Merge branch 'ershi/final-release-1.8' into 'release-1.8'

Final v1.8.0 changes

See merge request omniverse/warp!1407

Author: shi-eric

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -47,19 +47,17 @@
 - Add damping terms `wp.sim.VBDIntegrator` collisions, with strength is controlled by `Model.soft_contact_kd`.
 - Improve consistency of the `wp.fem.lookup()` operator across geometries and add filtering parameters
   ([GH-618](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/618)).
+- Add two examples demonstrating shape optimization using `warp.fem`: `fem/example_elastic_shape_optimization.py` and
+  `fem/example_darcy_ls_optimization.py` ([GH-698](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/698)).
 - Add a `py.typed` marker file (per PEP 561) to the package to formally support static type checking by downstream users
   ([GH-780](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/780)).
-- Add support for 2D solves using `wp.tile_cholesky_solve()` ([GH-773](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/pull/773)).
-- Add `wp.tile_scan_inclusive()` and `wp.tile_scan_exclusive()` for performing inclusive and exclusive scans over tiles
-  ([GH-731](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/731)).
-- Added two examples demonstrating shape optimization using `warp.fem`: `fem/example_elastic_shape_optimization.py` and `fem/example_darcy_ls_optimization.py` ([GH-698](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/698)).
 
 ### Removed
 
 - Remove `wp.mlp()` (deprecated in v1.6.0). Use tile primitives instead.
 - Remove `wp.autograd.plot_kernel_jacobians()` (deprecated in v1.4.0). Use `wp.autograd.jacobian_plot()` instead.
 - Remove the `length` and `owner` keyword arguments from `wp.array()` constructor (deprecated in v1.6.0).
-  Use the `deleter` and `shape` keywords instead.
+  Use the `shape` and `deleter` keywords instead.
 - Remove the `kernel` keyword argument from `wp.autograd.jacobian()` and `wp.autograd.jacobian_fd()` (deprecated in v1.6.0).
   Use the `function` keyword argument instead.
 - Remove the `outputs` keyword argument from `wp.autograd.jacobian_plot()` (deprecated in v1.6.0).
@@ -99,11 +97,13 @@
 
 ### Fixed
 
-- Fix `wp.atomic_*()` built-ins not working with some types ([GH-733](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/733)).
 - Fix missing documentation for geometric structs ([GH-674](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/674)).
 - Fix the type annotations in various tile functions ([GH-714](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/714)).
 - Fix incorrect stride initialization in tiles returned from functions taking transposed tiles as input
   ([GH-722](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/722)).
+- Fix adjoint generation for user functions that return a tile ([GH-749](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/749)).
+- Fix tile-based solvers failing to accept and return transposed tiles
+  ([GH-768](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/768)).
 - Fix the `Formal parameter space overflowed` error during `wp.sim.VBDIntegrator` kernel compilation for the backward
   pass in CUDA 11 Warp builds. This was resolved by decoupling collision and elasticity evaluations into
   separate kernels, increasing parallelism and speeding up the solver
@@ -114,9 +114,6 @@
   ([GH-634](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/634)).
 - Fix an inconsistency in the `wp.fem` module regarding the orientation of 2D geometry side normals
   ([GH-629](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/629)).
-- Fix adjoint generation for user functions that return a tile ([GH-749](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/749)).
-- Fix tile-based solvers failing to accept and return transposed tiles
-  ([GH-768](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/768)).
 - Fix premature unloading of CUDA modules used in JAX FFI graph captures
   ([GH-782](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/782)).
 

PUBLICATIONS.md

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ pull request on GitHub or email a link to your arXiv preprint (preferred) or DOI
 
 ## 2025
 
+- **Dex1B: Learning with 1B Demonstrations for Dexterous Manipulation**. *J. Ye, K. Wang, C. Yuan, R. Yang, Y. Li, J. Zhu, Y. Qin, X. Zou, X. Wang*. June 2025. [arXiv:2506.17198](https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17198)
 - **Learning Fast, Tool-Aware Collision Avoidance for Collaborative Robots**. *J. Lee, Y. Kim, S. Kim, Q. Nguyen, Y. Heo*. June 2025. [DOI:10.1109/lra.2025.3579207](https://doi.org/10.1109/lra.2025.3579207)
 - **Co-Design of Soft Gripper with Neural Physics**. *S. Yi, X. Bai, A. Singh, J. Ye, M. T. Tolley, X. Wang*. May 2025. [arXiv:2505.20404](https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.20404)
 - **MAGIC: Motion-Aware Generative Inference via Confidence-Guided LLM**. *S. Meng, Y. Luo, P. Liu*. May 2025. [arXiv:2505.16456](https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.16456)

VERSION.md

@@ -1 +1 @@
-1.8.0-rc.1
+1.8.0

exts/omni.warp.core/config/extension.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 # Semantic Versioning is used: https://semver.org/
-version = "1.8.0-rc.1"
+version = "1.8.0"
 authors = ["NVIDIA"]
 title = "Warp Core"
 description = "The core Warp Python module"

exts/omni.warp.core/docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
-## [1.8.0-rc.1] - 2025-07-01
+## [1.8.0] - 2025-07-01
 
 ### Added
 
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 - Add damping terms `wp.sim.VBDIntegrator` collisions, with strength is controlled by `Model.soft_contact_kd`.
 - Improve consistency of the `wp.fem.lookup()` operator across geometries and add filtering parameters
   ([GH-618](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/618)).
+- Add two examples demonstrating shape optimization using `warp.fem`: `fem/example_elastic_shape_optimization.py` and
+  `fem/example_darcy_ls_optimization.py` ([GH-698](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/698)).
 - Add a `py.typed` marker file (per PEP 561) to the package to formally support static type checking by downstream users
   ([GH-780](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/780)).
 
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 - Remove `wp.mlp()` (deprecated in v1.6.0). Use tile primitives instead.
 - Remove `wp.autograd.plot_kernel_jacobians()` (deprecated in v1.4.0). Use `wp.autograd.jacobian_plot()` instead.
 - Remove the `length` and `owner` keyword arguments from `wp.array()` constructor (deprecated in v1.6.0).
-  Use the `deleter` and `shape` keywords instead.
+  Use the `shape` and `deleter` keywords instead.
 - Remove the `kernel` keyword argument from `wp.autograd.jacobian()` and `wp.autograd.jacobian_fd()` (deprecated in v1.6.0).
   Use the `function` keyword argument instead.
 - Remove the `outputs` keyword argument from `wp.autograd.jacobian_plot()` (deprecated in v1.6.0).
@@ -95,11 +97,13 @@
 
 ### Fixed
 
-- Fix `wp.atomic_*()` built-ins not working with some types ([GH-733](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/733)).
 - Fix missing documentation for geometric structs ([GH-674](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/674)).
 - Fix the type annotations in various tile functions ([GH-714](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/714)).
 - Fix incorrect stride initialization in tiles returned from functions taking transposed tiles as input
   ([GH-722](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/722)).
+- Fix adjoint generation for user functions that return a tile ([GH-749](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/749)).
+- Fix tile-based solvers failing to accept and return transposed tiles
+  ([GH-768](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/768)).
 - Fix the `Formal parameter space overflowed` error during `wp.sim.VBDIntegrator` kernel compilation for the backward
   pass in CUDA 11 Warp builds. This was resolved by decoupling collision and elasticity evaluations into
   separate kernels, increasing parallelism and speeding up the solver
@@ -110,9 +114,6 @@
   ([GH-634](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/634)).
 - Fix an inconsistency in the `wp.fem` module regarding the orientation of 2D geometry side normals
   ([GH-629](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/629)).
-- Fix adjoint generation for user functions that return a tile ([GH-749](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/749)).
-- Fix tile-based solvers failing to accept and return transposed tiles
-  ([GH-768](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/768)).
 - Fix premature unloading of CUDA modules used in JAX FFI graph captures
   ([GH-782](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/782)).
 

exts/omni.warp/config/extension.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 # Semantic Versioning is used: https://semver.org/
-version = "1.8.0-rc.1"
+version = "1.8.0"
 authors = ["NVIDIA"]
 title = "Warp"
 description = "Warp OmniGraph Nodes and Sample Scenes"

exts/omni.warp/docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # CHANGELOG
 
-## [1.8.0-rc.1] - 2025-07-01
+## [1.8.0] - 2025-07-01
 
 ### Added
 
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
 - Add damping terms `wp.sim.VBDIntegrator` collisions, with strength is controlled by `Model.soft_contact_kd`.
 - Improve consistency of the `wp.fem.lookup()` operator across geometries and add filtering parameters
   ([GH-618](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/618)).
+- Add two examples demonstrating shape optimization using `warp.fem`: `fem/example_elastic_shape_optimization.py` and
+  `fem/example_darcy_ls_optimization.py` ([GH-698](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/698)).
 - Add a `py.typed` marker file (per PEP 561) to the package to formally support static type checking by downstream users
   ([GH-780](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/780)).
 
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@
 - Remove `wp.mlp()` (deprecated in v1.6.0). Use tile primitives instead.
 - Remove `wp.autograd.plot_kernel_jacobians()` (deprecated in v1.4.0). Use `wp.autograd.jacobian_plot()` instead.
 - Remove the `length` and `owner` keyword arguments from `wp.array()` constructor (deprecated in v1.6.0).
-  Use the `deleter` and `shape` keywords instead.
+  Use the `shape` and `deleter` keywords instead.
 - Remove the `kernel` keyword argument from `wp.autograd.jacobian()` and `wp.autograd.jacobian_fd()` (deprecated in v1.6.0).
   Use the `function` keyword argument instead.
 - Remove the `outputs` keyword argument from `wp.autograd.jacobian_plot()` (deprecated in v1.6.0).
@@ -93,6 +95,28 @@
 - Improve error reporting when calling `@wp.func`-decorated functions from the Python scope
   ([GH-521](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/521)).
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Fix missing documentation for geometric structs ([GH-674](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/674)).
+- Fix the type annotations in various tile functions ([GH-714](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/714)).
+- Fix incorrect stride initialization in tiles returned from functions taking transposed tiles as input
+  ([GH-722](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/722)).
+- Fix adjoint generation for user functions that return a tile ([GH-749](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/749)).
+- Fix tile-based solvers failing to accept and return transposed tiles
+  ([GH-768](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/768)).
+- Fix the `Formal parameter space overflowed` error during `wp.sim.VBDIntegrator` kernel compilation for the backward
+  pass in CUDA 11 Warp builds. This was resolved by decoupling collision and elasticity evaluations into
+  separate kernels, increasing parallelism and speeding up the solver
+  ([GH-442](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/442)).
+- Fix an issue with graph coloring on an empty graph ([GH-509](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/509)).
+- Fix an integer overflow bug in the native graph coloring module ([GH-718](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/718)).
+- Fix `UsdRenderer.render_points()` not supporting multiple colors
+  ([GH-634](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/634)).
+- Fix an inconsistency in the `wp.fem` module regarding the orientation of 2D geometry side normals
+  ([GH-629](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/629)).
+- Fix premature unloading of CUDA modules used in JAX FFI graph captures
+  ([GH-782](https://github.com/NVIDIA/warp/issues/782)).
+
 ## [1.7.2] - 2025-05-31
 
 ### Added

warp/config.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 from typing import Optional
 
-version: str = "1.8.0-rc.1"
+version: str = "1.8.0"
 """Warp version string"""
 
 verify_fp: bool = False