Release tracker - 3.6.0 (2025-07-21)

[ScottTodd]

Overview

[!IMPORTANT] The 3.6.0 release is scheduled for 2025-07-21.

Our previous stable release was published on 2025-06-11: https://github.com/iree-org/iree/releases/tag/v3.5.0. We aim for roughly one stable release every 6 weeks. This issue tracks the release process for the next release.

Release process docs:

• https://iree.dev/developers/general/release-management/
• https://github.com/iree-org/iree/blob/main/RELEASING.md

Release checklist:

• [ ] Watch for major/breaking changes and decide to either batch them with this release or defer them until the next release
• [ ] Choose release candidates from nightly releases to promote. The candidates should contain no major regressions and should include all packages, even those marked experimental in .github/workflows/build_package.yml like macOS and Windows packages.
• [ ] Compile release notes
• [ ] Push IREE packages to PyPI and create a new release on GitHub
• [ ] Push iree-turbine packages to PyPI and create a new release on GitHub
• [ ] Push shark-ai packages to PyPI and create a new release on GitHub
• [ ] Increment version.json files
• [ ] Update release process docs for next time

Testing instructions

(Update this once release candidates are selected. Versions should match within each repository.)

pip install \
  --find-links https://iree.dev/pip-release-links.html \
  iree-base-compiler==3.6.0rcYYYYMMDD \
  iree-base-runtime==3.6.0rcYYYYMMDD \
  iree-tools-tf==YYYYMMDD.ABCD \
  iree-tools-tflite==YYYYMMDD.ABCD \
  --find-links https://iree.dev/pip-release-links.html \
  iree-turbine==3.6.0rcYYYYMMDD \
  --find-links https://github.com/nod-ai/shark-ai/releases/expanded_assets/dev-wheels \
  shortfin==3.6.0rcYYYYMMDD \
  sharktank==3.6.0rcYYYYMMDD \
  sharktuner==3.6.0rcYYYYMMDD

Release notes

Candidate: TBD

Commit range

• Previous release to main: https://github.com/iree-org/iree/compare/v3.5.0...main
• Previous release to release candidate: TBD

(Contributors can edit this section as they land patches)

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Announcements

Notable changes

Compiler

Runtime

Developer tools

New contributors

(TODO: update this with the autogenerated list)

Full changelog

List of changes

(TODO: update this with the autogenerated notes)

Commit history: https://github.com/iree-org/iree/compare/v3.5.0...v3.6.0

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