 to 4.2.23 with upstream stability fixes. |
| 2026-08-31 | Deadline Cloud Monitor adds a step dependency graph view | In the Deadline Cloud Monitor, you can now switch the Steps panel between a table view and a graph view. The graph shows each step as a node and its dependencies as edges, so you can quickly see the order of execution. Choose a node to select its step, or choose View step dependencies to filter the panel to related steps. |
| 2026-08-24 | Share and browse job bundles in the Deadline Cloud client |
You can now share job bundles with everyone on a queue using Deadline Cloud client 0.60.5. A new job bundle browser in the job submitter lets you browse and preview bundles from your queue, your local filesystem, or your job submission history. New deadline bundle CLI commands let you upload, download, and list shared bundles so you can integrate bundle sharing into pipeline scripts. |
| 2026-08-21 | Automatic download status tracking in Deadline Cloud Monitor | With the Deadline Cloud Monitor desktop application, you can now see the progress, status, and health of automatic file downloads from your jobs. A new Download status column at the job and task level shows download progress. It confirms when all output files are available on your destination drive, and an indicator displays how recently the status was updated. A queue-level output sync indicator also shows the overall download status for your queue and surfaces any problems. If files are unavailable for any reason, the monitor provides guidance on next steps. You can also choose Troubleshoot with AI to diagnose download problems with the Deadline Cloud Assistant. You no longer need to manually verify files on your drive before you start the next steps in your workflow. |
| 2026-08-13 | Deadline Cloud monitor adds an inline logs panel | In the Deadline Cloud monitor, you can now add a Logs panel to the job monitor page. To add it, choose Add panel, then choose Logs. The panel shows logs for the selected task, and you can switch to worker logs, choose a retry attempt, or jump to a session action. |
| 2026-08-12 | Job and task table improvements in Deadline Cloud monitor | The tasks table in the Deadline Cloud monitor now includes columns for each task's latest run. These columns show run status, status message, progress, exit code, worker, fleet, and instance type. You can identify and address retried or failed tasks without opening each task's run details. Additional columns such as host name, IP addresses, vCPU, memory, operating system, and GPU details are available in the table preferences. The jobs table also adds an optional Description column. Job, step, and task details throughout the job panel also load faster. |
| 2026-08-05 | Usage explorer adds persistent volume storage costs | Deadline Cloud now reports persistent volume costs alongside compute and license costs. You can view per-fleet storage costs by selecting the Usage Type grouping in the Deadline Cloud monitor usage explorer. This helps you better understand your infrastructure costs. |
| 2026-06-03 | Plugin sync for Blender and Autodesk Maya | Service-managed fleets now support plugin sync for Blender and Autodesk Maya. Upload your plugin files to a prescribed path in your queue's job attachments S3 bucket. Deadline Cloud automatically syncs them to workers when a job session starts. |
| 2026-06-02 | Blender 5.1 support and LTS updates | Deadline Cloud now supports Blender 5.1. You can submit render and compositing jobs from Blender 5.1 to your Deadline Cloud render farm. Additionally, Blender 4.5 LTS has been updated from 4.5.5 to 4.5.10 and Blender 4.2 LTS from 4.2.16 to 4.2.21, incorporating upstream rendering fixes and stability improvements. |
| 2026-05-28 | Persistent storage for service-managed fleets | You can now configure persistent storage on service-managed fleets to preserve data across worker lifecycle events. Persistent storage uses dedicated Amazon EBS gp3 volumes, separate from the root boot volume. These volumes maintain application caches, conda package installations, and workspaces when the fleet recycles workers. For more information, see Persistent storage for service-managed fleets in the Deadline Cloud User Guide. |
| 2026-05-28 | SOC 1, 2, and 3 compliance | Deadline Cloud is now listed on the AWS Services in Scope page for System and Organization Controls (SOC) 1, 2, and 3 compliance. Third-party audit reports are available for download using AWS Artifact. For more information, see Compliance validation for Deadline Cloud. |
| 2026-05-18 | Faster conda queue environment setup on service-managed fleets | The default conda queue environment on service-managed fleets has been improved. New conda-queue-env-enter and conda-queue-env-exit commands have been added, which provide faster environment creation, with even greater improvements on repeated runs. For more details, see https://github.com/aws-deadline/deadline-cloud-samples/tree/mainline/queue_environments |
| 2026-05-14 | Deadline Cloud Monitor 1.1.9 | This release of the Deadline Cloud Monitor desktop application includes the following changes:
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| 2026-05-11 | In-app release notes in Deadline Cloud Monitor | You can now browse product updates directly in the Deadline Cloud Monitor. The release notes page displays new features, fixes, and documentation updates with category filtering and search, so you can find relevant changes without leaving the Monitor. Access the release notes from the secondary navigation menu at the bottom of the side navigation in the Monitor. |
| 2026-04-29 | NVIDIA RTX PRO Server 6000 GPU accelerator support | You can now select the RTX PRO Server 6000 GPU accelerator when you create service-managed fleets. This accelerator uses the G7e instance family and provides 96 GiB of GPU memory per accelerator. To use this accelerator, choose rtx-pro-server-6000 for the accelerator name and grid:r580 for the driver version when you configure your fleet. |
| 2026-04-20 | Deadline Cloud Monitor 1.1.8 | This release of the Deadline Cloud Monitor desktop application includes the following changes:
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| 2026-04-17 | Deadline Cloud Assistant for intelligent job troubleshooting | You can now use the Deadline Cloud Assistant, an AI-powered troubleshooting assistant built into the Deadline Cloud monitor, to diagnose render job failures. The assistant analyzes job configurations, related Amazon CloudWatch logs, and documentation for supported digital content creation applications. It runs in your browser and uses Amazon Bedrock in your AWS account, so your data stays within your security boundary. To get started, select Enable Deadline Cloud Assistant in Monitor settings in the AWS Management Console. |
| 2026-04-10 | Support for monitor creation in multiple Regions | You can now connect a Deadline Cloud monitor to an IAM Identity Center instance in a different Region without any additional IAM Identity Center configuration. Deadline Cloud reads identity data from the Region where your instance is located. |
| 2026-04-06 | New batch APIs simplify bulk resource operations | With 8 new Batch APIs, you can retrieve or update multiple resources in a single API call, reducing overhead for bulk operations. The following are the new Batch Get APIs:
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| 2026-04-03 | Foundry Nuke 17 support | Deadline Cloud now supports Foundry Nuke 17. You can submit render and compositing jobs from Nuke 17 to your Deadline Cloud render farm. |
| 2026-04-03 | NVIDIA GRID R580 support for GPU fleets | You can now use NVIDIA Virtual GPU Software v19.0 (GRID R580) on Deadline Cloud service-managed fleets with both Windows Server 2022 and Amazon Linux 2023. To use this software version, when you create a GPU-accelerated service-managed fleet, choose grid:r580 for Driver version. |
| 2026-04-02 | Unreal Engine 5.7 support | You can now use Epic Games Unreal Engine 5.7 with Deadline Cloud. You can submit jobs from Windows and use conda packages on Windows service-managed fleets. |
| 2026-04-02 | Balanced scheduling support | You can now control how Deadline Cloud distributes jobs to workers by setting a scheduling configuration on each queue. |
| 2026-03-30 | Auto scaling configuration for fleets | Deadline Cloud now supports three new fleet auto scaling settings. With scale out rate, you can configure how quickly workers launch. With worker idle duration, you can set how long workers wait before shutting down. With standby worker count, you can keep idle workers ready so that jobs start quickly. |
| 2026-03-25 | Cost scale factors for farms | You can now configure a cost scale factor on your farms to model costs in Usage Explorer and Budget Manager. You can apply discounts or premiums to your farm's cost calculations to align Deadline Cloud usage data with your organization's actual costs. |
| 2026-03-23 | Submitter installer v2026-03-23 updates Maya submitter | A new submitter installer updates the following components:
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| 2026-03-16 | Estimated time remaining for in-progress jobs | To display estimated time remaining for in-progress jobs, use the --show-estimates flag with the deadline job list and deadline job get commands. The estimate uses the average task completion time and displays the result as a human-readable duration. |
| 2026-03-13 | After Effects 25.6 and 26.0 support | Adobe After Effects versions 25.6 and 26.0 are now supported. Submitter support is available for Windows and macOS, with conda packages available for Windows service-managed fleets. |
| 2026-03-11 | Submitter installer v2026-03-11 released | A new submitter installer has been released which updates the following components:
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| 2026-03-10 | Blender 5.0 support | Deadline Cloud now supports Blender 5.0 with all built-in render engines including Cycles, Eevee, and Workbench. Submitter support is available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, with conda packages available for Linux service-managed fleets. |
| 2026-03-02 | Submitter installer v2026-03-02 updates Blender and core components | A new submitter installer has been released which updates the following components:
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| 2026-02-24 | Deadline Cloud documentation now includes supported software user guide | Deadline Cloud user guide now includes dedicated subpages for each supported application, providing in-depth details on version compatibility and feature support. |
| 2026-02-24 | Deadline Cloud Monitor usage explorer groups usage by user | Analyze usage patterns per user and attribute costs across your team with the usage explorer. |
| 2026-02-24 | Task chunking improves rendering efficiency | Deadline Cloud now supports task chunking, which groups multiple frames into a single task run. This feature reduces overhead by loading the application and scene once per chunk instead of once per frame. You can specify a default chunk size or let Deadline Cloud dynamically adjust chunk sizes based on a target runtime. |
| 2026-02-19 | Submitter installer v2026-02-19 updates Maya submitter | A new submitter installer has been released which updates the Autodesk Maya submitter from 0.15.12 to 0.15.13 |
| 2026-02-13 | OpenJD specifications add Claude and Kiro skill for RFC review |
The Open Job Description specifications repository now includes a Kiro skill for AI-assisted review of RFC proposals, checking for completeness, clarity, tenet alignment, and compatibility with existing specifications. |
| 2026-02-13 | Deadline Cloud for 3ds Max introduces Kiro powers for AI-assisted development |
The Deadline Cloud for 3ds Max repository now includes Kiro powers that provide AI-assisted setup, design, and development workflows with built-in guardrails and best practices. |
| 2026-02-06 | Jobs support tagging for access control | Job resources now support tagging and Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC). IAM policies can reference job tags using condition keys, enabling tag-based authorization patterns — for example, restricting GetJob API calls to jobs with a particular team tag. |
| 2026-02-05 | Multi-region replication support through IAM Identity Center |
Deadline Cloud now supports IAM Identity Center's multi-region replication feature, giving studios more flexibility in where they set up Deadline Cloud relative to their Identity Center instance. Studios can create a Deadline Cloud farm in regions that align with their rendering needs while administrators continue managing Identity Center from a primary region. |
| 2026-02-04 | New sample job bundle demonstrates FLUX.2 Klein LoRA training |
A sample job bundle is now available that demonstrates how to train custom LoRA adapters on the FLUX.2 Klein model using 20-50 images. This enables you to create personalized image generators for products, characters, or brand assets without requiring deep machine learning expertise. The LoRA fine-tuning approach creates small, portable model adapters that are efficient to train and easy to share across your team. |
| 2026-01-29 | New V-Ray Standalone tiled rendering job bundle available |
A new job bundle for tiled rendering of exported V-Ray scenes is now available. This job bundle enables efficient rendering of high-resolution images by splitting them into tiles that can be processed in parallel across your render farm. You can now use 3ds Max and V-Ray to export V-Ray scenes locally and submit them using this bundle to Linux workers instead of needing to use Windows. |
| 2026-01-27 | Edit job names and descriptions after submission |
Deadline Cloud now supports editing job names and descriptions after submission. This new feature makes it easier to organize and identify jobs after submission by updating names or adding useful tracking details in the description field. |
| 2026-01-22 | Redshift 2026 support for Maya on service-managed fleets | Redshift 2026 is now supported on Linux service-managed fleets with Deadline Cloud for Maya. |
| 2026-01-22 | Train machine learning models with Foundry Nuke CopyCat |
Deadline Cloud now integrates with Foundry Nuke CopyCat, enabling you to run ML training jobs for visual effects in the cloud. CopyCat learns adjustments from sample frames and applies them across entire sequences. Submit training jobs to your Deadline Cloud render farm, scale workloads in parallel, and free up your artist workstations. |
| 2026-01-15 | SDKs introduce waiters for job completion |
Deadline Cloud SDKs now include JobComplete and JobSucceeded waiters that simplify polling for job status. The JobComplete waiter polls until a job reaches any terminal state (SUCCEEDED, FAILED, or CANCELED), while the JobSucceeded waiter polls until a job succeeds. These waiters eliminate the need to write custom polling logic, making it easier to build automation workflows that depend on job completion. |
| 2026-01-15 | Budgets support tagging for access control | Deadline Cloud customers can now apply tags to Budget resources and use Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) for fine-grained permissions management. This new capability allows customers to organize, manage, and control access to their Deadline Cloud budgets using tags, enabling consistent authorization patterns across their AWS resources. Customers can now tag budgets during creation and use these tags in IAM policies to control who can access specific budgets based on tag values. |
| 2026-01-15 | Deadline Cloud Monitor search adds multi-select filtering | When using the Deadline Cloud monitor, you can now select up to 16 values for any search filter, including user names and job status. This allows you to quickly find jobs across multiple users or filter for several statuses at once. This functionality is also available in the Deadline Cloud API through the new StringListFilterExpression for Jobs, Steps, Tasks, and Workers. |
| 2026-01-07 | Direct Deadline Cloud Monitor and submitter installer download links available | Users can now download the Deadline Cloud Monitor desktop application and submitter installer directly from the Deadline Cloud documentation. This enables users without AWS console access to download the software they need to get started with Deadline Cloud. |
| 2025-12-19 | Submitter installer v2025-12-19 released | A new submitter installer has been released which updates the following components:
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| 2025-12-17 | Deadline Cloud Monitor 1.1.7 introduces integrated job submission | The latest Deadline Cloud Monitor desktop application release includes:
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| 2025-12-11 | Developer guide adds AI agent guidance | The Deadline Cloud developer guide now includes best practices for using AI agents to write job bundles, develop conda packages, and troubleshoot jobs more efficiently. |
| 2025-12-10 | Autodesk VRED submitter user guide launches |
Documentation for the Deadline Cloud submitter for Autodesk VRED is now available. The guide covers how to install the submitter and submit rendering jobs to Deadline Cloud. This helps VRED users get started quickly with cloud rendering. |
| 2025-12-10 | Developer guide adds LicensesInUse metric section | The Deadline Cloud developer guide now includes information about the LicensesInUse metric. This metric helps you monitor how many licenses your jobs are currently consuming across your fleets. You can use this information to optimize license usage and to avoid running out of licenses when scaling out workloads. |
| 2025-12-10 | Service-managed fleets add Cinema 4D 2026.1 support | Maxon Cinema 4D 2026.1 is now supported on Linux and Windows service-managed fleets. This release includes Redshift 2026.2.0. Cross-platform font rendering support has also been added for all versions of Cinema 4D. This release allows customers to use the latest Cinema 4D features. It also enables customers to use custom fonts on cross-platform setups, such as when submitting jobs from Windows while using the faster startup time and lower cost of Linux workers. |
| 2025-12-09 | Autodesk Maya submitter expands setup and usage documentation |
New setup and usage documentation added for the Deadline Cloud Submitter for Autodesk Maya. |
| 2025-12-09 | After Effects submitter 0.4.4 improves macOS installation and font support |
The After Effects submitter now automatically installs to the user preferences directory on macOS, removing the need for manual installation. This release also adds support for most TrueType Collection (TTC) font files, allowing you to submit and render jobs that use these fonts. These improvements simplify setup and expand font compatibility for After Effects users. |
| 2025-12-08 | Release notes page launches in user guide | All major changes to Deadline Cloud features, applications, integrations, samples and documentation will now be listed on the Release Notes page in the User Guide going forward. You can find previous major Deadline Cloud releases at AWS What's New |
