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2026-11-08

llama.cpp releases23:47

b12208

The ggml library has been updated to make tied selections in the radix Top-K algorithm deterministic on CUDA and Metal backends by replacing atomic compaction loops with a deterministic scheme using simdgroup scans and coalesced memory accesses. This change ensures byte-identical outputs across runs, improves performance by 20-45% on M5 Ultra hardware, and enables deterministic testing for Metal and ROCm. Redundant CUDA kernel resets were removed, and Vulkan/Metal changes were reduced or skipped.

2026-11-07

llama.cpp releases00:39

b12176

The update qualifies calls to math functions like isnan and signbit with std:: to ensure compatibility with C++ standard library overloads, addressing issues on NetBSD 11.99.9/x86_64 with gcc 14.4.0. Additional C math function calls are standardized using std:: prefixes (e.g., std::fabs, std::copysign) instead of non-existent std::fabsf variants, improving accuracy by keeping computations in double precision. The change results in a minor behavioral difference with a relative error of at most 1.4e-7, well below test tolerances.

llama.cpp releases19:58

b12188

The server update addresses slot processing order by ensuring parent slots are visited before child slots, preventing delays caused by child tasks landing on lower slot IDs. This change ensures all child tasks join the same batch after being woken by their parent. Additionally, new test tags have been introduced for monitoring: __TEST_TAG_WAIT_PARENT_SLOT__ for child slot waits, __TEST_TAG_PROMPT_CACHE_RESTORE__ for prompt cache restores, and __TEST_TAG_PROMPT_CACHE_FULL_RESTORE__ when a cached prompt is fully contained in a new one based on token counts.

2026-11-06

llama.cpp releases21:50

b12170

The llama.cpp v1.21.70 release includes enhancements to the moe-cache system, introducing an LRFU/MQ-inspired hybrid cache with improved token handling, key computation, and decay calculations. Changes include adjusting the half-life parameter, increasing the number of classes to 8, refining score computation based on age, removing redundant branches, and improving documentation around unused slots and sorting. The release also features updated build binaries for multiple platforms including macOS, Linux, Windows, Android, and openEuler, with support for CUDA, Vulkan, ROCm, OpenVINO, SYCL, and other backends.

2026-11-05

llama.cpp releases22:03

b12128

The fix addresses intermittent CI failures in TOPK_MOE tests caused by near ties in logits, particularly with uniform random inputs and narrow-range gating functions like sqrt_softplus. The solution involves redrawing logits until group selection and top-k decisions have a relative margin of 1e-4 in double precision, and constructing logits by inverting the gating function using a grid-based approach to ensure consistent expert selection across backends.

2026-10-27

llama.cpp releases15:42

b11919

opencl: refine mul mat id -1 index (#31170) Assisted-by: Codex **Website:** - **Attestations:** - **macOS/iOS:** - [macOS Apple Silicon (arm64)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/b11919/llama-b11919-bin-macos-arm64.tar.gz) - macOS Apple Silicon (arm64, KleidiAI enabled) [DISABLED](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/pull/23780) - [macOS Intel (x64)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/b11919/llama-b11919-bin-macos-x64.tar.gz) - [iOS XCFramework](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/b11919/llama-b11919-xcframework.zip) **Linux:** - [Ubuntu x64 (CPU)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/b11919/llama-b11919-bin-ubuntu-x64.tar.gz) - [Ubuntu arm64 (CPU)](https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp/releases/download/b11

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