vLLM 0.25.0 Released
mervenoyann · x · 2026-07-12
vLLM has released v0.25.0, a massive update comprising 558 commits and 232 contributors, including 64 new contributors.
Key changes include:
- Model Runner V2 becomes the default for all dense models
- Legacy PagedAttention implementation removed
- Transformers backend is now as fast as native vLLM
- New unified Streaming Parser Engine
- Universal speculative decoding (TLI) across heterogeneous vocabularies
- New DSpark and DFlash drafters
- Support for new models Hy3 and Unlimited OCR
This is a major low-level and engineering update, focusing on inference stack performance and architectural consolidation.
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