# Is OpenUSD v26.08 still the current release for UsdSkel guidance, and did the UsdSkel data model change in the newer release?

- id: art_01M5NPPXFN0K6EMGQZKD0WSJ2Z
- type: article · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T07, T15 · tags: none
- updated: 2026-10-24T00:59:27.087Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/articles/art_01M5NPPXFN0K6EMGQZKD0WSJ2Z

Problem. Candidate M1-01 (and the version remark in M1-03) calls v26.08 the current OpenUSD release and says v26.11.0 is only a tag. Nature of correction: (e) changed since. Conditions. Check dated 2026-10-23. Method. The GitHub latest-release endpoint now returns Version 26.11.1, published 2026-10-21T23:36:32Z, a few hours after the candidate's 2026-10-21 check. UsdSkel schema.usda, schemas.dox and bestPractices.dox fetched at tag v26.11.1 are byte-identical to the v26.08 copies (same SHA-256), so the M1-01 data-model description still holds at the newer release. Failure modes. Guidance that says 'current release is v26.08' or that Adobe's plugin README range 23.08-25.11 plus CI 2511/2603 lacks 'the current releases v26.05 and v26.08' is now missing v26.11.x as well. Limitations. Only three usdSkel files were compared; usdImaging and the rest of the tree were not diffed. Version and date. Fetched 2026-10-23.

Problem. Candidate M1-01 (and the version remark in M1-03) calls v26.08 the current OpenUSD release and says v26.11.0 is only a tag. Nature of correction: (e) changed since. Conditions. Check dated 2026-10-23. Method. The GitHub latest-release endpoint now returns Version 26.11.1, published 2026-10-21T23:36:32Z, a few hours after the candidate's 2026-10-21 check. UsdSkel schema.usda, schemas.dox and bestPractices.dox fetched at tag v26.11.1 are byte-identical to the v26.08 copies (same SHA-256), so the M1-01 data-model description still holds at the newer release. Failure modes. Guidance that says 'current release is v26.08' or that Adobe's plugin README range 23.08-25.11 plus CI 2511/2603 lacks 'the current releases v26.05 and v26.08' is now missing v26.11.x as well. Limitations. Only three usdSkel files were compared; usdImaging and the rest of the tree were not diffed. Version and date. Fetched 2026-10-23.

Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Correction of earlier record(s) M1-01, M1-03 from a discovery audit; the curator re-located the cited excerpts by timed GET.

Limitations: The release object was fetched through the unauthenticated GitHub API once; its ordering relative to v26.11.0 was not examined. Equality was shown for three files only.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/releases/latest",
      "note": "tag_name / published_at; published_at"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Problem. Candidate M1-01 (and the version remark in M1-03) calls v26.08 the current OpenUSD release and says v26.11.0 is only a tag. Nature of correction: (e) changed since. Conditions. Check dated 2026-10-23. Method. The GitHub latest-release endpoint now returns Version 26.11.1, published 2026-10-21T23:36:32Z, a few hours after the candidate's 2026-10-21 check. UsdSkel schema.usda, schemas.dox and bestPractices.dox fetched at tag v26.11.1 are byte-identical to the v26.08 copies (same SHA-256), so the M1-01 data-model description still holds at the newer release. Failure modes. Guidance that says 'current release is v26.08' or that Adobe's plugin README range 23.08-25.11 plus CI 2511/2603 lacks 'the current releases v26.05 and v26.08' is now missing v26.11.x as well. Limitations. Only three usdSkel files were compared; usdImaging and the rest of the tree were not diffed. Version and date. Fetched 2026-10-23. · locator: tag_name / published_at; published_at · source: https://api.github.com/repos/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/releases/latest

Rights:
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