release vllm 0.12 (#5542)

Author: Jyothirmaikottu

release_images_general.yml

@@ -122,6 +122,36 @@ release_images:
     version: "0.5.5"
     arch_type: "x86"
     customer_type: "sagemaker"
+    general:
+      device_types: [ "gpu" ]
+      python_versions: [ "py312" ]
+      os_version: "ubuntu22.04"
+      cuda_version: "cu129"
+      example: False
+      disable_sm_tag: False
+      force_release: False
+      public_registry: True
+      enable_soci: True
+  10:
+    framework: "vllm"
+    version: "0.12.0"
+    arch_type: "x86"
+    customer_type: "ec2"
+    general:
+      device_types: [ "gpu" ]
+      python_versions: [ "py312" ]
+      os_version: "ubuntu22.04"
+      cuda_version: "cu129"
+      example: False
+      disable_sm_tag: False
+      force_release: False
+      public_registry: True
+      enable_soci: True
+  11:
+    framework: "vllm"
+    version: "0.12.0"
+    arch_type: "x86"
+    customer_type: "sagemaker"
     general:
       device_types: [ "gpu" ]
       python_versions: [ "py312" ]

vllm/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,17 @@ Available in Amazon ECR Public Gallery: https://gallery.ecr.aws/deep-learning-co
 
 All notable changes to vLLM Deep Learning Containers will be documented in this file. 
 
+## [0.12.0] - 2025-12-08
+### Added
+- SageMaker and EC2 support for vLLM 0.12.0
+- Upgraded EFA version to 1.45.1 and introduced NIXL with Libfabric backend
+
+### Sample ECR URI
+```
+public.ecr.aws/deep-learning-containers/vllm:0.12.0-gpu-py312
+public.ecr.aws/deep-learning-containers/vllm:0.12.0-gpu-py312-ec2
+```
+
 ## [0.11.2] - 2025-11-20
 ### Added
 - SageMaker and EC2 support for vLLM 0.11.2