NVIDIA RAPIDS Production Branch October 2025 (PB 25h2) offers a 9-month lifecycle for API stability, with monthly patches for high and critical software vulnerabilities.
What Is NVIDIA RAPIDS?
The RAPIDS suite of software libraries gives you the freedom to execute end-to-end data science and analytics pipelines entirely on GPUs. It relies on NVIDIA® CUDA® primitives for low-level compute optimization, but exposes GPU parallelism and high-bandwidth memory speed through user-friendly Python interfaces.
NVIDIA RAPIDS includes XGBoost, cuDF for Data Frames, cuML for Machine Learning, cuGraph for Graph processing, RMM for memory management, and spatiotemporal operations.
What Is NVIDIA RAPIDS Production Branch October 2025?
The NVIDIA RAPIDS Production Branch, exclusively available with NVIDIA AI Enterprise, is a 9-month supported, API-stable branch that includes monthly fixes for high and critical software vulnerabilities. This branch provides a stable and secure environment for building your mission-critical AI applications. The NVIDIA RAPIDS production branch releases every six months with a three-month overlap in between two releases.
Getting started with NVIDIA RAPIDS Production Branch
Before you start, ensure that your environment is set up by following one of the deployment guides available in the NVIDIA AI Enterprise Documentation.
For more information on RAPIDS, visit the following links:
Government Ready:
This ensures the highest level of security for regulated environments, the x86 container image for this branch is:
- STIG Ubuntu 24.04 hardened
- Supports FIPS 140-2 / 3 validated crypto / uses libraries that support FIPS crypto
To use this specific hardened image, navigate to the repository's Tags tab and look for the purple label indicating Gov ready displayed alongside the tag.
Learn more about NVIDIA's hardened image in the AI Software for Regulated Environments White Paper.
Compatible Infrastructure Software Versions
For the optimized performance, it is highly recommended to deploy the supported NVIDIA AI Enterprise Infrastructure software in conjunction with your AI software.
Production Branch - October 2025 (25h2) is compatible with NVIDIA AI Enterprise Infrastructure 7.
Known Issues
None
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