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 # Change Log
 
+## [25.02] - 2025-01-21
+
+### Build
+
+- Various fixes and changes to build_usd.py:
+  - Added `--no-zlib` option to disable building zlib, for developers that need 
+    to supply their own version of the library.
+    (PR: [#2988](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/2988), 
+     [#3130](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3130))
+  - Updated Boost dependency to 1.86.0 for Visual Studio 2022.
+    (Issue: [#1062](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues/1062), 
+     [#2044](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues/2044), 
+     [#2158](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues/2158), 
+     [#3102](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues/3102))
+  - Updated OpenEXR dependency to v3.1.13.
+    (PR: [#3077](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3077))
+  - Updated OpenImageIO dependency to v2.5.6.0.
+    (PR: [#2940](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/2940))
+  - Updated to download boost from SourceForge or the official boost host.
+  - Added `--(no-)usdValidation` option to enable/disable building the USD 
+    validation framework. USD validation is enabled by default.
+
+- Fixed various issues in pxr_boost::python when building against Python 3.11. 
+  (Issue: [#3384](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues/3384))
+
+- Fixed issue with missing headers causing build failures with Visual Studio 2022. 
+  (Issue: [#3433](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues/3433))
+
+- Fixed issues with precompiled headers when using Visual Studio and Ninja. 
+  (Issue: [#3408](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues/3433), 
+   PR: [#3204](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3204))
+
+- Various fixes for compilation issues and warnings.
+  - Fixed compilation issues when building USD using the C++20 standard. 
+    (PR: [#2605](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/2605))
+  - Made various fixes for compiler warnings emitted by GCC 11.
+  - Made various fixes for stricter compiler parsing of templates by an upcoming 
+    clang/llvm release.
+    (PR: [#3434](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3434))
+  - Correct re-declaration of structs as classes. 
+    (PR: [#3316](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3316))
+  - Static functions that should be static inline. 
+    (Issue: [#3324](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues/3324),
+     PR: [#3356](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3356)) 
+  - Overrides on member functions not marked override. 
+    (Issue: [#3335](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues/3335),
+    PR: [#3355](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3355)) 
+
+- Fixed various link visibility issues.
+  - Fixed methods from HdSingleInputFilteringSceneIndexBase. 
+    (PR: [#3428](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3428))
+  - Fixed HdDependenciesSchema::GetEntries. 
+    (PR: [#3369](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3369))
+  - Fixed HdxSelectionTracker.
+
+### USD
+
+- Increased the default version for newly-created binary files to 0.10.0. USD 
+  release 23.11 and newer support this file version. This can be overridden with 
+  the `USD_WRITE_NEW_USDC_FILES_AS_VERSION` env var.
+
+- Added UsdColorSpaceAPI for specifying the color space for a prim subtree.
+
+- Added UsdColorSpaceDefinitionAPI for defining custom color spaces.
+
+- Fixed issue where ArchDebuggerIsAttached would return false positives on some 
+  Linux distributions.  
+  (PR: [#3014](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3014))
+
+- Fixed `ArchGetFileName` to return a full path on Windows. 
+  (PR: [#3361](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3361))
+
+- Simplified and made the TfScriptModuleLoader thread-safe.
+
+- Added TfNotice::RevokeAndWait() to allow thread-safe revocation of 
+  notification. 
+
+- Fixed issue where saving numeric data to text .usda layers could be formatted 
+  differently depending on the system locale. 
+  (Issue: [#3214](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues/3214), 
+   PR: [#3222](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3222))
+
+- Fixed an incorrect memory deallocation in TsRegressionPreventer. 
+
+- Added WorkDispatcher::IsCancelled, which returns true if 
+  WorkDispatcher::Cancel has been called.
+
+- Removed flag `PCP_DISABLE_TIME_SCALING_BY_LAYER_TCPS`. Time sample scaling is 
+  always enabled.
+
+- Enabled change processing optimization for muting/unmuting and adding/removing 
+  sublayers. This can be disabled by setting the environment variable 
+  `PCP_ENABLE_MINIMAL_CHANGES_FOR_LAYER_OPERATIONS` to 0. See 24.11 release 
+  notes for more details.
+
+- Removed SdfPropertySpec::GetTimeSampleMap in favor of 
+  SdfAttributeSpec::GetTimeSampleMap.
+
+- Reverted deprecation of SdfLayer time sample methods.
+
+- Identifiers passed to SdfLayer::Find or FindOrOpen now have file format 
+  arguments removed before being resolved by ArResolver to keep resolver 
+  implementations from seeing unexpected values.
+
+- Made all SdfListOp setter methods enforce uniqueness by removing duplicates in 
+  explicit setter methods. Deprecated ModifyOperations(callback, 
+  removeDuplicates) as removeDuplicates is now assumed true.
+
+- Added SdfCreateAttributeInLayer and SdfCreateRelationshipInLayer.
+
+- Updated UsdNamespaceEditor to properly update the defaultPrim on affected 
+  layers when necessary.
+
+- Updated UsdUtilsModifyAssetPaths to preserve SdfAssetPath metadata. This was a 
+  fix to a regression introduced in 23.11.
+
+- Disabled UDIM resolution for ExtractExternalReferences, which addresses a 
+  behavior introduced in 23.11 where UDIM paths were not being resolved.
+  (Issue: [#3173](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues/3173))
+
+- The schema registry now throws a coding error if a schema is registered 
+  without a schemaIdentifier. 
+
+- Updated usdGenSchema to only write out aliases to plugInfo if the prim type 
+  name does not match the class name.
+
+- Fixed updateSchemaWithSdrNote to add shaderId property appropriately for all 
+  shader nodes.
+
+- Fixed a bug in SdrShaderProperty where int arrays would always default to zero.
+
+- Added NdrRegistry.AddDiscoveryResult Python binding.
+
+- Various UsdValidation updates:
+  - Moved the UsdValidation framework to its own library, pxr/usdValidation. 
+    Moved the USD schema domain validators to their respective schema libraries.
+    This makes it possible for clients who do not want to use the validation
+    framework to not have to have any dynamic library dependencies on the
+    validation libraries. 
+  - Updated UsdValidationContext::Validate(stage) to validate all prims, 
+    including instance proxies, by default. Clients can also use the overload
+    that takes a traversal predicate to be used for stage traversal when
+    validating the stage.
+  - Fixed a bug where schemaType validators were not processed by the
+    UsdValidationContext.
+  - Updated UsdValidationError::GetErrorAsString to include the error
+    identifier information.
+  - Added Python wrappings for UsdValidationContext.
+  - Added UsdValidationTimeRange to allow prim and stage level validators to
+    provide GfInterval or timeCodes, including default time to be evaluated for 
+    validation. Various UsdValidation core APIs are updated to use
+    UsdValidationTimeRange. Added isTimeDependent metadata to 
+    UsdValidationValidatorMetadata to indicate if the validator is time 
+    dependent.
+  - Added Validators to correspond to UsdUtilsComplianceChecker tests:
+    - NormalMapTextureValidator 
+      (PR: [#3443](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3443))
+    - FileExtensionValidator 
+      (PR: [#3444](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3444))
+    - MissingReferenceValidator 
+      (PR: [#3450](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3450))
+    - RootPackageValidator and UsdzPackageValidator
+      (PR: [#3449](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3449))
+
+- Added support for scalar translate and scale xformOps. Added translateX,
+  translateY, translateZ, scaleX, scaleY and scaleZ xformOps to correspond to
+  translation along X, Y and Z and scale along X, Y and Z respectively. Also 
+  added APIs to UsdGeomXformable to allow to add the above mentioned xforms to 
+  UsdGeomXform. 
+
+### Hydra
+
+- Removed deprecated OpenImageIO APIs from hioOiio to support OpenImageIO 
+  3.0.0.x.
+  (PR: [#3418](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3418))
+
+- Improved diagnostics when rejecting primvars due to invalid interpolation 
+  values.
+
+- HdxAovInputTask no longer reads from an invalid memory address when converting 
+  a Float32Vec3 texture to a Float32Vec4 texture.
+
+- Fixed a regression that could result in assert failures in the aovInputTask 
+  when using some renderer plugins on macOS systems with discrete GPUs.
+  (Issue: [#3470](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues/3470))
+
+- Added the ability to only load Hydra Scene Index Plugins for a given set of 
+  apps, using the new "loadWithApps" HdSceneIndexPlugin type registration field. 
+  Plugin types can limit which apps will auto-load the plugin. When creating a 
+  scene index, an app name can be provided to load only specific plugins. Not 
+  specifying (or providing an empty) loadWithApps means all existing plugins 
+  will continue to be loaded normally.
+
+- Fixed a bug in HdMergingSceneIndex where it would not send out the proper 
+  notices when removing a prim. 
+  (Issue: [#3261](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues/3261),
+   [#3471](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues/3471), 
+   PR: [#3263](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3263))
+
+- Added scene index emulation support for tasks. Also added 
+  HdxFreeCameraPrimDataSource. The intention together with scene index 
+  emulation support for tasks is to make HdxTaskController a scene index.
+
+- Added an overload of HdEngine::Execute taking task paths, rather than task 
+  pointers.
+
+- Added API UsdviewqHydraObserver::GetNestedInputDisplayNames and 
+  TargetToNestedInputSceneIndex to see nested input scene indices.
+
+- Added HdsiSceneMaterialPruningSceneIndex which can implement material specific 
+  behaviors that the existing HdsiPrimTypePruningSceneIndex used for the same 
+  purpose cannot.
+
+- Fixed a case of over-invalidation in dirty bits emulation where repr and 
+  display style were invalidating each other.
+
+- Fixed dependency bugs in HdsiMaterialPrimvarTransferSceneIndex.
+
+- Fixed HdMapContainerDataSource producing output entries for keys with no input 
+  entry. 
+
+- Fixed a bug in the dependency forwarding scene index to clear and recompute 
+  the dependency table entries for a prim when its dependencies are dirty.
+
+- Fixed propagation of light linking dirty bits for instancers in backend 
+  emulation.
+
+- Fixed unitTestHelper byteSize field.
+  (PR: [#3374](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3374))
+
+- Made correctness fix for HdRenderIndex::RemoveInputScene. 
+  (PR: [#3304](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3304))
+
+- Implemented a vectorized version of HdxPrimOriginInfo::FromPickHit.
+  (PR: [#3413](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3413))
+
+- HdLegacyGeomSubsetSceneIndex will now properly clear its cache of descendants 
+  when an ancestor prim is removed.
+
+- HdSceneIndexAdapterSceneDelegate will now use the render delegate's material 
+  binding purpose when retrieving material bindings.
+  (Issue: [#3320](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issue/3320),
+   PR: [#3352](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issue/3352))
+
+### UsdImaging
+
+- **Important**: Deprecated UsdImagingGLRenderParams::enableIdRender setting in 
+  favor of using primId AOV. This setting will be removed in the following 
+  release.
+
+- UsdPreviewSurface's shader now computes a BRDF based on clearcoat roughness 
+  for the indirect lighting clearcoat component.
+
+- UsdPreviewSurface's shader now applies opacity to all components of the color, 
+  instead of only to the diffuse component.
+
+- Added a new opacityMode input to the Preview Surface spec to control whether 
+  or not fully transparent materials receive a specular response. HdPrman's 
+  implementation of PreviewSurface also updated to match the updated spec.
+
+- Improved type coverage of UsdImagingDataSourceAttribute. 
+  (Issue: [#3298](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues/3298))
+
+- Made change to ensure HdSceneIndexAdapterSceneDelegate::GetMaterialResource 
+  considers all contexts. 
+  (Issue: [#3286](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues/3286),
+   PR: [#3288](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3288)) 
+
+- Added a 2 * epsilon gap between opposing axis faces of drawMode cards cross 
+  geometry to avoid issues due to co-planarity. This significantly improves the 
+  stability of rendering, particularly with RenderMan.
+
+### Storm
+
+- Made various improvements to prim id rendering in Storm.
+    - Deprecated HdxRenderTaskParams::enableIdRender setting in favor of using 
+      primId AOV.
+    - Added support for int32 AOV format.
+    - Introduced HdSt_RenderPassShaderKey to flexibility generate render pass 
+      shaders based on desired AOVs.
+
+- Fixed Vulkan crashes due to missing extensions and layers, and added reporting
+  of missing layers and extensions.
+  (PR: [#3420](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3420))
+
+- Added a null GL context to use when X11 isn't available, so tests can still 
+  run when not using HgiGL.
+  (PR: [#3391](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3391))
+
+- Added OpenGL 3.1/GLSL 1.4 support to HgiInterop and use a VertexArray, as 
+  required by Apple OpenGL.
+  (PR: [#3391](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3391))
+
+- Added HGIVULKAN_VERIFY_VK_RESULT macro that verifies result of Vulkan call and 
+  prints result string if it fails.
+  (PR: [#3333](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3333))
+
+- Fixed a bug in HgiVulkanBlitCmds::CopyBufferCpuToGpu.
+  (PR: [#3382](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3382))
+
+- Fixed various HdSt and HgiVulkan build errors on Windows.
+  (PR: [#3411](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3411))
+
+- Updated HdSt test outputs and baselines so test outputs can be compared using 
+  `FC.exe` on Windows without any additional flags.
+  (PR: [#3409](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3409))
+
+- Various fixes to HdSt tests to enable their passing when using HgiVulkan with 
+  Lavapipe.
+  (PR: [#3170](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3170))
+
+- Dome light environment texture sampling now converts infinite or NaN values in 
+  any channel of a pixel to zero.
+
+- Added a dependency between rprim material binding and bound material.
+
+- Set GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT=1 to avoid texture distortion for single channel 
+  textures. 
+  (Issue: [#3260](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues/3260),
+   PR: [#3262](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3262))
+
+### RenderMan Hydra Plugin
+
+- Improved diagnostics when issuing warnings about specific material networks.
+
+- HdPrman now avoids deleting and re-creating light instances in more cases when 
+  editing lights.
+
+- HdPrman now enables parallel sync for additional Hydra prim types, including 
+  materials and coordinate systems. This can be turned off with the environment 
+  setting `HD_PRMAN_ENABLE_PARALLEL_PRIM_SYNC`, which defaults to enabled.
+
+- Added scene index HdPrman_PreviewSurfacePrimvarsSceneIndex that adds primvar 
+  displacementbound:sphere to material primvars of materials using 
+  UsdPreviewSurface (to be transferred to the gprim later by the 
+  HdsiMaterialPrimvarTransferSceneIndex).
+
+- Updated args parser to support "sdrIgnore" and "sdrUsdDefault". 
+  "sdrIgnore" can be set to shader properties in the args file to suppress the
+  property from getting added to its sdr representation. "sdrUsdDefault" can be 
+  used to set a specific default value for USD schema purposes.
+
+- Added support for more kinds of terminal nodes for material networks that use 
+  MaterialX patterns. Also, more than one node can make up the bxdf part of the 
+  network, e.g. if layering is involved.
+
+- Added code to force hider:incremental to be enabled for interactive renders.
+
+- Fixed a bug where the code that maps common USD names of AOVs, like 'normal', 
+  to RenderMan style names, like 'Nn', would inadvertently happen even when the 
+  AOV already had an associated 'lpe'. Now we only do the mapping if the 
+  sourceType wasn't already specified to be 'lpe' or 'primvar'.
+
+- Improved robustness if the scene provides a primvar schema without a value 
+  datasource.
+
+- Made change to register dependencies from a light on its targeted light 
+  filters to forward invalidations when the prims are backed by a non-emulated 
+  scene index.  
+
+- Made optimizations to HdPrman_UpdateObjectSettingsSceneIndex to avoid 
+  unnecessary computation. 
+
+- Removed Python bindings from rmanArgsParser.
+
+- Added the environment setting `HD_PRMAN_ALL_LIGHTS_FIXED_SAMPLE_COUNT` 
+  (int, default: -1). When set to a value > -1, hdPrman will set 
+  fixedSampleCount to the given value on all visible supported lights it 
+  encounters, overriding any value that might be authored on the light. This 
+  setting is intended to aid with testing, and should not be used in production.
+
+- Reduced pre-allocation of time sample arrays within instanced hierarchies to 
+  improve memory performance on scenes with heavy instancing.
+
+- Added experimental legacy mesh light support: PxrMesh and PxrVolume schemas 
+  now derive from their respective geometry classes rather than Light.
+
+- Lights will now properly depend on and update with their targeted light 
+  filters.
+
+- Role information for certain integrator, projection, and display and sample 
+  filter parameters is now retrieved by inspecting the relevant shader via 
+  SdrRegistry, rather than relying on lookup tables previously in 
+  projectionParams.h/cpp.
+
+- Added support for role lookup of integrator parameters set via 
+  RenderSettings & Integrator prims.
+
+- Fixed an issue when geometry prototype creation fails for an instanced gprim. 
+  Previously, this situation led to a fatal error about a missing light shader. 
+  Now we issue a non-fatal warning with an accurate message.
+
+- Fixed an issue that caused ri:hider:jitter to be ignored when authored in 
+  RenderSettings.
+
+### MaterialX
+
+- Allow for USD to be run with either MaterialX v1.38 or v1.39.
+  (PR: [#3159](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3159))
+
+- Added MaterialXConfigAPI and dataSourceAttributeTypeName to help support USD 
+  files that were written with v1.38 MaterialX nodes but run with MaterialX 
+  v1.39 
+  (PR: [#3157](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3157)) 
+
+- Fixed crash referencing image NodeDef. 
+  (PR: [#3344](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3344))
+
+### usdview
+
+- Resolved labels are now displayed in a new "Resolved Labels" row in 
+  the attribute editor. Labels are resolved for prims and ancestors using the 
+  usdSemantics schema and APIs.
+  (PR: [#3300](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3300))
+
+- Removed unexposed "enableIdRender" setting from usdview.
+
+### usdchecker
+
+- Ported usdchecker to C++ and enabled it to use the new validation framework.
+  Clients can use the `--useNewValidationFramework` flag to use the new 
+  validation framework. All the core USD validators available in the old
+  UsdUtilsComplicanceChecker are ported to the new validation framework.
+  This option will be made default in a subsequent OpenUSD Release.
+
+- Source for usdchecker has been migrated to pxr/usdValidation/bin/usdchecker.
+
+- New flags (`--variantSets`, `variants`, `disableVariantValidationLimit`) added 
+  to provide more control over variant validation. These flags are only valid
+  when `--newValidationFramework` is used.
+
+### usdrecord
+
+- Added command line argument to enable performance tracing and allocation 
+  tracking. These match the same options provided by usdview.
+
+### usdmeasureperformance
+
+- Added optional trace file output via `--tracedir` arg.
+
+### Documentation
+
+- Added a basic overview with examples for the relocates composition arc to the 
+  [Terms and Concepts page](https://openusd.org/release/glossary.html#relocates). 
+  Updated the [Namespace Editor user guide](https://openusd.org/release/user_guides/namespace_editing.html) 
+  to demonstrate how the namespace editor uses relocates when necessary.
+
+- Added example asset that demonstrates using the UsdSemantics schema, available 
+  in `extras/usd/examples/usdSemanticsExamples/bookshelf.usda`.
+  (PR: [#3390](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3390))
+
+- Updated documentation of HdSceneDelegate::SamplePrimvar(), SampleTransform(), 
+  and related methods to reflect new behavior with respect to interval 
+  bracketing samples introduced in 24.08.
+
+- Updated usdchecker documentation to include the new validation framework
+  options.
+
+- Various documentation updates:
+  - Added OpenExec and Animated Characters presentation slides to the 
+    [Downloads and Videos page](https://openusd.org/release/dl_downloads.html).
+  - Updated `VERSIONS.md` to note that OpenUSD requires v3.0 or greater of the 
+    Jinja2 package.
+    (PR: [#3314](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3314)) 
+  - Added documentation for the TF_DESCRIBE_SCOPE() macro.
+  - Updated "Generating New Schema Classes" tutorial with note regarding DLL 
+    warning on Windows.
+    (Issue: [#3376](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/issues/3376),
+     PR: [#3394](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3394))
+  - Updated UsdSemantics overview docs to disambiguate the UsdSemantics schema 
+    from model hierarchy concepts.
+    (PR: [#3385](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3385))
+  - Fixed "unsupported type" typo.
+    (PR: [#3266](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/pull/3266))
+
+
+<details open>
+  <summary><b>Previous Releases</b></summary>
+
 ## [24.11] - 2024-10-25
 
 ### Build
@@ -524,9 +1003,6 @@
 - Fixed crash when reading .usdc file with corrupt SdfSpecType values, see
   [security advisory on github](https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/security/advisories/GHSA-4j7j-gm3f-m63w).
 
-<details open>
-  <summary><b>Previous Releases</b></summary>
-
 ## [24.08] - 2024-07-25
 
 OpenUSD is now licensed under the Tomorrow Open Source Technology license. This