NVIDIA/NVFlare 2.8.0rc4

2.8.0rc4

Repository: NVIDIA/NVFlare

Tag: 2.8.0rc4

Published: 2026-05-29T00:30:28Z

Prerelease: yes

Release notes:

What's Changed

• [2.8] Restore devops examples under examples/devops by @pcnudde in https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/pull/4681
• [2.8] Update multi-study documentation links by @chesterxgchen in https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/pull/4685
• [2.8] Don't use kagglehub==1.0.1 (#4692) by @chesterxgchen in https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/pull/4698
• [2.8] cert: make project_profile.yaml server.admin_port optional by @chesterxgchen in https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/pull/4699
• [2.8] Fix CLI docs: provisioning paths, admin_port, K8s status, ephemeral_storage by @chesterxgchen in https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/pull/4694
• [2.8] Fix monitoring pair duration after missing end event by @chesterxgchen in https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/pull/4696
• [2.8] Fix recipe docs examples by @YuanTingHsieh in https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/pull/4693
• [2.8]: Make image option of dashboard cli mandatory by @IsaacYangSLA in https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/pull/4706
• [2.8] Simplify Docker runtime image by @pcnudde in https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/pull/4709
• [2.8]: cherry-pick PR 4684 and 4704 Improve security by loading classes in allow_list only by @IsaacYangSLA in https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/pull/4701
• [2.8] Fix finished download ref retry handling by @chesterxgchen in https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/pull/4708
• [2.8] Validate client API launcher resend settings by @chesterxgchen in https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/pull/4710
• [2.8] Fix FOBS externalizer shared-state race by @nvidianz in https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/pull/4707
• [2.8] Avoid duplicate timeout validation by @chesterxgchen in https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/pull/4716
• [2.8] Update 2.8 docs for large-model streaming reliability by @chesterxgchen in https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/pull/4714

Full Changelog: https://github.com/NVIDIA/NVFlare/compare/2.8.0rc3...2.8.0rc4