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Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.4.3XX - September 2026

Features:

  • Implement VK_NO_PROTOTYPES support #734
  • Add vkprofiles executable which bundles the python scripts in a standalone executable
    • Validate profiles JSON file with validate command
    • Generate profiles schema file with schema command

Improvements:

  • Improve profiles schema to support capabilities dynamic structures
  • Optimize profiles schema to avoid duplicated values

Deprecation:

  • gen_profiles*.py file are all deprecated and replaced by vkprofiles
  • Require Vulkan 1.1

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.4.357 - July 2026

Features:

  • Add profiles.py python script, to pull dependent extensions into a source profiles file (ALPHA)
  • Add the generated VP_LUNARG_desktop_baseline_2026 profile

Bugfixes:

  • Fix profiles schema of generated profiles file with gen_profiles_file.py and using --config

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.4.350 - May 2026

Features:

  • Add Vulkan 1.4 minimum requirements profile

Bugfixes:

  • Fix Vulkan Profiles library crash when checking capabilities of unsupported extensions

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.4.341 - February 2026

Features:

  • Add VP_ANDROID_17_requirements and VP_ANDROID_vulkan_profile_2025 profiles
  • Add Android Rebranded profiles

Deprecation:

  • Remove layer forced physical device, replaced by the Vulkan loader settings and Vulkan Configurator Vulkan Drivers tab

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.4.335 - October 2025

Improvements:

  • Trivial Vulkan Header update release

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.4.328 - October 2025

Deprecation:

  • Deprecate layer forced physical device, replaced by the Vulkan loader settings and Vulkan Configurator Vulkan Drivers tab

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.4.321 - July 2025

Bugfixes:

  • Fix timestampPeriod in generated profile
  • Fix VkPhysicalDeviceVulkan14Properties array size
  • Fix invalid unknown variables

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.4.313 - May 2025

Improvements:

  • Add layer support for VK_EXT_host_image_copy

Bugfixes:

  • Fix VkBool32 limittypes

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.4.304 - January 2025

Improvements:

  • Add video profiles support

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.3.283 - May 2024

Bugfixes:

  • Fix use of vkGetPhysicalDeviceProperties that could not be externally loaded

Deprecation:

  • Remove VP_LUNARG_desktop_baseline_XXXX profiles from default generated library

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.3.280 - March 2024

Features:

  • Force device selection is not BETA anymore
  • Add Khronos Roadmap 2024 profile
  • Add merge script JSON config file using the new --config argument
  • Add BETA implementation of VULKAN_PROFILES_OBJECT API enabling providing external Vulkan functions

Improvements:

  • Split generated documentation in three differents files:
    • PROFILES.md for profiles in Vulkan-Headers
    • PROFILES_ANDROID.md for profiles for Android platform
    • PROFILES_ALL.md for all profiles in the repository
  • Add --config to gen_profiles_solution.py to select the API library generation configuration Debug (with debug message) or Release
  • Make --output-library-src optional, when missing only the header-only library will be generated
  • Store all Desktop Baseline profiles in VP_LUNARG_desktop_baseline.json
  • Update VP_LUNARG_desktop_baseline_2022 and VP_LUNARG_desktop_baseline_2023 to version 2 with support of ARC GPUs

Bugfixes:

  • Fix features, properties and formats not listed in generated profiles table documentation
  • Fix merge script change of behavior with limit outputed when all profiles don't support a capability
  • Fix 'not' limitype not handle correctly by merge script
  • Fix VP_LUNARG_desktop_baseline_2024 profile, tweaked incorrect input files, add latest drivers input profiles
  • Fix merge script sparseProperties support
  • Fix VP_DEBUG_MESSAGE_CALLBACK

Deprecation:

  • Remove VP_LUNARG_desktop_baseline_2024.json, VP_LUNARG_desktop_baseline_2023.json and VP_LUNARG_desktop_baseline_2022.json

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.3.275 - January 2024

Features:

  • Add API library merging of additional application features and extensions
  • Add API library support of checking the support of profiles with multiple variants
  • Add API library support of creating VkDevice and VkInstance with multiple variants
  • Add vpGetProfileAPIVersion profile API library
  • Add vpHasMultipleVariantsProfile profile API library
  • Add vpGetProfileRequiredProfiles profile API library and support of profiles with required profiles
  • Add VP_LUNARG_desktop_baseline_2024 profile
  • Add VP_LUNARG_minimum_requirements_1_3, VP_LUNARG_minimum_requirements_1_2, VP_LUNARG_minimum_requirements_1_1 and VP_LUNARG_minimum_requirements_1_0 profiles
  • Add VP_ANDROID_15_minimums profile
  • Add VP_HEADER_VERSION_COMPLETE to identify the API library version

Deprecation:

  • Refactor API library to support profiles with multiple variants
  • Remove API library overriding features and extensions modes
  • Remove VP_LUNARG_desktop_portability_2022 profile

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.3.261 - August 2023

Bugfixes:

  • Fix query of capabilities of aliased extensions
  • Fix error message typo
  • Fix library generation when using profiles with multiple variants #464

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.3.250 - June 2023

Features:

  • Add a setting to control how layer features are initialized when a feature is not specified in a selected profile.
  • Add Profiles layer loading of profiles with multiple variants. All variants are emulated.

Improvements:

  • Indicate the corresponding device name to log message when a profile capability is not supported by the given device.

Bugfixes:

  • Fix invalid message when trying to override a supported capability to unsupported #393

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.3.243 - April 2023

Features:

  • Add LunarG Desktop Baseline 2023 profile (Vulkan 1.2)
  • Update LunarG Desktop Baseline 2022 profile (Vulkan 1.1) to match updated MoltenVK support.

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.3.239 - February 2023

Features:

  • Add Android Baseline 2022 profile

Improvements:

  • Improve handling of VkFormatProperties* from profile data which can be query with any Vulkan functions

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.3.236 - December 2022

Features:

  • Add merge script support of VkFormatProperties3 #304 #237

Improvements:

  • Switch BETA to STABLE development status.

Bugfixes:

  • Fix warning when emulating VK_EXT_portability_subset

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.3.231 - October 2022

Features:

  • Add layer settings to override portability subset. #295
  • Add OR of capabilities to profile schema, version 0.8.1 #274
  • Add optional capabilities to profile schema, version 0.8.1 #274

Improvements:

  • Improve message reports for unsupported capabilities by the device.
  • Improve message reports for unmodifiable Vulkan capabilities.

Bugfixes:

  • Fix handling of 64 bits properties by the merge tool. #294
  • Fix float build warnings. #291

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.3.224 - August 2022

Features:

  • Add script to merge (union and intersection) multiple profiles
  • Add support of the new vk.xml limittypes
  • Add the generated VP_LUNARG_desktop_baseline_2022 profile
  • Add the generated VP_LUNARG_desktop_portability_2022 profile

Improvements:

  • Add handling of many Vulkan capabilities
  • Improve unit tests

Bugfixes:

  • Fix the impossibility to override extensions with no extension
  • Fix Roadmap 2022 profile file that incorrecly required vulkanMemoryModelAvailabilityVisibilityChains

Deprecation:

  • Remove VP_LUNARG_desktop_portability_2021 profile
  • Remove VP_LUNARG_desktop_portability_2021_subset profile

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.3.216 - June 2022

Features:

  • Add VK_KHR_portability_enumeration support

Bugfixes:

  • Fix Roadmap 2022 JSON file definision

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.3.211 - April 2022

Improvements:

  • Add Profiles layer is generated with Python code

Vulkan Profiles Tools 1.3.204 - February 2022

Features:

  • Add Vulkan Profiles schema
    • Add VP_KHR_roadmap_2022.json profiles file
    • Add VP_LUNARG_desktop_portability_2021.json profiles file
    • Add VP_ANDROID_baseline_2021.json profiles file
    • Add Vulkan Profiles schema generator using vk.xml
  • Add Profiles API library to use profile in a Vulkan application code
    • Add API to check profile support by Vulkan devices
    • Add API to create VkDevice using a profile
    • Add APIs for profile reflection
    • Add Profiles API library generator using vk.xml
  • Add Profiles layer to simulate profiles during application development
    • Add support of Vulkan 1.3 and all extensions
    • Add support of the Vulkan Profiles JSON Schema
  • Add Profiles Comparison Table