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v2.5.0

AudarAI/Audar-ASR-V1v2.5.0May 21, 2026by Lightheartdevs

AI Summary

This release focuses on expanding and validating the local AI installation surface across multiple Linux distributions and hardware platforms, ensuring robust deployment capabilities.

Key Highlights

  • Multi-distro validation now covers Ubuntu 24.04, Debian 12, Fedora 41, Rocky Linux 9, and various Arch-based distros.
  • New Incus VM distro lab provides real systemd, network, and Docker daemon coverage for testing.
  • Public validation matrix documentation for Strix Halo, Apple Silicon, and tower2 fleet paths.
  • Improved AMD runtime diagnostics and visibility for inference state.

New Features

  • Expanded multi-distro validation coverage
  • Incus VM distro lab for real system testing
  • AMD runtime diagnostics and inference state visibility
  • Docker CE CentOS/RHEL repo fallback for Rocky/RHEL-family installs
  • DNF package resolution avoiding Fedora/RHEL-style conflicts

Full Release Notes

## Highlights

Dream Server 2.5.0 is the fleet-validated release for the expanded local-AI install surface.

- Multi-distro validation now covers Ubuntu 24.04/22.04, Debian 12, Linux Mint 21.3, Fedora 41, Rocky Linux 9, Arch, Manjaro, CachyOS, and openSUSE Tumbleweed in CI/container form.
- tower2 now runs an Incus VM distro lab for real systemd, network, Docker daemon, Docker Compose, and installer dry-run coverage on Ubuntu 24.04, Fedora 42, Rocky 9, Arch current, and openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Strix Halo, Apple Silicon, Linux NVIDIA, Linux ARM NVIDIA, and tower2 fleet paths are documented in the public validation matrix.
- AMD runtime diagnostics and explicit AMD inference state now make Lemonade vs llama-server, host vs container, backend, health, and managed/runtime mode visible.
- Rocky/RHEL-family Docker installs now use a Docker CE CentOS/RHEL repo fallback when distro packages are unavailable.
- DNF package resolution avoids Fedora/RHEL-style `curl` vs `curl-minimal` conflicts.
- Retired LiveKit credential exposure is documented as resolved so public audit readers do not mistake retired leaked values for active secrets.

## Validation Receipt

Full fleet pass: `/home/michael/dream-fleet-test/runs/2026-05-21T15-48-27Z`

- tower2, Strix Halo, Spark, Mac mini, and M5 MacBook Pro passed install, 7/7 verify, Hermes seeded echo, UI checks, and applicable capability probes.
- Strix Halo and M5 MacBook Pro fully proved capability probes on Qwen3.6-35B-A3B; Mac mini fully proved capability probes on Qwen3.5-9B.
- tower2 and Spark deferred capability probes while still in bootstrap mode.
- Regressions: 9/9 fixtures green, 0 bugs detected, 0 PRs opened.
- Distro lab: Docker matrix passed 10/10 distros; Incus VM matrix passed 5/5 VMs with real systemd + Docker and clean installer dry-runs.

## Known Follow-up

Running `fleet-multi-distro.sh` in parallel with a heavy `dream-fleet-test` install on tower2 can cause I/O contention. This is tracked in #1314 and is not release-blocking; serialize those surfaces or add a future `--parallel-limit` flag.

See `dream-server/CHANGELOG.md` and `dream-server/docs/VALIDATION-MATRIX.md` for the full release notes and evidence trail.