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# Release Notes

## [Vulkan Profiles Toolset 1.3.243](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Profiles/tree/sdk-1.3.243.0) - April 2023

### Features:
- Add LunarG Desktop Baseline 2023 profile (Vulkan 1.2)
- Update LunarG Desktop Baseline 2022 profile (Vulkan 1.1) to match updated MoltenVK support.

## [Vulkan Profiles Toolset 1.3.239](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Profiles/tree/sdk-1.3.239.0) - February 2023

### Features:
- Add Android Baseline 2022 profile

### Improvements:
- Improve handling of `VkFormatProperties*` from profile data which can be query with any Vulkan functions

## [Vulkan Profiles Toolset 1.3.236](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Profiles/tree/sdk-1.3.236.0) - December 2022

### Features:
- Add merge script support of `VkFormatProperties3` #304 #237

### Improvements:
- Switch `BETA` to `STABLE` development status.

### Bugfixes:
- Fix warning when emulating `VK_EXT_portability_subset`

## [Vulkan Profiles Toolset 1.3.231](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Profiles/tree/sdk-1.3.231.0) - October 2022

### Features:
- Add layer settings to override portability subset. #295
- Add OR of capabilities to profile schema, version 0.8.1 #274
- Add optional capabilities to profile schema, version 0.8.1 #274

### Improvements:
- Improve message reports for unsupported capabilities by the device.
- Improve message reports for unmodifiable Vulkan capabilities.

### Bugfixes:
- Fix handling of 64 bits properties by the merge tool. #294
- Fix float build warnings. #291

## [Vulkan Profiles Toolset 1.3.224](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Profiles/tree/sdk-1.3.224.0) - August 2022

### Features:
- Add script to merge (union and intersection) multiple profiles
- Add support of the new `vk.xml` limittypes
- Add the generated `VP_LUNARG_desktop_baseline_2022` profile
- Add the generated `VP_LUNARG_desktop_portability_2022` profile

### Improvements:
- Add handling of many Vulkan capabilities
- Improve unit tests

### Bugfixes:
- Fix the impossibility to override extensions with no extension
- Fix Roadmap 2022 profile file that incorrecly required `vulkanMemoryModelAvailabilityVisibilityChains`

### Deprecation:
- Remove `VP_LUNARG_desktop_portability_2021` profile
- Remove `VP_LUNARG_desktop_portability_2021_subset` profile

## [Vulkan Profiles Toolset 1.3.216](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Profiles/tree/sdk-1.3.216.0) - June 2022

### Features:
- Add `VK_KHR_portability_enumeration` support

### Bugfixes:
- Fix Roadmap 2022 JSON file definision

## [Vulkan Profiles Toolset 1.3.211](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Profiles/tree/sdk-1.3.211.0) - April 2022

### Improvements:
- Add *Profiles layer* is generated with Python code

## [Vulkan Profiles Toolset 1.3.204](https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Profiles/tree/sdk-1.3.204.1) - February 2022

### Features:
- Add *Vulkan Profiles schema*
  - Add `VP_KHR_roadmap_2022.json` profiles file
  - Add `VP_LUNARG_desktop_portability_2021.json` profiles file
  - Add `VP_ANDROID_baseline_2021.json` profiles file
  - Add *Vulkan Profiles schema* generator using `vk.xml`
- Add *Profiles API library* to use profile in a Vulkan application code
  - Add API to check profile support by Vulkan devices
  - Add API to create `VkDevice` using a profile
  - Add APIs for profile reflection
  - Add *Profiles API library* generator using `vk.xml`
- Add *Profiles layer* to simulate profiles during application development
  - Add support of Vulkan 1.3 and all extensions
  - Add support of the *Vulkan Profiles JSON Schema*
- Add *Profiles Comparison Table*