# Announcements **URL:** https://discuss.ray.io/c/announcement/14.md [Latest](https://discuss.ray.io/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.ray.io/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.ray.io/tags.md) --- ## [Take the 2026 Ray Community Pulse survey](https://discuss.ray.io/t/take-the-2026-ray-community-pulse-survey/23461)
**Author:** [@christina](https://discuss.ray.io/u/christina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 22, 2026, 5:23pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/take-the-2026-ray-community-pulse-survey/23461 "2026-01-22T17:23:57Z")
The 2026 community pulse survey is now open to capture how Ray usage has evolved, and to measure progress on the priorities you shared with us last year. We’d love to hear your thoughts on the future of Ray and how yo… --- ## [Join our Official Ray Office Hours!](https://discuss.ray.io/t/join-our-official-ray-office-hours/23451)
**Author:** [@christina](https://discuss.ray.io/u/christina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 14, 2026, 1:10am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/join-our-official-ray-office-hours/23451 "2026-01-14T01:10:38Z")
Hi everyone! We’ll be holding monthly office hours for: Ray Data (pipelines, ingest, transforms, performance) Happens every 2 weeks. Ray LLM (serving, fine-tuning workflows, inference, scaling) Happens every… --- ## [Ray LLM Office Hours Sign-Up](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-llm-office-hours-sign-up/23321)
**Author:** [@christina](https://discuss.ray.io/u/christina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2025, 6:33pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-llm-office-hours-sign-up/23321 "2025-11-14T18:33:07Z")
Hello Ray community! We are kicking off a biweekly office hours series focused on building and running LLM workloads with Ray. If you are using Ray for online or batch inference, these office hours are for you. Bring qu… --- ## [Ray is Joining The PyTorch Foundation](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-is-joining-the-pytorch-foundation/23263)
**Author:** [@christina](https://discuss.ray.io/u/christina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2025, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-is-joining-the-pytorch-foundation/23263 "2025-10-22T16:14:57Z")
Today we are excited to announce Ray is joining The Linux Foundation, where it will be part of the PyTorch Foundation alongside PyTorch and vLLM. This ensures the project’s long-term neutrality, open governance, and d… --- ## [Introducing the Ray Foundations Certification - Pilot Access Now Open!](https://discuss.ray.io/t/introducing-the-ray-foundations-certification-pilot-access-now-open/23097)
**Author:** [@christina](https://discuss.ray.io/u/christina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/introducing-the-ray-foundations-certification-pilot-access-now-open/23097 "2025-09-11T17:08:22Z")
Hi Ray community! We’re excited to announce the Ray Foundations Certification, a new certification that validates your knowledge of Ray’s architecture, distributed primitives, and libraries. As part of our pilot program… --- ## [🚨 Deprecation Notice: macOS x86\_64 Wheels](https://discuss.ray.io/t/deprecation-notice-macos-x86-64-wheels/22939)
**Author:** [@christina](https://discuss.ray.io/u/christina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 4, 2025, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/deprecation-notice-macos-x86-64-wheels/22939 "2025-08-04T19:25:00Z")
With the upcoming Ray 2.49.0 release (tentative), we will retire all prebuilt macOS wheels for Intel (x86\_64) processors. If you’re on an Intel-based Mac, please continue using Ray 2.48.x (or earlier) or build from so… --- ## [Join us at Ray Summit 2025!](https://discuss.ray.io/t/join-us-at-ray-summit-2025/22918)
**Author:** [@christina](https://discuss.ray.io/u/christina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 31, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/join-us-at-ray-summit-2025/22918 "2025-07-31T19:28:38Z")
San Francisco’s favorite AI summit is coming back this fall. Ray Summit 2025, taking place from November 3-5, will once again welcome distributed computing and machine learning enthusiasts from around the globe to exc… --- ## [\[Roadmap\] Ray Q3 2025](https://discuss.ray.io/t/roadmap-ray-q3-2025/22892)
**Author:** [@christina](https://discuss.ray.io/u/christina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/roadmap-ray-q3-2025/22892 "2025-07-25T18:02:11Z")
Hello everyone! :waving\_hand: I’m excited to share what we have in plan for Q3 2025 for Ray. I will try to keep this updated as features get merged in, and rolled out. Goal: Deliver foundational reliability, performa… --- ## [Ray Summit 2025 Call for Proposals is Open!](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-summit-2025-call-for-proposals-is-open/22588)
**Author:** [@christina](https://discuss.ray.io/u/christina)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-summit-2025-call-for-proposals-is-open/22588 "2025-06-12T22:58:30Z")
The Call for Proposals for Ray Summit 2025 is officially open, and due on June 30, 2025. This is your chance to share your expertise on productionizing AI, scaling systems, generative AI, LLMs, and more with leading … --- ## [Level Up Your Ray Skills with Our New Training, Newsletter & Slack](https://discuss.ray.io/t/level-up-your-ray-skills-with-our-new-training-newsletter-slack/21960)
**Author:** [@christina](https://discuss.ray.io/u/christina)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/level-up-your-ray-skills-with-our-new-training-newsletter-slack/21960 "2025-05-21T22:58:39Z")
Hey Ray community! We’ve been working on a bunch of exciting stuff and we’re super excited to share with ya’ll! We’re offering Ray Training for developers looking to take their distributed computing skills to the nex… --- ## [The Ray + AI Infra Summit - NYC 2025](https://discuss.ray.io/t/the-ray-ai-infra-summit-nyc-2025/22331)
**Author:** [@christina](https://discuss.ray.io/u/christina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 17, 2025, 10:08pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/the-ray-ai-infra-summit-nyc-2025/22331 "2025-04-17T22:08:26Z")
The countdown to Ray + AI Infra Summit NYC has begun! :rocket: On May 20th, you’ll hear from an amazing lineup of speakers from Spotify, Bridgewater, Two Sigma, Character.AI, Figma, and more. Whether you’re in financ… --- ## [\[March 27 Meetup\] Scaling Data Processing and ML Training - Daft x Ray](https://discuss.ray.io/t/march-27-meetup-scaling-data-processing-and-ml-training-daft-x-ray/21979)
**Author:** [@christina](https://discuss.ray.io/u/christina)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 6, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/march-27-meetup-scaling-data-processing-and-ml-training-daft-x-ray/21979 "2025-03-06T20:25:50Z")
We are excited to invite you to our upcoming meet-up on March 27th, co- hosted with Daft, where we’ll be collaborating on scaling data processing and ML training with Daft + Ray. :rocket: Hear from Daft Software Engi… --- ## [Starting from ray 2.35.0, ray\[all\] will not include ray\[cpp\] anymore](https://discuss.ray.io/t/starting-from-ray-2-35-0-ray-all-will-not-include-ray-cpp-anymore/15683)
**Author:** [@Lonnie\_Liu](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Lonnie_Liu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2024, 8:40pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/starting-from-ray-2-35-0-ray-all-will-not-include-ray-cpp-anymore/15683 "2024-08-28T20:40:33Z")
Hi there, Starting from Ray 2.35.0, pip install ray\[all\] will not include ray\[cpp\] and will not install the respective ray-cpp package. For users who would still like to install ray\[all\] and ray\[cpp\] for 2.35.0+, one ca… --- ## [Release images, rayproject/ray, are using Ubuntu 22.04 since ray 2.33](https://discuss.ray.io/t/release-images-rayproject-ray-are-using-ubuntu-22-04-since-ray-2-33/15476)
**Author:** [@Lonnie\_Liu](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Lonnie_Liu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2024, 9:33pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/release-images-rayproject-ray-are-using-ubuntu-22-04-since-ray-2-33/15476 "2024-08-06T21:33:42Z")
We upgraded from Ubuntu 20.04 to 22.04 for all released base images. The change started from ray 2.33. We are no longer releasing ray images that use Ubuntu 20.04 as bases. If you need ray to work on Ubuntu 20.04, you c… --- ## [Latest version(2.3) release date](https://discuss.ray.io/t/latest-version-2-3-release-date/9406)
**Author:** [@TUB-hasib](https://discuss.ray.io/u/TUB-hasib)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2024, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/latest-version-2-3-release-date/9406 "2024-07-10T08:53:32Z")
hi, when is the 2.3 coming? --- ## [Ray Summit 2024 Registration](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-summit-2024-registration/14761)
**Author:** [@RayAdmin](https://discuss.ray.io/u/RayAdmin)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 10, 2024, 8:02am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-summit-2024-registration/14761 "2024-07-10T08:02:00Z")
Ray Summit 2024 is just a few months away! It will be held from Sept. 30th - Oct. 2nd in downtown San Francisco at the Marriott Marquis. Oct. 1st and 2nd we will have a fantastic lineup of speakers covering Ray, Machine… --- ## [Deprecating ray-ml images](https://discuss.ray.io/t/deprecating-ray-ml-images/15109)
**Author:** [@Lonnie\_Liu](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Lonnie_Liu)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2024, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/deprecating-ray-ml-images/15109 "2024-07-02T15:00:08Z")
github issue: Deprecating ray-ml images · Issue #46378 · ray-project/ray · GitHub Hi Ray community, We are deprecating rayproject/ray-ml container images. Starting from Ray version 2.31.0 : The images will be tagged… --- ## [Phasing out Ray Docker images for Intel-based Mac OSX](https://discuss.ray.io/t/phasing-out-ray-docker-images-for-intel-based-mac-osx/14453)
**Author:** [@Sam\_Chan](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Sam_Chan)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/phasing-out-ray-docker-images-for-intel-based-mac-osx/14453 "2024-04-19T16:17:00Z")
Hey everyone! We wanted to give you a heads up about a change we’re planning for the Ray open source community. As of later this summer, we’re going to discontinue publishing Ray images for Intel-based Macs. We underst… --- ## [Ray Summit 2024 CFP is open!](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-summit-2024-cfp-is-open/14279)
**Author:** [@zhz](https://discuss.ray.io/u/zhz)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2024, 1:43am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-summit-2024-cfp-is-open/14279 "2024-04-04T01:43:38Z")
We want to hear your story at #RaySummit 2024! The call for proposals is open for the Ray Summit 2024, taking place October 1 - 2, 2024 in San Francisco. The Ray Community is what makes Ray Summit so successful. We’re on… --- ## [Help us improve Ray Data for ML Training](https://discuss.ray.io/t/help-us-improve-ray-data-for-ml-training/12812)
**Author:** [@Jules\_Damji](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Jules_Damji)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 13, 2023, 6:43pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/help-us-improve-ray-data-for-ml-training/12812 "2023-11-13T18:43:56Z")
We (the Ray Data team) are running a survey on data loading for ML training cases. Help decide the roadmap for Ray Data 2.10+ by filling out this \<10min survey! --- ## [Ray 2.7 Released. Check it out!](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-2-7-released-check-it-out/12170)
**Author:** [@Jules\_Damji](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Jules_Damji)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2023, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/ray-2-7-released-check-it-out/12170 "2023-09-18T16:28:10Z")
Another milestone release for Ray, LLMs, and distributed training. Ray 2.7 features major stability improvements for Ray AI Libraries, KubeRay and introduces RayLLM, include GA for Ray Train: :bullettrain\_side:Simplifi… --- ## [Slower responses until after Ray Summit](https://discuss.ray.io/t/slower-responses-until-after-ray-summit/11991)
**Author:** [@Jules\_Damji](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Jules_Damji)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 31, 2023, 3:42pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/slower-responses-until-after-ray-summit/11991 "2023-08-31T15:42:50Z")
:loudspeaker: Hi folks! Thanks for participating in the Ray community so far! Here’s a quick note that Ray team is getting ready for Ray Summit (in 3 weeks), with several major deliverable deadlines. Our responses on Sla… --- ## [🚀 Unleash the Power of Ray: Exciting Challenge & Exclusive Rewards Await You!](https://discuss.ray.io/t/unleash-the-power-of-ray-exciting-challenge-exclusive-rewards-await-you/10461)
**Author:** [@Wendi](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Wendi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 1, 2023, 4:38pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/unleash-the-power-of-ray-exciting-challenge-exclusive-rewards-await-you/10461 "2023-05-01T16:38:59Z")
Hey there! :smiley: Are you eager to unlock the incredible potential of Ray and have an enjoyable experience in the process? We’ve got something exciting for you! :fire: Join us for a thrilling 45-minute to 1-hour chal… --- ## [Cfp for Ray Summit Due March 6th](https://discuss.ray.io/t/cfp-for-ray-summit-due-march-6th/9565)
**Author:** [@Jules\_Damji](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Jules_Damji)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2023, 12:01am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/cfp-for-ray-summit-due-march-6th/9565 "2023-02-28T00:01:58Z")
Ray friends & fans, As you know we have extended our CfP hard deadline until March 6, 2023.. So if you have Ray story to share, submit your proposal. If you are not sure what we are looking for, here the blog that conve… --- ## [Announcing Ray 2.3.0: performance improvements, new features and new platforms](https://discuss.ray.io/t/announcing-ray-2-3-0-performance-improvements-new-features-and-new-platforms/9488)
**Author:** [@Jules\_Damji](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Jules_Damji)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 24, 2023, 3:22pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/announcing-ray-2-3-0-performance-improvements-new-features-and-new-platforms/9488 "2023-02-24T15:22:50Z")
We are excited to announce Ray 2.3.0. Here are the highlights: :bar\_chart:Observability enhancements to the Ray Dashboard :minidisc: Ray Dataset Streaming (developer preview) :chart\_with\_upwards\_trend: Boost in Ray co… --- ## [Join us in Hacker Dojo for a mix of Ray training and networking!](https://discuss.ray.io/t/join-us-in-hacker-dojo-for-a-mix-of-ray-training-and-networking/9481)
**Author:** [@kamil](https://discuss.ray.io/u/kamil)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 23, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/join-us-in-hacker-dojo-for-a-mix-of-ray-training-and-networking/9481 "2023-02-23T20:54:33Z")
We are pleased to announce a two-day technical training event in collaboration with the ACM SF Bay. Over the course of two days, you’ll embark on a full journey from zero familiarity with Ray to an advanced level of exp… --- ## [Cfp for Ray Summit 2023 is still open](https://discuss.ray.io/t/cfp-for-ray-summit-2023-is-still-open/9341)
**Author:** [@Jules\_Damji](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Jules_Damji)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [February 16, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/cfp-for-ray-summit-2023-is-still-open/9341 "2023-02-16T22:17:35Z")
A gentle reminder that CfP for Ray Summit 2023 close a week from today, February 17th. If you have a story to share about your use case, workload, Ray journey, submit your proposal. Cheers Jules --- ## [First Ray European Meetup in 2023](https://discuss.ray.io/t/first-ray-european-meetup-in-2023/9095)
**Author:** [@Jules\_Damji](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Jules_Damji)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/first-ray-european-meetup-in-2023/9095 "2023-01-29T21:54:58Z")
We are delighted to kick off New Year with our first exclusive European Ray Meetup with talks from Ray community Ray Serve users in Europe. (Note the meetup is at 4:30-PM CET/ 8:30 AM PST) Join us next month --- ## [💬 Responses needed!|What's the scaling problem you are exploring with Ray?](https://discuss.ray.io/t/responses-needed-whats-the-scaling-problem-you-are-exploring-with-ray/9058)
**Author:** [@Wendi](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Wendi)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/responses-needed-whats-the-scaling-problem-you-are-exploring-with-ray/9058 "2023-01-20T18:36:25Z")
:wave:Hi everyone! We are curious to learn about the :question:scaling problem you are exploring and :building\_construction:your progress experimenting with Ray! Please take 2-3 minutes to fill out our :page\_facing\_up: … --- ## [CfP for Ray Summit 2023 is open!](https://discuss.ray.io/t/cfp-for-ray-summit-2023-is-open/8837)
**Author:** [@Jules\_Damji](https://discuss.ray.io/u/Jules_Damji)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 13, 2023, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/cfp-for-ray-summit-2023-is-open/8837 "2023-01-13T14:36:51Z")
Dear Ray Community: We want to hear your story at Ray Summit 2023! The call for proposals is open for Ray Summit 2023, September 18-19th with Ray Training Day, September 20th at the Marriott Marquis in San Francisco. P… [Next page](https://discuss.ray.io/c/announcement/14.md?page=1)