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Release 8.1 — February 20, 2026

IMPORTANT changes

  • Updated CUDA and cuDNN to support the latest GPU models, see GPU Prerequisites.

    Before upgrading from a previous version, review the Migration Guide. For the new reference numbers, see Performance Results.

  • Updated the supported NVIDIA GPU architectures: Turing, Ampere, Ada Lovelace, Hopper, Blackwell. Deprecated the following NVIDIA GPU architectures: Maxwell, Pascal, Volta.

  • Updated the list of supported operating systems. For installation prerequisites, see:

  • Earlier Helm chart versions are not compatible with Face SDK v8.1 due to dependency updates. For containerized deployments, use Helm chart v3.0.0: Migration Guide.

    For deployment instructions, refer to Installation Guides.

  • Redesigned the Web clients to improve stability, code quality, and maintainability. Please review the Migration Guide before updating.

  • Upgraded Milvus to version 2.6.4. For details, see the Milvus release notes.

Liveness

  • Enhanced protection against data injections from rooted Android devices and Android emulators. Suspected sessions are now rejected with the Not Live resolution.
  • Fixed an issue where data was incorrectly captured in Firefox 145 and later, leading to a persistent Not Live result.

Mobile

  • Introduced extended diagnostics for cases where users do not follow instructions while completing the liveness assessment.

Android

  • Fixed an issue where the liveness video was corrupted in some cases on Android 5.1 devices.
  • Fixed an issue where the color scheme of the liveness video was broken and all frames appeared greenish.
  • Fixed UI issues when passing the liveness procedure on Samsung Fold 7 devices.

Hybrid

  • Updated dependencies to the latest versions to fix security vulnerabilities.

Web Service API

  • Added support for DynamoDB; see the dynamodb parameter on the Configuration page for details.

  • Fixed an issue where an incorrectly created request to /api/match_and_search resulted in a response with HTTP 500 status code.

  • Fixed an issue where adding a person’s image with resizeOptions returned 400 Bad Request.

  • Updated dependencies to the latest versions to address security vulnerabilities.

Demo Website

  • Fixed an issue where some photos uploaded from the gallery were displayed rotated by 180 degrees.

Web Client

  • Added an example of the match_and_search request to the Java client.

Web Components

  • Added a new mode for the Capture and Liveness components where the user controls the process of taking a selfie and clicks a button to capture the photo. For details, find the new captureButton parameter in Settings and review the Enable User-Triggered Capture section.

Installation

  • Updated the Full Docker Compose file and Identification Docker Compose file to exclude the Bitnami repository.
  • Bumped libpng and zlib versions to fix security vulnerabilities.
  • Updated the Helm chart to support OpenSearch and MongoDB Atlas.

Versions

The following Face SDK component versions comply with this release:

Component Version
Web Service 8.1.644.1605
Web Components 8.1.1995
Mobile Native
ㅤㅤㅤiOS API 8.1.3731
ㅤㅤㅤiOS Core Basic 8.1.1927
ㅤㅤㅤiOS Core Match 8.1.1928
ㅤㅤㅤAndroid API 8.1.4455
ㅤㅤㅤAndroid Core Basic 8.1.1522
ㅤㅤㅤAndroid Core Match 8.1.1522
Mobile Hybrid
ㅤㅤㅤNET MAUI iOS API TBD
ㅤㅤㅤNET MAUI iOS Core Basic TBD
ㅤㅤㅤNET MAUI iOS Core Match TBD
ㅤㅤㅤNET MAUI Android API TBD
ㅤㅤㅤNET MAUI Android Core Basic TBD
ㅤㅤㅤNET MAUI Android Core Match TBD
ㅤㅤㅤNPM API 8.1.796
ㅤㅤㅤNPM Core Basic 8.1.422
ㅤㅤㅤNPM Core Match 8.1.423
ㅤㅤㅤFlutter API 8.1.738
ㅤㅤㅤFlutter Core Basic 8.1.365
ㅤㅤㅤFlutter Core Match 8.1.366