Mesa 25.3.0 released with lots of Linux graphics driver improvements

Simply because the weekend arrived, Mesa 25.3.0 was launched as the newest new-feature improve for open supply Linux graphics drivers.

Curiously, it was tagged and put out on the 14th however as of but there’s been no launch announcement to the mailing checklist, and no information publish to inform of the brand new launch on the official Mesa web site both. I was ready on the precise bulletins earlier than posting both Friday or Saturday, but it surely appears to be coming in fairly late. So anyway, right here we’re.

Minor replace 22:59 UTC: some time after publishing the Mesa news post went reside.

As ordinary, you might wish to persist with the earlier newest bug repair launch with Mesa 25.2.7 till the primary level launch for Mesa 25.3 is out whereas they cope with any points that seem. The discharge calendar will not be updated but both, however we will normally anticipate the Mesa 25.3.1 launch in round 2 weeks.

Each time they really publish the bulletins, we will see from GitLab this will probably be within the launch notes:

New options

EGL_EXT_create_context_robustness help on Panfrost V10+

GL_ARB_robust_buffer_access_behavior, GL_KHR_robust_buffer_access_behavior and GL_KHR_robustness help on Panfrost

VK_EXT_mutable_descriptor_type on panvk/v9+

GL_KHR_robustness on v3d

VK_ARM_shader_core_builtins on panvk

VK_KHR_shader_untyped_pointers on anv

cl_ext_immutable_memory_objects

VK_KHR_video_encode_intra_refresh on radv

VK_KHR_video_encode_quantization_map on radv

GL_ATI_meminfo and GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info on r300

VK_KHR_shader_untyped_pointers on anv and RADV

VK_KHR_maintenance8 on NVK

VK_KHR_maintenance9 on NVK

cl_khr_semaphore on radeonsi and zink

cl_khr_external_semaphore on radeonsi and zink

cl_khr_external_semaphore_sync_fd on radeonsi and zink

GL_NV_shader_atomic_int64 on radeonsi and Panfrost V9+

VK_KHR_maintenance7 on panvk/v10+

VK_KHR_maintenance8 on panvk/v10+

VK_KHR_maintenance9 on panvk

VK_AMD_buffer_marker on NVK

VK_EXT_ycbcr_2plane_444_formats on radv

Eliminated VDPAU frontend

GL_NV_representative_fragment_test on zink

VK_KHR_maintenance9 on HoneyKrisp

sparseBinding on panvk/v10+

sparseResidencyBuffer on panvk/v10+

Vulkan 1.2 on pvr

VK_KHR_create_renderpass2 on pvr

VK_KHR_dedicated_allocation on pvr

VK_KHR_depth_stencil_resolve on pvr

VK_KHR_descriptor_update_template on pvr

VK_KHR_imageless_framebuffer on pvr

VK_KHR_line_rasterization on pvr

VK_KHR_maintenance1 on pvr

VK_KHR_maintenance2 on pvr

VK_KHR_maintenance3 on pvr

VK_KHR_multiview on pvr

VK_KHR_robustness2 on pvr

VK_KHR_separate_depth_stencil_layouts on pvr

VK_KHR_shader_draw_parameters on pvr

VK_KHR_shader_float_controls on pvr

VK_KHR_shader_subgroup_extended_types on pvr

VK_KHR_spirv_1_4 on pvr

VK_KHR_shader_terminate_invocation on pvr

VK_KHR_swapchain_mutable_format on pvr

VK_KHR_vertex_attribute_divisor on pvr

VK_EXT_border_color_swizzle on pvr

VK_EXT_color_write_enable on pvr

VK_EXT_custom_border_color on pvr

VK_EXT_depth_clamp_zero_one on pvr

VK_EXT_depth_clip_enable on pvr

VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state on pvr

VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state2 on pvr

VK_EXT_extended_dynamic_state3 on pvr

VK_EXT_image_2d_view_of_3d on pvr

VK_EXT_line_rasterization on pvr

VK_EXT_physical_device_drm on pvr

VK_EXT_provoking_vertex on pvr

VK_EXT_robustness2 on pvr

VK_EXT_queue_family_foreign on pvr

VK_EXT_separate_stencil_usage on pvr

VK_EXT_shader_demote_to_helper_invocation on pvr

VK_EXT_vertex_attribute_divisor on pvr

imageCubeArray on pvr

independentBlend on pvr

sampleRateShading on pvr

logicOp on pvr

drawIndirectFirstInstance on pvr

alphaToOne on pvr

samplerAnisotropy on pvr

shaderStorageImageExtendedFormats on pvr

shaderStorageImageReadWithoutFormat on pvr

shaderStorageImageWriteWithoutFormat on pvr

shaderClipDistance on pvr

shaderCullDistance on pvr

VK_EXT_zero_initialize_device_memory on pvr

VK_KHR_sampler_mirror_clamp_to_edge on pvr

VK_KHR_shader_non_semantic_info on pvr

VK_KHR_shader_relaxed_extended_instruction on pvr

VK_EXT_shader_replicated_composites on pvr

VK_KHR_device_group_creation on pvr

VK_KHR_map_memory2 on pvr

VK_EXT_map_memory_placed on pvr

VK_KHR_device_group on pvr

VK_KHR_buffer_device_address on pvr

GL_EXT_mesh_shader on zink

VK_KHR_wayland_surface on pvr

VK_NVX_image_view_handle on NVK

Bug fixes

amdgpu: ring gfx_0.0.0 timeout, in vr when opening apps

zink/radv: new cts fails on rdna3

Penumbra: Overture OpenGL sport has graphical glitch for ice

mesa: regression brought on by hash_table sizing

RustiCL: fence fd leak on CL-GL interop

Uniform variable not up to date accurately with shared contexts

[radv] Borderlands 4 triggers a constant GPU web page fault on RDNA2

radv: RE4 Separate Methods DLC hangs RDNA2 GPU

ACO: repair a hazard when the variety of attributes loaded/consumed do not match with VS prologs

ACO: loading 64-bit attributes can override the fetch index in VS prologs

[RADV][bisected][regression] – Doom: The Darkish Ages (3017860) – Sq. flickering artifacts round Hebeth

nvk, nak: Damaged icons in ENDLESS Legend 2 on a RTX 4080

LLVMPipe’s `VkPhysicalDeviceAccelerationStructurePropertiesKHR::maxPrimitiveCount` is decrease than Vulkan requires.

asahi: DMABuf import of multi-plane YCbCr (NV12 from ISP) not renderer accurately

asahi: DMABuf import of multi-plane YCbCr (NV12 from ISP) not renderer accurately

brw: Gfx9 sampler messages violate r127 rule

radv: No Man’s Sky XESS web page fault GPU reset

r600/sfn: Assertion `cir.alu_vec.empty()` failed

radv: Hit assert when over maxFragmentDualSrcAttachments however vkCmdSetColorBlendEnableEXT is about to false

[ANV][PTL][DG2] Flickering textures in Murderer’s Creed Valhalla benchmark

ADL, ANV: Wuthering Waves results in gpu reset on Alder Lake iGPU

RADV: ANGLE deqp regression

[ANV][EXT_debug_utils] descriptor set object_name leak when not calling vkFreeDescriptorSets

nvk: CTS failures in sample_locations_ext.verify_interpolation.samples_1

[regression] [bisected] RuneLite GPU Experimental – GPU crash

Lacking definition of __builtin_ia32_clflush since “util/cache_ops: Add some cache flush helpers”

LLVM instruction choice compilation error

v3d: inexperienced display screen when rpivid hevc decoder is used

[radv] Stuttering with newest mesa git (21 sept) on radv/6900 XT

BFN with UW sources will get munged by decrease regioning

zink: chromium sparkles in youtube when fullscreening movies

r600: Attribute stride updates could also be skipped

[ANV][TGL]: test_buffer_feedback_instructions_sm51 on vkd3d-proton crashes

some video file are usually not proven in mpv when utilizing vaapi {hardware} decoding on amd apu

[ANV][PTL] Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle – GPU Cling

[ANV] [PTL] Hades 2 sport freeze on begin of gameplay

[anv][ptl] GPU grasp in Dying Mild dx12

radv: Solely take a look at statically used descriptors.

RADV: Think about at all times utilizing the worldwide bo checklist

anv: Age of Wonders 4 corruption on a Arc b580

nvk: Incorrect rendering in Baldur’s Gate 3 shadows beginning with e6dae6ef5fc134f9ed5dd93b1a462084bc3aadfd

nvk commets trigger issues with kepler

anv: Assert in brew when descriptor indexing with modulo

tu: VK_EXT_zero_initialize_device_memory

ResourceTracker.cpp:40:10: deadly error: perfetto/tracing.h: No such file or listing

A bunch of CTS exams are failing on Gfx12.0 attempting to make use of the blitter with TILE_X

radv: meta pipeline cache seems to be damaged

mesa:amd+compiler / aco_tests assembler.mubuf/gfx11 failure with llvm-21.1.2

[ANV] Bunch of exams in dEQP-VK.pipeline.*.render_to_image.*3d.*2d_compatible failing on gen9/11

elk: segfault in lower_txd_cb

bisected: Regression in EXT_shader_framebuffer_fetch_non_coherent take a look at after !37527

VK_QUERY_RESULT_WAIT_BIT doesn’t work for VK_QUERY_TYPE_VIDEO_ENCODE_FEEDBACK_KHR

a618-traces usually instances out

bisected construct failure in clc_helpers.ccp with llvm 22

anv: GL mesh exams crash/fail on zink with shader object

25.2.1 fails to construct on risc-v with llvm 21

RISC-V builds with llvmpipe in opposition to LLVM 21 fail because of API adjustments

Confidential difficulty #14013

implicit-function-declaration error when compiling mesa 25.2.0 devel

vl_stubs.c:105:1: error: conflicting varieties for ‘vl_mpg12_bs_decode’

[ANV][LNL] – FINAL FANTASY XVI (2515020) – Title crashes to Desktop instantly following the splash card.

Segfault in init_source at ../src/gallium/auxiliary/vl/vl_idct.c:597 when attempting to play DVD on r600

nvk: Failure in vkd3d-proton ibfe exams

nvk, nak: NAK panic in Name of the Wild: The Angler on RTX 4080

Easy Exterior Semaphore take a look at hangs in vk_sync_wait

nir_builtin_builder.h:108:43: error: ‘M_LOG2E’ undeclared

regression: home windows: msys2 – undeclared M_PI and M_LOG2E most likely since !37289 21b8e7604ba51f90682adeff650fc866c71c57f2

dEQP-VK.spirv_assembly.instruction.compute.float_controls.fp32.input_args.reflect_denorm_flush_to_zero regression on nvk

mesa-25.2.3/src/gallium/drivers/radeonsi/radeon_uvd.c:658: array index used earlier than verify ?

lp_test_arit.c:200:14: error: static declaration of ‘rsqrtf’ follows non-static declaration

construct failure with glibc 2.42

[bisected] 44aaf884254 regressing FSR vulkan cts exams on PTL

[bisected] f416a529 “egl: refine dma buf export to help multi aircraft” leads to piglit crash

Crash on sport Elite Harmful at 0% planetary technology, on Tigerlake+ Iris Xe and Arc GPUs.

regression;bisected;amd: 0a266f0256025d271945adb3478fc2c1291d4c79 leads pgadmin4-qt to crashes

segfault with mesa >= 24.1.0 on nvidia

segfault by way of lavapipe

Confidential difficulty #13807

[bisected] 25b97a mesa/st: mark inner texture map calls as UNSYNCHRONIZED breaks r600

Gallium: Segfault whereas attempting to compile a shader with differing UBO contents in fragment and vertex stage – With replica case

aco: generate incorrect code when gl_DrawID is utilized by primitive indices in mesh shader

Regression since mesa 25.2.0: purposes ready for dGPU to begin

ci: libX11 improve tracker

anv: Regression in dEQP-VK.graphicsfuzz.cov-nested-loops-set-struct-data-verify-in-function

brw: regression crash on dEQP-VK.graphicsfuzz.cov-dfdx-dfdy-after-nested-loops

a618-traces usually instances out

ci: crosvm dumping log spam from host gl when the job fails

panfrost: assertion fail in pan_image_get_wsi_row_pitch

virgl: visitor reminiscence leak with qemu + virtio-gpu-gl

[ANV][LNL] – Horizon Forbidden West™ Full Version (2420110) – Orbicular artifacts close to heads of machines (wildlife).

iris: Assertion failures in piglit exams on all platforms

[radv] [Regression) Shadow of the Tomb Raider – flickering/missing textures

Minecraft 1.12.2 visual artifacts when running on zink/radv

[RADV][VEGA 64][bisected] Cyberpunk 2077 – Large efficiency regression because of https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/merge_requests/37025/diffs?commit_id=d7f401c2bbadd192dbbcaaeede2805bad71f6193

[PTL] hitting assert when beginning Xorg

GZDoom 4.11/Raze 1.7 exhibit very excessive reminiscence utilization throughout shader compilation beneath OpenGL

anv: Assertion failure replaying q2rtx fossil

[ANV] [REGRESSION] PCSX2/Midnight Membership 3 crashes with VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST on Mesa 25.0.7

Hole Knight Silksong segfaults with zink on radv

zink: crash in KHR-GL46.framebuffer_blit.scissor_blit

Request: RADV help for VK_EXT_ycbcr_2plane_444_formats..

mesa: state parameters duplicated

ARB_vertex_program and ARB_fragment_program are damaged

d3d10umd fails to create fundamental pixel shader, outputs “unknown TGSI opcode: RET”

turnip: FDM failures with forcebin

a7xx_state_location

[ANV] Assertion with VVL GPU-AV round strong UBO

radv: keep away from promoting unsupported world queue priorities for the shopper

crocus: SIGSEGV crash at pbo compressed teximage

nvk: test_conditional_rendering fails on vkd3d-proton

Segfault in x11_xlib_display_is_thread_safe

[ANV][BMG] Witcher 3 ray tracing freeze on a Arc b580

[ANV][BMG] Witcher 3 ray tracing freeze on a Arc b580

[ANV][BMG] Witcher 3 ray tracing freeze on a Arc b580

anv: optimize utrace overhead from bo memset

radv: watching vp9 encoded video with vulkan hwdecode end in artifacts

ci: zink-venus-lavapipe errors

[ANV][DG2][BMG] 3DMark Photo voltaic Bay Misrendering

lavapipe defaults to memfd when a number of export varieties are requested

anv: Easy vulkan compute shader causes Intel GPU grasp because of extreme loop unrolling

INTEL_DEBUG=spill_fs regression

NIR validation failed after nir_lower_io in DOOM The Darkish Ages

radv: NIR validation failed after nir_shrink_vec_array_vars in ../src/amd/vulkan/radv_shader.c:171 (bisected)

Wayland EGL lacking pbuffer floor help

lacking sparse synchronization in zink

ACO validation failed in DOOM: The Darkish Ages – Undef operand to `p_parallelcopy`

ACO validation failure in DOOM: The Darkish Ages Shader

Dragon Age Veilguard / Potential Wheel Focusing on Visible Distortion

[AMD] glTexturePageCommitmentEXT triggers an error if degree is increased than 0

deqp-egl multithread hyperlink flakes

Ratchet and Clank “[gfxhub] web page fault” Mesa25.3

[RADV] Assist for VK_KHR_video_encode_quantization_map

System Crashes when beginning VR on rx 9070 (xt)

[Build][32bit] Meson doesn’t discover libdisplay-info in 32-bit builds

freedreno,decode: Lua setting picks up the A6XX register offset as a substitute of A7XX

Confidential difficulty #13351

d3d10umd: Construct regression on 25.2.0-rc1

turnip: LRZ bug with TU_DEBUG=gmem,forcebin

nvk/nak regression: memory_model.message_passing fails on KeplerA

[ANV] dEQP-VK.api.copy_and_blit.copy_commands2.image_to_buffer_transfer_queue.2d_images.whole_r32g32b32_uint_linear and presumably others asserts on LNL

nir: validation failed after nir_remove_dead_variables in 3DMark Photo voltaic Bay

Construct dependency on intel_wa.h lacking in Intel vulkan driver

Lacking polygons/vertices in CS2 on BMG

`vn_ring`: use-after-release crash after `vn_ring_destroy` on Virtio-Vulkan

venus: vkmark –winsys headless segfault (regression)

Vulkan headless WSI crashes when initializing swapchain on Asahi Linux operating Apple M1 Max

lavapipe: Crashes on easy Descriptor Buffer take a look at

make zink-radv-navi31-valve a pre-merge job

[RADV] Graphical glitches in Ghost of Tsushima on Polaris

radv: RT regressions

macOS: use of undeclared identifier ‘free_zombie_glx_drawable’

macOS: Undefined symbols “_pipe_loader_drm_probe_fd”, referenced from: _dri_get_drm_device_info in libdri.a[7](dri_util.c.o)

Segfault when activating DPMS on i915 {hardware}

RADV caps reported sparse deal with measurement at 4 GiB

nvk Blackwell help

hk: framerate restricted/locked to 23 in RDR2 ingame menus (Vulkan)

i915: a number of dEQP exams asserts at nir_opt_group_loads.c:75: get_load_resource: Assertion `!”” “tex instr ought to have a useful resource”‘ failed.

tu: VK_KHR_fragment_shading_rate damaged when HelperInvocation is used

radv: regression: commit a7291074c800 break lighting in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

[bisected regression] Newest mesa-git retains /dev/dri/renderD129 at all times open with new purposes though they do not use it in any respect

spec@arb_shader_storage_buffer_object@max-ssbo-size@fs stack overflow since cb558b2b88c2

anv: allow compression on ASTC LDR emulation floor

Excessive GPU utilization when utilizing Zink for eglgears_x11 (on X11)

Segfault in X11 picture purchase code with timeout=0

v3dv: regression in vkAllocateMemory importing gbm bo

Crash from iris_set_sampler_views in chromium/chrome with accelerated video decoding

rusticl: aco: LLVM outperforms ACO in clpeak for `brief` benchmarks on hawaii

rusticl: aco: Efficiency regression in clpeak for char benchmarks on hawaii

nir: Deprecate NIR_PASS_V

zink on tu assertion failing doing shader-db runs.

Race situation with timeline semaphores

nir_algebraic silently ignores operand situations in some instances

lavapipe: valgrind triggers errors with CTS unit exams when making a vulkan gadget

radv: gfx12 RGP captures do not help instruction timings for graphics pipelines

xe2: DMA Buffer exported modifier is inaccurate

cleanup CI kernel patches

radv: extra glcts fails KHR-GL46.shading_language_420pack.initializer_list_initializer*

radv: regression in KHR-GL46.gpu_shader5_gl.float_encoding

!36097 breaks Xwayland (& others)

GPU course of crash through WebGPU shader – heap-buffer-overflow in Mesa build_interference_graph

GPU course of crash through WebGPU shader – heap-buffer-overflow in Mesa build_interference_graph

radeonsi: Damaged VAAPI video coloration conversion

Gallium HUD damaged since !34054