# OpenUSD v26.11-alpha preview available on GitHub

**URL:** <https://forum.aousd.org/t/openusd-v26-11-alpha-preview-available-on-github/3055>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [October 5, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.aousd.org/t/openusd-v26-11-alpha-preview-available-on-github/3055 "2026-10-05T18:09:33Z")\
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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 5, 2026, 6:09pm UTC](https://forum.aousd.org/t/openusd-v26-11-alpha-preview-available-on-github/3055/1 "2026-10-05T18:09:33Z")

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Hi all,

Internal QA testing has begun for the upcoming OpenUSD 26.11 release. The code being tested is available on a new `v26.11` branch on GitHub under the `v26.11-alpha` label.

This release we will be following the [release branch proposal](https://github.com/sunyab/OpenUSD-proposals/blob/release_branches/proposals/release_branches/README.md) and hence an explicit v26.11 branch.

We are tentatively aiming to complete internal QA tests by the end of this week. Assuming all goes well, the v26.11 release candidate is tentatively scheduled to be published the following week with the official v26.11 release scheduled the week after that.

Please let me know if there are any questions, thanks!

- Varun

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**Author:** ![nvmkuruc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/76d3ee/32.png) [@nvmkuruc](https://forum.aousd.org/u/nvmkuruc)\
**Post date:** [October 6, 2026, 10:00pm UTC](https://forum.aousd.org/t/openusd-v26-11-alpha-preview-available-on-github/3055/2 "2026-10-06T22:00:21Z")

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Hi @varun. Do you expect to be addressing this proposal as well for 26.11?

[Proposal for updating version numbers in OpenUSD by sunyab · Pull Request #117 · PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD-proposals](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD-proposals/pull/117)

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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 6, 2026, 11:31pm UTC](https://forum.aousd.org/t/openusd-v26-11-alpha-preview-available-on-github/3055/3 "2026-10-06T23:31:15Z")

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Hi @nvmkuruc,

We’ve decided to give that proposal a bit more time rather than rushing it into the `26.11` release during this alpha period. We plan to merge it into the `dev` branch after `26.11` lands, targeting a subsequent release instead.

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![jesswang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/53a042/32.png) [@jesswang](https://forum.aousd.org/u/jesswang)\
**Post date:** [October 15, 2026, 10:25pm UTC](https://forum.aousd.org/t/openusd-v26-11-alpha-preview-available-on-github/3055/4 "2026-10-15T22:25:08Z")

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Closed on October 15, 2026, 10:25pm UTC