# OpenUSD v24.11 release candidate available on GitHub

**URL:** <https://forum.aousd.org/t/openusd-v24-11-release-candidate-available-on-github/1927>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [October 17, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.aousd.org/t/openusd-v24-11-release-candidate-available-on-github/1927 "2024-10-17T21:15:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![varun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e9bcb4/32.png) [@varun](https://forum.aousd.org/u/varun)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2024, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.aousd.org/t/openusd-v24-11-release-candidate-available-on-github/1927/1 "2024-10-17T21:15:49Z")

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Hi all,

The release candidate for the upcoming 24.11 release is now available on GitHub under the [24.11-rc1](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/releases/tag/v24.11-rc1) tag. The CHANGELOG for this release is available here: [OpenUSD/CHANGELOG.md at 899c19efdc20786bc6cfc2c8202b8d32c3a5c794 · PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD · GitHub](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/blob/899c19efdc20786bc6cfc2c8202b8d32c3a5c794/CHANGELOG.md)

Version 24.11 is scheduled for release next Friday, 25th October. Please post any questions or feedback you may have in this thread, and file issues in our [GitHub repository](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues) for bug reports.

Thank you!

- Varun

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**Author:** ![dhruvgovil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.aousd.org/dhruvgovil/32/3_2.png) [@dhruvgovil](https://forum.aousd.org/u/dhruvgovil)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 7:43am UTC](https://forum.aousd.org/t/openusd-v24-11-release-candidate-available-on-github/1927/2 "2024-10-18T07:43:54Z")

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@varun just a note, that boost is also required for OpenImageIO according to the build script. Might be worth adjusting the changelog to reflect that, since it only mentions VDB.

Great release though! Lots of awesome changes in here.

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**Author:** ![varun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/e9bcb4/32.png) [@varun](https://forum.aousd.org/u/varun)\
**Post date:** [October 18, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.aousd.org/t/openusd-v24-11-release-candidate-available-on-github/1927/3 "2024-10-18T20:52:49Z")

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Thanks @dhruvgovil for taking a note of this.

The note about boost dependency is because OpenUSD just needs to know where the boost headers are located because OpenVDB uses boost in its public headers, and hence USD will need to provide boost. Whereas when building with OIIO, that is not the case, as boost is required for OIIO’s build but not as a USD requirement.

Thanks

- Varun

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**Author:** ![dhruvgovil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.aousd.org/dhruvgovil/32/3_2.png) [@dhruvgovil](https://forum.aousd.org/u/dhruvgovil)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://forum.aousd.org/t/openusd-v24-11-release-candidate-available-on-github/1927/4 "2024-10-19T00:13:37Z")

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That’s fair. Perhaps the changelog could reflect that nuance? “Dependencies may require boost to build” or something along those lines?