Development Builds

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master branch

The easiest way to install the latest development build is with pip:

pip install -U --pre --extra-index-url https://archive.panda3d.org/ panda3d

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Recent successful builds for jammy on branch master

32bdca90150bd0e223098f59a2a86b36b7f6575f

View changes - 2025-11-08T22:58:21Z

  • 32bdca9 android: Work on API level 36 support (though target 35 for now)
  • 27d905f workflow: Add Android build to CI matrix
  • d1aeef5 makepanda: Remove -m32 and -m64 flags for Android
  • bba3928 workflow: Set XCode version to 16
  • 1047728 tests: Support running test suite from adb shell
  • 90ca53a android: Fixes to allow Panda to run from the adb shell
  • e9fddf6 makepanda: Use correct .so suffix on Android
  • e524dc9 dtoolbase: Apply pvector libc++ workaround across the board
  • db27278 distributed: Fix for importing CR without OpenSSL compiled-in
  • 5c70817 workflow: Update to macOS 15


418d041252ab55850258012399bc63938552f65b

View changes - 2025-11-04T22:50:05Z

  • 418d041 pipeline: Fixes for fragile TLS implementation on Android
  • 1ea0ea6 dist: Fix for gui_apps with spaces in name on Android
  • ec9a7d1 dist: Check provided AndroidManifest.xml file for basic sanity
  • 4a7e528 express: Fix compiler warning on Android
  • cbbd3ed pandatool: Make WindowsGuid class trivially copyable
  • a40e8f9 android: Fix incorrect usage of ALooper_pollOnce
  • 42ae007 dist: Target latest Android API level
  • f848776 dist: Update Android protobuf files
  • 53a6d5d readme: Add sponsor logos
  • cc5eaa8 Add LambdaTest to BACKERS.md
  • fdf67ad dist: Allow passing in custom AndroidManifest.xml
  • ce31e41 dtoolbase: Work around macOS compiler bug with empty vector
  • 9df9409 cocoadisplay: Fix some DPI handling issues on resize
  • ba717b0 display: Fix compile warning
  • bd76aba audiotraits: fix compile warning on macOS
  • e83150f makepanda: Add more supported macOS SDKs, print used version
  • c2ab647 mac-stats: Widen strip chart sidebar to make smooth button fit on Tahoe
  • 867f174 dtoolbase: Fix out-of-bounds access in pdtoa.cxx
  • 5006f92 build: Update to interrogate v0.7.1
  • 983c88e tests: Make threading tests conditional upon thread support
  • 5779382 glgsg: Fix crash if task chain was destroyed before GSG
  • 93a1da8 direct: Remove throw_new_frame from libp3showbase (see #1014)
  • 14c4a9a direct: Move particlePath definition to Python (see #1014)
  • e415457 glstuff: Fix a wrong docstring
  • 97b3c18 express: Fix build with older OpenSSL versions
  • b7fb4af tests: Fix test run with OpenSSL disabled
  • 25ef611 express: Update SHA256 code in ZipArchive for OpenSSL v3
  • 5f9bb65 make-prc-key: Update deprecated API use for OpenSSL v3
  • f40e611 parser-inc: Add some missing headers


6ac2164c2575e9e6badea3f3747a91fea67d4940

View changes - 2025-10-10T15:51:30Z

  • 6ac2164 notify: Print out C++ backtrace on assert-abort
  • 2540648 nativenet: Change deprecated sprintf to snprintf
  • e68a3db glgsg: Fix typo causing SSBO support not always detected
  • e661d02 glgsg: Fix sharing shaders between GSGs
  • b275a72 pstats: Fix version check for ref tracing feature
  • 70c6251 build(deps): bump actions/setup-python from 5 to 6


b32d5c672441c280f7e799483d223e252cf9f797

View changes - 2025-09-05T07:59:44Z

  • b32d5c6 pstats: Enable ref tracing feature in Python 3.13.3+ as well
  • cd791ca pstats: Add new feature to count Python objects by type
  • 3f45a8e dtool: Improve memory usage tracking without USE_DELETED_CHAIN
  • d65e46e pgraph: Track CullableObject memory usage
  • 9427f2b dtool: Track DeletedChain memory use even without USE_DELETED_CHAIN
  • b6dc37c pgraph: Fix CullableObject incorrect use of memory usage tracking
  • 557ce7a express: Fix track-memory-usage with DeletedBufferChain off
  • 212ad74 prc: Fix recursion reading notify-timestamp config.prc variable
  • 32d2a13 dtoolutil: Fix missing std:: prefix
  • 05a610f build: Update to interrogate 0.7.0
  • 0c0eca6 express: Error check in set_encryption_password, don't use Dtool_Return_None
  • 2ab3ea3 interrogatedb: Name interrogate_request structs
  • f5713d1 cleanup: Fix missing `std::` prefixes
  • 469df73 tests: Add unit tests for send() and throw() on generator wrapper
  • 2625c19 build: Update to interrogate 0.6.1
  • d8e9afb Merge branch 'release/1.10.x'
  • b417d6a backport: A few thread safety things for free-threaded builds
  • 86ba156 py_compat: Update for Python 3.13 and 3.14
  • aa554a2 task: Backport fix for generators without send()
  • cc66746 tests: Fix test_typed_writable_subclass for Python 3.14
  • d1f4be7 py_compat: Add PyUnstable_Object_IsUniquelyReferenced


d63f708e2c2340d7c551f2ed2697b8b7fe0cabe8

View changes - 2025-08-26T10:59:18Z

  • d63f708 pstats: Actually support large frames (remove check)
  • 00b5357 task: More robust handling of iterators without send()/throw()
  • 67e3cca showbase: Annotate some debug functions (#1767)
  • be2ff15 build(deps): bump actions/checkout from 4 to 5
  • 66c9264 bam: Add forward compatibility for bam 6.46
  • 052bd77 loader: Remember type of loader object used to load models
  • 3564f2d readme: Improve bug reporting section with links (#1761)
  • 0e1a3f2 stdpy: Annotate threading functions (#1765)
  • f00cec7 showbase: Annotate `VFSImporter` functions (#1764)
  • fe65114 VFSImporter: Add ignore directive for mypy
  • e4e5d75 tests: Fix mypy, Windows test failures
  • bd4b3dd showbase: Rewrite VFSImporter for newer Python import system
  • e57c71d event: Change result of AsyncFuture gather() to return list
  • 9a2da04 Merge branch 'release/1.10.x'
  • ab357ea tinydisplay: Try to fix SDL compile errors
  • 0a94971 event: Fix memory leak I just introduced in 41e4cf5
  • 85e4d07 bam2egg: Fix support for more than two tags
  • a70d7c8 collide: get_wrt_mat() et al should return a copy
  • 535105c build: Update to interrogate 0.6.0
  • 5bc9b70 event: Make cancel() for regular tasks work like remove()
  • 6ef4699 collide: Fix potential use-after-free with transform cache disabled
  • 41e4cf5 event: Fix `await gather()` returning first item instead of tuple
  • ddcfee1 showbase: Annotate methods of Event, Interval, and Job Managers (#1762)
  • 7d7a08e cppparser: Consider reference types destructible
  • 6a9dde4 workflow: Fix Windows build
  • 2767bdd x11: Add config vars to disable usage of X11 extensions
  • 1f85588 workflow: Update to Windows 2022
  • 39c620d makepackage: don't use deprecated dpkg-shlibdeps option
  • de4865b putil: grab GIL while decreffing function
  • 20c9b0d workflow: Hack workaround for Ubuntu CI error
  • 95f16ea workflow: Update to MSVC 14.3 / 2022
  • e51c714 workflow: Update to MSVC 14.3 / 2022
  • 7051aa0 workflow: Update test runners
  • 47a823b workflow: Update Windows 2019 to 2022
  • cbb313d Use Win32 native calls for atomic also with clang-cl (#1746)
  • 98a50a7 x11: Add function for detecting auto repeat key events (#1735)
  • 3191a45 workflow: Update Ubuntu runners to 22.04
  • 33e6ed8 physics: Add support for distance-based falloff (#1731)
  • eae39b3 collide: Fix CollisionNode owner crash (grab GIL when destructing)
  • 5435579 showbase: Annotate basic `Messenger` methods (#1726)
  • 4b4fa03 direct: Annotate functions called directly by top-level code (#1727)
  • 6274b47 pstats: Better handle overlapping collectors in Timeline
  • 5a97488 gtk-stats: Support trackpad zoom/pan gestures in Timeline view
  • fcf619d Update version numbers to 1.10.16
  • 9a2203b pstats: Backport fix for crash when receiving frames out of order
  • 7c16720 webgl: Improve canvas resizing behavior
  • 85541de grutil: Add support for playing video via HTML video+WebGL
  • c960874 downloader: Add url property to VirtualFileHTTP
  • ab57b3c downloader: Fix HTTP downloads on latest emscripten
  • f4da124 pgraphnodes: Add setter for shadow buffer sort
  • 8de9859 showbase: Annotate basic `Loader` methods (#1723)
  • a7f8c57 display: Add per-shader PStats timer for compute dispatches
  • c729c75 display: Add queries for max work group count/size/invocations
  • fef27a7 Update emscripten to 4.0.2, Python to 3.12.8, enable bulk memory
  • 6452907 Improvements for env handling with node.js and emscripten
  • 8a1159f makepanda: Only build pnmimagetypes with exceptions if using OpenEXR
  • 79d6727 Move MAIN_DIR initialization code from interrogate to panda3d
  • ea1cbe4 dist: Add missing hidden import for panda3d.core on enum
  • 3f0f90d makepanda: Don't try to call interrogate_module with -vv
  • b0e1e0c showbase: Annotate callback methods
  • 0404feb windisplay: Fix IME result not showing up without `ime-aware true`
  • e681c17 glgsg: Use glClearTexImage even when tex has no storage
  • f188c8a tests: Use approx comparison for test_depth_bias
  • 99b3888 gobj: Fix Texture::clear_clear_color()
  • f6f391b glgsg: Don't override texture clear color for FBO attachments
  • 8114971 webgl: Improve handling of canvas focus
  • 1281875 linmath: Fix degenerate case in decompose_matrix
  • 1fa8e2b webgl: Don't use stringToUTF32 for keypress handling
  • 287e456 glgsg: Fix BGR swap regression for sync uploads
  • fa64a52 glgsg: Do not prefer depth-stencil ms renderbuffers on macOS
  • 1234388 glgsg: Make multisample renderbuffer format match regular one
  • 9c7e9e9 glgsg: Add more debug prints for renderbuffer creation
  • 97fcbc2 glgsg: Fix error message for unhandled external formats
  • 3725a00 glgsg: Fix typo
  • 1a431b3 glgsg: make async texture transfer threads configurable
  • 55a3a0d glgsg: async screenshot refactor, general mechanism for fences
  • 2a47826 glgsg: Big refactoring of texture uploading, add async upload support
  • 2ea02ef putil: Add new primitives for async callbacks/futures
  • 67723ca display: Generalized method for running things on draw thread
  • 5b0cf9e glgsg: More efficient handling of texture memory barriers
  • a55860b glgsg: Fix memory barrier for extract_shader_buffer_data
  • 3833866 display: Add method to synchronously download SSBO contents
  • 7ba4fe3 display: Add gsg.engine property
  • 3082d28 pstatclient: Fix out-of-order events with thread profiling
  • da4e2ca express: Use monotonic clock on POSIX (has nanosecond precision)
  • 674fa44 task: Fix first frame on task chain missed by PStats
  • 91f124e display: Allow setting a custom clock for a GraphicsEngine
  • 8c9ba6d cocoa: Fix compilation error
  • f872a82 display: Support sharing graphics context between GraphicsEngines
  • 8f4d0c8 gobj: Make BufferContextChain thread-safe
  • db692ed glgsg: Issue memory barriers for SSBOs
  • 271fa9d glgsg: Fix issues with render-to-texture and cube map arrays
  • eb5366b tests: Update mypy to version 1.14.1 (#1715)
  • cc6646a cull: Fix crash caused by freeing a cull object with empty volume
  • be382a8 makewheel: Exclude some more system libs
  • 770e2ff windisplay: Remove unused config.prc variable definitions:
  • f433733 readme: Update Android build instructions
  • 598a94a android: Set minimum to API level 21
  • 5965d5b windisplay: Prevent window resize to zero (#1705)
  • 899af61 pgraph: Fix ModelPool return value reference count
  • e43dc87 Fix unit test failures on Python 3.13
  • 46cf9c0 showbase: Fix Loader when destroying and recreating ShowBase
  • 3f2b9cd pgraph: Make ModelPool.load_model() work same as Loader.load_sync()
  • 343ec6b showbase: Create Loader before ShowBase, importable from ShowBaseGlobal
  • 5d465be samples: Remove unused CardMaker import from procedural-cube sample
  • 5e05049 collide: Add custom owner field to CollisionNode
  • 6f33bbe glgsg: Fix use after free with gl-force-fbo-color and layered FBO
  • 26dd784 gobj: Make BufferResidencyTracker::_residency a const field
  • ff11113 android: Draw to whole window, ignoring contentRect
  • d87cbbc dist: Validate application_id when building for Android
  • 7d753d4 dist: Set various AndroidManifest.xml attribs, support appCategory
  • 6f0fa2b dist: Fix for Android configuration changes restarting app
  • 73c6759 android: Exit process after activity shutdown
  • 8a1d0f7 makepanda: use javac from JAVA_HOME, check for deprecations
  • a855071 showbase: Fix regressions on Android due to not running on main thread
  • d6acaaf dist: Android fixes, esp. for Python 3.13
  • 46e9005 android: Fix crash on shutdown if stdout/err is not redirected
  • d1707c4 makewheel: Correct path to libpython on Android
  • a32030d framework: Clean up task manager on close_framework()
  • ff3e7da pipeline: Never try to detach external pthread (fixes Android crash)
  • ac68b85 shader: Fix compilation warning
  • 3471641 text: Don't try to use harfbuzz if freetype is not enabled either
  • c31041c android: Fix assorted errors and deprecations
  • 44a4116 makepanda: Fix assorted Android compile / package issues
  • 7191fb1 makepanda: Don't look for macOS framework when cross-compiling
  • fa25c51 notify: Fix compile error on Android
  • 6394973 windisplay: Fix recursive loop in adjust_z_order
  • 22381c9 pgraphnodes: Disable lighting when rendering shadow cam
  • d173086 putil: Fix SparseArray get_lowest_on_bit and get_lowest_off_bit
  • 804d49f tinydisplay: Fix extracted texture not having sRGB format
  • 2b88594 tinydisplay: Fix vertex color being multiplied in even with material present
  • 134f0bb tinydisplay: Fix material diffuse being ignored with only ambient light