# xemu v0.8.135

- Product: xemu (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xemu)
- Vendor: xemu project
- Date: 2026-05-20
- Version: v0.8.135
- Original notes: https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/releases/tag/v0.8.135
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/xemu/releases/v0.8.135

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- **changed** — Bump SPIRV-Reflect to vulkan-sdk-1.4.350.0
- **changed** — Bump volk to 1.4.350
- **changed** — Use SDL3 CMake subproject wrap
- **changed** — Bump SDL3 wrap to 3.4.8
- **changed** — Bump glslang to 16.3.0
- **fixed** — Skip finish stall in nv2a/vk when no reports are pending
- **changed** — Force NVIDIA present method to native
- **changed** — Bump curl to 8.12.1-2
- **changed** — Target Darwin 23 for arm64 in macOS library downloads
- **fixed** — Do not pass missing path to SDL_ShowOpenFileDialog
- **fixed** — Prevent crash when games directory becomes invalid and Load Disc is accessed
- **fixed** — Restore audio in Linux AppImages with SDL3
- **changed** — Relax and simplify surface to texture constraints in nv2a/vk

##### Pull Requests

* #2870 - meson: Bump SPIRV-Reflect to vulkan-sdk-1.4.350.0 (@xemu-robot)
* #2863 - meson: Bump volk to 1.4.350 (@xemu-robot)
* #2848 - meson: Use SDL3 CMake subproject wrap (@mborgerson)
* #2847 - meson: Bump SDL3 wrap to 3.4.8 (@mborgerson)
* #2844 - meson: Bump glslang to 16.3.0 (@xemu-robot)
* #2839 - nv2a/vk: Skip finish stall when no reports are pending (@abaire)
* #2829 - ui: Force NVIDIA present method to native (@abaire)
* #2811 - meson: Bump curl to 8.12.1-2 (@xemu-robot)
* #2795 - scripts/download-macos-libs.py: Target Darwin 23 for arm64 (@mborgerson)
* #2786 - ui: Do not pass missing path to SDL_ShowOpenFileDialog (@abaire)
* #2732 - meson: Bump SPIRV-Reflect to vulkan-sdk-1.4.341.0 (@xemu-robot)
* #2739 - nv2a/vk: Relax and simplify surface to texture constraints (@mborgerson)

##### Issues Fixed

* #2785 - If games directory becomes invalid, 'Load Disc..' crashes Xemu
* #2834 - No audio in Linux AppImages due to SDL3.

**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/xemu-project/xemu/compare/v0.8.134...v0.8.135