Fast Worker Release Notes

This is the canonical public history for Sogni Comfy Worker releases. Each entry starts with a plain-English recap; technical details and verified Docker image information are available when needed.

#TL;DR for worker hosts

• Most updates are routine. They improve performance, reliability, hardware monitoring, and access to supported models. Staying current helps the worker remain eligible for the widest compatible workload, but an ordinary update notice does not mean something is wrong with the machine.
• Most standard installations do not need to be reinstalled. Use Upgrade worker in the Dashboard, run worker-restart.bat on Windows, or run ./worker-restart.sh on Linux. Installer-managed workers use the latest image and check for a newer image during that start process.
• Current managed installations can also update automatically. The background updater waits for the worker to be idle before replacing it. Current Windows installations use the same update-aware startup after a normal computer reboot, unless the worker was deliberately stopped.
• Hosted or customized deployments can differ. A provider recipe or a deployment pinned to a numbered image tag may require the operator to select the new version. Follow the provider's update flow or the Dashboard's instructions.
• Avoid interrupting active work. Prefer the Dashboard's managed upgrade or wait until the worker is idle before manually restarting it.

Use dashboard.sogni.ai/workers to see the version a worker is running and whether an update is available.

#About the short GPU rest

The default protection does not reserve or discard a fixed share of normal worker time. Only actual GPU rendering counts toward the 30-minute interval; waiting for jobs does not. If there is already a natural gap of at least one minute between jobs, that gap satisfies the rest and the scheduler does not add another one.

Even under continuous back-to-back demand with no natural gap, the default is 30 minutes of rendering followed by one minute of rest. That keeps the worker available for approximately 96.8% of continuously busy time. The active render always finishes before a rest begins.

#Version 1.0.189

Released: August 31, 2026 PT

Update guidance: Recommended for all Sogni Comfy Workers.

In plain English: This release adds practical hardware-care controls and lets supported settings be managed from the Dashboard. It never stops work already in progress. The one-minute rest is needed only after 30 minutes of actual rendering, and a natural gap of at least one minute already counts. Even with nonstop back-to-back jobs, the worker remains available approximately 96.8% of busy time.

#Version 1.0.188

Released: August 30, 2026 PT

Update guidance: If running 1.0.186 or 1.0.187, update to the current release; otherwise this version has been superseded by 1.0.189.

In plain English: This fixed an overly cautious check that could make a capable GPU decline jobs it could complete normally. Updating to the current release is the only action needed.

#Version 1.0.187

Released: August 30, 2026 PT

Update guidance: Superseded; update to the current release at the next convenient opportunity.

In plain English: This was the first correction for workers that were declining some valid jobs, but it was still too cautious. Update to the current release; no other troubleshooting or configuration change is needed.

#Version 1.0.186

Released: August 29, 2026 PT

Update guidance: Superseded; update to the current release at the next convenient opportunity.

In plain English: This improved memory handling and recovery, especially on Windows, but one new check could be too cautious about accepting work. Later releases keep the useful protections while correcting that behavior. Updating is all that is required.

#Version 1.0.185

Released: August 28, 2026 PT

Update guidance: Superseded by 1.0.189.

In plain English: This refreshed the acceleration files used by MiniMax H3 Balanced for better qualified performance. Existing model names and app integrations continued to work, and the worker cleaned up replaced files automatically.

#Version 1.0.184

Released: August 28, 2026 PT

Update guidance: Superseded by 1.0.189.

In plain English: This was a broad reliability update for MiniMax H3 and general worker operation. It improved previews, recovery, monitoring, and compatibility across the supported H3 job types.

#Version 1.0.183

Released: August 27, 2026 PT

Update guidance: Superseded by 1.0.189.

In plain English: This fixed a MiniMax H3 video-generation error that could appear after models were unloaded and loaded again. Updating restored normal operation without requiring users to change their projects.

#Earlier August 2026 worker releases

The following releases fill the previous gap in the public history. They are all superseded. A worker can update directly to the current release; it does not need to install each intermediate version.

#H3 Balanced and recovery: versions 1.0.179–1.0.182

Version 1.0.182 — August 27, 2026 PT

In plain English: This attempted to repair a stale GPU transfer buffer after memory was reclaimed. A related MiniMax H3 reload problem remained and was fixed in 1.0.183, so do not stop on this version.

Version 1.0.181 — August 27, 2026 PT

In plain English: This restored MiniMax H3 compatibility immediately after the Balanced rollout. Versions 1.0.182 and 1.0.183 completed the follow-up recovery fixes.

Version 1.0.180 — August 27, 2026 PT

In plain English: This introduced MiniMax H3 Balanced for text-to-video, image-to-video, first/last-frame, and reference-video work. It also moved H3 Turbo to its qualified LightX2V v1.1 acceleration files while preserving user-selected LoRAs.

Version 1.0.179 — August 26, 2026 PT

In plain English: MiniMax H3 reference-video work became substantially faster, video-to-video inputs kept their intended frame rate, and worker-produced videos used a consistent high-quality encode.

#Model options and host reliability: versions 1.0.173–1.0.178

Version 1.0.178 — August 24, 2026 PT

In plain English: This maintenance release improved managed upgrades and MiniMax H3 compatibility. The installer gave active work more time to finish cleanly and correctly detected additional installed-worker layouts.

Version 1.0.177 — August 23, 2026 PT

In plain English: This is the first release eligible for MiniMax H3 reference-video jobs that use an uploaded reference video. It also made upscaling and recovery safer by avoiding an inappropriate output-classifier pass and repairing only model files proven to be incomplete.

Version 1.0.176 — August 20, 2026 PT

In plain English: Worker hosts gained access to user-attachable LoRAs across every MiniMax H3 mode. The worker also became better at recovering from startup failures and avoiding jobs becoming stuck before rendering began.

Version 1.0.175 — August 19, 2026 PT

In plain English: MiniMax H3 Turbo moved to the qualified native 768p LightX2V acceleration file for better speed and output consistency. Cleanup of retired model files was restored at the same time.

Version 1.0.174 — August 18, 2026 PT

In plain English: This important corrective release restored image- and video-based jobs affected by 1.0.173. It also added the worker health data now shown in the Dashboard—boot time, restart counts, temperature, VRAM, and utilization—and added the Krea 2 BloomGirls and Purple Grainy LoRAs.

Version 1.0.173 — August 18, 2026 PT

In plain English: This improved WSL2 memory behavior, cancellation recovery, and RTX VSR output validation. It was quickly replaced because a security-hardening change prevented valid worker-owned image and video assets from being read; 1.0.174 restored those jobs safely.

#LTX 2.5, RTX VSR, Music 3, and H3 R2V Turbo: versions 1.0.169–1.0.172

Version 1.0.172 — August 15, 2026 PT

In plain English: RTX VSR upscaling was extended through 16K where hardware and source dimensions allow, and Nosana workers could repair an unexpectedly empty model cache.

Version 1.0.171 — August 14, 2026 PT

In plain English: This is the first fully eligible release for NVIDIA RTX VSR upscaling and MiniMax H3 Reference-to-Video Turbo. It also completed the required NVIDIA NGX packaging and runtime checks so unsupported workers would not advertise RTX VSR.

Version 1.0.170 — August 14, 2026 PT

In plain English: This introduced MiniMax Music 3, the initial MiniMax H3 Reference-to-Video Turbo workflow, and the initial RTX VSR integration. Routing for H3 Reference-to-Video Turbo and RTX VSR requires 1.0.171 or later because that follow-up completed their release safeguards.

Version 1.0.169 — August 13, 2026 PT

In plain English: This introduced the LTX 2.5 family, including distilled and development workflows for text, image, audio, combined image-and-audio, and source-video inputs.

#H3 Turbo and compatibility: versions 1.0.162–1.0.168

Version 1.0.168 — August 12, 2026 PT

In plain English: MiniMax H3 reference limits and out-of-memory recovery were tightened so an incompatible request could be redirected cleanly instead of leaving the GPU in a partial state.

Version 1.0.167 — August 12, 2026 PT

In plain English: This refreshed the MiniMax H3 Turbo acceleration file, reduced GPU-memory spill when using quantized LoRAs, and added automatic CUDA 13 image selection for compatible systems.

Version 1.0.166 — August 10, 2026 PT

In plain English: This was a rapid follow-up build during the H3 end-frame and sampler rollout. It introduced no separate operator action or model-eligibility requirement and was superseded by the next routine release.

Version 1.0.165 — August 10, 2026 PT

In plain English: MiniMax H3 image-to-video gained optional end-frame guidance, and the H3 and Qwen model families gained their validated sampler choices. Older workers could continue ordinary jobs but were not selected for these new options.

Version 1.0.164 — August 8, 2026 PT

In plain English: MiniMax H3 Turbo restored ER-SDE as its dependable default sampler after the first Turbo rollout. The newer sampler choices were already available from 1.0.163.

Version 1.0.163 — August 7, 2026 PT

In plain English: This is the first release eligible for the complete MiniMax H3 Turbo text-to-video, image-to-video, and first/last-frame workflow set with validated sampler selection.

Version 1.0.162 — August 7, 2026 PT

In plain English: This introduced the first H3 Turbo fleet build and strengthened managed worker updates. It was replaced within hours by 1.0.163, which completed the validated sampler support.

#Native H3 and Identity Edit rollout: versions 1.0.154–1.0.161

Version 1.0.161 — August 7, 2026 PT

In plain English: This was a short-lived rebuild during the Sogni Identity Edit v0.3 rollout. It introduced no separate operator action and was superseded the same day.

Version 1.0.160 — August 6, 2026 PT

In plain English: This introduced Sogni Krea 2 Identity Edit v0.3 and automatically fitted MiniMax H3 keyframes to the selected video dimensions.

Version 1.0.159 — August 5, 2026 PT

In plain English: MiniMax H3 conditioning and video export became more reliable, and reconnect activity could no longer interfere while the worker was cleaning up GPU memory.

Version 1.0.158 — August 4, 2026 PT

In plain English: MiniMax H3 output was fixed at its native 24 frames per second, reference limits were enforced before rendering, and ACE-Step 1.5 XL became available on compatible 20 GB workers.

Version 1.0.157 — August 4, 2026 PT

In plain English: This is the first release eligible for MiniMax H3 Reference-to-Video-with-Audio. It added the dedicated model assets, workflow, and request limits for video-plus-audio references.

Version 1.0.156 — August 4, 2026 PT

In plain English: This refined the initial MiniMax H3 execution path and made time estimates more representative. It did not require users to recreate existing projects.

Version 1.0.155 — August 3, 2026 PT

In plain English: This is the first published worker build with correct native MiniMax H3 output. It fixed the Qwen-VL text-encoding regression that caused 1.0.154 to be withdrawn.

Version 1.0.154 — August 3, 2026 PT

In plain English: This was the initial published native MiniMax H3 and Sogni Identity Edit v0.2 build. It carried a Qwen-VL regression and was replaced within minutes by 1.0.155. Do not deliberately install it.

#Early rollout note: versions 1.0.150–1.0.153

• 1.0.150 — August 1, 2026 PT stabilized Wan Animate preprocessing and large-LoRA memory handling on RTX 4090 workers. Its CUDA 12 digest is sha256:867b8aaae5cdc8fb23423bba555b3f236be98d946b35fe07bce5a8ac63c986ce; no CUDA 13 image was published for this release.
• 1.0.151 introduced the first Sogni Krea 2 Identity Edit alpha in source, but its public image is no longer available.
• 1.0.152 was a CUDA 12-only corrective image for RTX 4090 memory allocation. Its immutable digest is sha256:7292e42a8d98a8b47464e4179f29ca8f615f36f2fa9d52324910194884d2d7b1; it is obsolete and should not be installed deliberately.
• 1.0.153 contained the first native MiniMax H3 implementation in source but was never published as a public worker image. Version 1.0.155 is the first published H3 build considered correct for routing.

#Installer and managed-update improvements

The worker image and installer are developed together, but their version numbers have not always moved in lockstep. These are the host-visible installer improvements from the same August release window:

• August 2–3 PT: made Windows and Linux worker starts, stops, and updates mutually exclusive so two lifecycle operations could not collide; removed legacy update-checker processes; and made managed starts pull the latest image after an administrator restart or Windows reboot.
• August 7–8 PT: further serialized managed lifecycle actions and made Windows update detection resilient to older image labels.
• August 10–12 PT: added automatic CUDA 13 image selection for compatible hosts, kept ARM systems away from incompatible x86 images, and preserved compatibility with older automatic-update installs.
• August 14–15 PT: restored CUDA 13 selection after the LTX 2.5 integration and migrated Windows/WSL2 installations to the NVIDIA NGX capability required for RTX VSR.
• August 24 PT: allowed a stopping worker up to 30 seconds to finish gracefully and fixed upgrades for LLM workers and older manifests without an image name.
• August 28 PT: contained managed worker services more reliably and added per-worker memory limits for multi-GPU hosts.

Most hosts receive these improvements through the current installer-managed start and update flow. A normal worker update does not require reinstalling the entire application.

#Why some platform model launches have no worker version

Not every model added to Sogni runs on a host-operated Fast Worker. For example, the August Wan 3, Wan 3 Enhanced, and Wan 3 Uncensored updates are routed through external model providers by the Sogni API and Socket. They did not add Wan 3 to the Sogni Comfy Worker image, so worker hosts did not need to update or download those models.

Concrete historical tags remain available in the CUDA 12 tag history and CUDA 13 tag history.