R2026a release!

Author: vramanatMW

README.md

@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ To view instructions for deploying the MATLAB Parallel Server reference architec
 
 | Linux | Windows | Status |
 | ----- | ------- | ------- |
+| [R2026a](https://github.com/mathworks-ref-arch/matlab-parallel-server-on-aws/tree/master/releases/R2026a/README.md) | [R2026a](releases/R2026a/README.md) | ✅ Prebuilt available. |
 | [R2025b](https://github.com/mathworks-ref-arch/matlab-parallel-server-on-aws/tree/master/releases/R2025b/README.md) | [R2025b](releases/R2025b/README.md) | ✅ Prebuilt available. |
 | [R2025a](https://github.com/mathworks-ref-arch/matlab-parallel-server-on-aws/tree/master/releases/R2025a/README.md) | [R2025a](releases/R2025a/README.md) | ✅ Prebuilt available. |
-| [R2024b](https://github.com/mathworks-ref-arch/matlab-parallel-server-on-aws/tree/master/releases/R2024b/README.md) | [R2024b](releases/R2024b/README.md) | ✅ Prebuilt available. |
+| [R2024b](https://github.com/mathworks-ref-arch/matlab-parallel-server-on-aws/tree/master/releases/R2024b/README.md) | [R2024b](releases/R2024b/README.md) | ⚠️ Prebuilt will be removed in March 2027. |
 | [R2024a](https://github.com/mathworks-ref-arch/matlab-parallel-server-on-aws/tree/master/releases/R2024a/README.md) | [R2024a](releases/R2024a/README.md) | ⚠️ Prebuilt will be removed in September 2026. |
-| [R2023b](https://github.com/mathworks-ref-arch/matlab-parallel-server-on-aws/tree/master/releases/R2023b/README.md) | [R2023b](releases/R2023b/README.md) | ⚠️ Prebuilt will be removed in March 2026. |
 | [Earlier/Custom](https://github.com/mathworks-ref-arch/matlab-parallel-server-on-aws/tree/master/packer/v1) | [Earlier/Custom](./packer/v1) | For earlier MATLAB releases, you must build your own machine image. |
 
 The above instructions allow you to launch instances based on the latest prebuilt MathWorks® Amazon Machine Images (AMIs).

packer/v1/README.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ For more information about templates, see [Packer Templates](https://www.packer.
 
 ## **Requirements**
 Before starting, you will need:
-* A valid Packer installation later than 1.7.0. For more information, see [Install Packer](https://www.packer.io/downloads).
+* A valid Packer installation of version 1.15.0 or later. For more information, see [Install Packer](https://www.packer.io/downloads).
 * AWS credentials with sufficient permission. For more information, see [Packer Authentication](https://www.packer.io/plugins/builders/amazon#authentication).
 
 ## **Costs**

packer/v1/build-parallel-server-ami.pkr.hcl

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ packer {
 
 variable "RELEASE" {
   type        = string
-  default     = "R2025b"
+  default     = "R2026a"
   description = "Target MATLAB release to install in the machine image, must start with \"R\"."
 
   validation {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ variable "RELEASE" {
 
 variable "PRODUCTS" {
   type        = string
-  default     = "5G_Toolbox AUTOSAR_Blockset Aerospace_Blockset Aerospace_Toolbox Antenna_Toolbox Audio_Toolbox Automated_Driving_Toolbox Bioinformatics_Toolbox Bluetooth_Toolbox C2000_Microcontroller_Blockset Communications_Toolbox Computer_Vision_Toolbox Control_System_Toolbox Curve_Fitting_Toolbox DDS_Blockset DSP_HDL_Toolbox DSP_System_Toolbox Database_Toolbox Datafeed_Toolbox Deep_Learning_HDL_Toolbox Deep_Learning_Toolbox Econometrics_Toolbox Embedded_Coder Financial_Instruments_Toolbox Financial_Toolbox Fixed-Point_Designer Fuzzy_Logic_Toolbox GPU_Coder Global_Optimization_Toolbox HDL_Coder HDL_Verifier Image_Acquisition_Toolbox Image_Processing_Toolbox Industrial_Communication_Toolbox Instrument_Control_Toolbox LTE_Toolbox Lidar_Toolbox MATLAB MATLAB_Coder MATLAB_Compiler MATLAB_Compiler_SDK MATLAB_Parallel_Server MATLAB_Report_Generator MATLAB_Test Mapping_Toolbox Medical_Imaging_Toolbox Mixed-Signal_Blockset Model_Predictive_Control_Toolbox Motor_Control_Blockset Navigation_Toolbox Optimization_Toolbox Parallel_Computing_Toolbox Partial_Differential_Equation_Toolbox Phased_Array_System_Toolbox Powertrain_Blockset Predictive_Maintenance_Toolbox RF_Blockset RF_PCB_Toolbox RF_Toolbox ROS_Toolbox Radar_Toolbox Reinforcement_Learning_Toolbox Requirements_Toolbox Risk_Management_Toolbox Robotics_System_Toolbox Robust_Control_Toolbox Satellite_Communications_Toolbox Sensor_Fusion_and_Tracking_Toolbox SerDes_Toolbox Signal_Integrity_Toolbox Signal_Processing_Toolbox SimBiology SimEvents Simscape Simscape_Battery Simscape_Driveline Simscape_Electrical Simscape_Fluids Simscape_Multibody Simulink Simulink_3D_Animation Simulink_Check Simulink_Coder Simulink_Compiler Simulink_Control_Design Simulink_Coverage Simulink_Design_Optimization Simulink_Design_Verifier Simulink_Desktop_Real-Time Simulink_Fault_Analyzer Simulink_PLC_Coder Simulink_Real-Time Simulink_Report_Generator Simulink_Test SoC_Blockset Stateflow Statistics_and_Machine_Learning_Toolbox Symbolic_Math_Toolbox System_Composer System_Identification_Toolbox Text_Analytics_Toolbox UAV_Toolbox Vehicle_Dynamics_Blockset Vehicle_Network_Toolbox Vision_HDL_Toolbox WLAN_Toolbox Wavelet_Toolbox Wireless_HDL_Toolbox Wireless_Testbench"
+  default     = "5G_Toolbox AUTOSAR_Blockset Aerospace_Blockset Aerospace_Toolbox Antenna_Toolbox Audio_Toolbox Automated_Driving_Toolbox Bioinformatics_Toolbox Bluetooth_Toolbox C2000_Microcontroller_Blockset Communications_Toolbox Computer_Vision_Toolbox Control_System_Toolbox Curve_Fitting_Toolbox DDS_Blockset DSP_HDL_Toolbox DSP_System_Toolbox Database_Toolbox Datafeed_Toolbox Deep_Learning_HDL_Toolbox Deep_Learning_Toolbox Econometrics_Toolbox Embedded_Coder Financial_Instruments_Toolbox Financial_Toolbox Fixed-Point_Designer Fuzzy_Logic_Toolbox GPU_Coder Global_Optimization_Toolbox HDL_Coder HDL_Verifier Image_Acquisition_Toolbox Image_Processing_Toolbox Industrial_Communication_Toolbox Instrument_Control_Toolbox LTE_Toolbox Lidar_Toolbox MATLAB MATLAB_Coder MATLAB_Compiler MATLAB_Compiler_SDK MATLAB_Parallel_Server MATLAB_Report_Generator MATLAB_Test MATLAB_Web_App_Server Mapping_Toolbox Medical_Imaging_Toolbox Mixed-Signal_Blockset Model_Predictive_Control_Toolbox Motor_Control_Blockset Navigation_Toolbox Optimization_Toolbox Parallel_Computing_Toolbox Partial_Differential_Equation_Toolbox Phased_Array_System_Toolbox Powertrain_Blockset Predictive_Maintenance_Toolbox RF_Blockset RF_PCB_Toolbox RF_Toolbox ROS_Toolbox Radar_Toolbox Reinforcement_Learning_Toolbox Requirements_Toolbox Risk_Management_Toolbox Robotics_System_Toolbox Robust_Control_Toolbox Satellite_Communications_Toolbox Sensor_Fusion_and_Tracking_Toolbox SerDes_Toolbox Signal_Integrity_Toolbox Signal_Processing_Toolbox SimBiology SimEvents Simscape Simscape_Battery Simscape_Driveline Simscape_Electrical Simscape_Fluids Simscape_Multibody Simulink Simulink_3D_Animation Simulink_Check Simulink_Coder Simulink_Compiler Simulink_Control_Design Simulink_Coverage Simulink_Design_Optimization Simulink_Design_Verifier Simulink_Desktop_Real-Time Simulink_Fault_Analyzer Simulink_PLC_Coder Simulink_Real-Time Simulink_Report_Generator Simulink_Test SoC_Blockset Stateflow Statistics_and_Machine_Learning_Toolbox Symbolic_Math_Toolbox System_Composer System_Identification_Toolbox Text_Analytics_Toolbox UAV_Toolbox Vehicle_Dynamics_Blockset Vehicle_Network_Toolbox Vision_HDL_Toolbox WLAN_Toolbox Wavelet_Toolbox Wireless_HDL_Toolbox Wireless_Testbench Wireless_Network_Toolbox Simulink_FMU_Builder Raspberry_Pi_Blockset STM32_Microcontroller_Blockset"
   description = "Target products to install in the machine image, e.g. MATLAB SIMULINK."
 }
 
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ variable "RUNTIME_SCRIPTS" {
 
 variable "NVIDIA_DRIVER_INSTALLER_URL" {
   type        = string
-  default     = "https://us.download.nvidia.com/tesla/538.15/538.15-data-center-tesla-desktop-winserver-2019-2022-dch-international.exe"
+  default     = "https://us.download.nvidia.com/tesla/591.59/591.59-data-center-tesla-desktop-winserver-2022-2025-dch-international.exe"
   description = "The URL to install NVIDIA drivers into the target machine image."
 }
 
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ source "amazon-ebs" "AMI_Builder" {
     delete_on_termination = true
     device_name           = "/dev/sda1"
     volume_size           = 128
-    volume_type           = "gp2"
+    volume_type           = "gp3"
   }
   region = "us-east-1"
   source_ami_filter {

packer/v1/release-config/R2026a.pkrvars.hcl

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+# Copyright 2026 The MathWorks, Inc.
+
+// Use this Packer configuration file to build AMI with R2026a MATLAB installed.
+// For more information on these variables, see /packer/build-parallel-server-ami.pkr.hcl.
+RELEASE       = "R2026a"
+BASE_AMI_NAME = "Windows_Server-2022-English-Full-Base-*"
+STARTUP_SCRIPTS = [
+  "env.ps1",
+  "10_Setup-Disks.ps1",
+  "20_Setup-MATLAB.ps1",
+  "30_Setup-Polyspace.ps1",
+  "40_WarmUp-MATLAB.ps1",
+  "50_Edit-MJS-Def.ps1",
+  "60_Sync-MJS-Files.ps1",
+  "65_Run-Optional-User-Command.ps1",
+  "70_Start-MJS.ps1",
+  "80_Add-SpotInstanceMonitoring.ps1"
+]
+RUNTIME_SCRIPTS = [
+  "autoscaling",
+  "mwplatforminterfaces",
+  "spotinstances"
+]
+BUILD_SCRIPTS = [
+  "Install-Dependencies.ps1",
+  "Install-StartupScripts.ps1",
+  "Install-NVIDIA-Drivers.ps1",
+  "Install-RuntimeScripts.ps1",
+  "Install-MATLAB.ps1",
+  "Setup-SupportPackagesRoot.ps1",
+  "Install-SupportPackages.ps1",
+  "Remove-IE.ps1",
+  "New-ToolboxCache.ps1"
+]
+PRODUCTS                    = "5G_Toolbox AUTOSAR_Blockset Aerospace_Blockset Aerospace_Toolbox Antenna_Toolbox Audio_Toolbox Automated_Driving_Toolbox Bioinformatics_Toolbox Bluetooth_Toolbox C2000_Microcontroller_Blockset Communications_Toolbox Computer_Vision_Toolbox Control_System_Toolbox Curve_Fitting_Toolbox DDS_Blockset DSP_HDL_Toolbox DSP_System_Toolbox Database_Toolbox Datafeed_Toolbox Deep_Learning_HDL_Toolbox Deep_Learning_Toolbox Econometrics_Toolbox Embedded_Coder Financial_Instruments_Toolbox Financial_Toolbox Fixed-Point_Designer Fuzzy_Logic_Toolbox GPU_Coder Global_Optimization_Toolbox HDL_Coder HDL_Verifier Image_Acquisition_Toolbox Image_Processing_Toolbox Industrial_Communication_Toolbox Instrument_Control_Toolbox LTE_Toolbox Lidar_Toolbox MATLAB MATLAB_Coder MATLAB_Compiler MATLAB_Compiler_SDK MATLAB_Parallel_Server MATLAB_Report_Generator MATLAB_Test MATLAB_Web_App_Server Mapping_Toolbox Medical_Imaging_Toolbox Mixed-Signal_Blockset Model_Predictive_Control_Toolbox Motor_Control_Blockset Navigation_Toolbox Optimization_Toolbox Parallel_Computing_Toolbox Partial_Differential_Equation_Toolbox Phased_Array_System_Toolbox Powertrain_Blockset Predictive_Maintenance_Toolbox RF_Blockset RF_PCB_Toolbox RF_Toolbox ROS_Toolbox Radar_Toolbox Reinforcement_Learning_Toolbox Requirements_Toolbox Risk_Management_Toolbox Robotics_System_Toolbox Robust_Control_Toolbox Satellite_Communications_Toolbox Sensor_Fusion_and_Tracking_Toolbox SerDes_Toolbox Signal_Integrity_Toolbox Signal_Processing_Toolbox SimBiology SimEvents Simscape Simscape_Battery Simscape_Driveline Simscape_Electrical Simscape_Fluids Simscape_Multibody Simulink Simulink_3D_Animation Simulink_Check Simulink_Coder Simulink_Compiler Simulink_Control_Design Simulink_Coverage Simulink_Design_Optimization Simulink_Design_Verifier Simulink_Desktop_Real-Time Simulink_Fault_Analyzer Simulink_PLC_Coder Simulink_Real-Time Simulink_Report_Generator Simulink_Test SoC_Blockset Stateflow Statistics_and_Machine_Learning_Toolbox Symbolic_Math_Toolbox System_Composer System_Identification_Toolbox Text_Analytics_Toolbox UAV_Toolbox Vehicle_Dynamics_Blockset Vehicle_Network_Toolbox Vision_HDL_Toolbox WLAN_Toolbox Wavelet_Toolbox Wireless_HDL_Toolbox Wireless_Testbench Wireless_Network_Toolbox Simulink_FMU_Builder Raspberry_Pi_Blockset STM32_Microcontroller_Blockset"
+POLYSPACE_PRODUCTS          = "Polyspace_Bug_Finder_Server Polyspace_Code_Prover_Server"
+SPKGS                       = "Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_AlexNet_Network Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_EfficientNet-b0_Network Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_GoogLeNet_Network Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_ResNet-101_Network Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_ResNet-18_Network Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_ResNet-50_Network Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_Inception-ResNet-v2_Network Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_Inception-v3_Network Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_DenseNet-201_Network Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_Xception_Network Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_MobileNet-v2_Network Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_Places365-GoogLeNet_Network Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_NASNet-Large_Network Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_NASNet-Mobile_Network Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_ShuffleNet_Network Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_DarkNet-19_Network Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_DarkNet-53_Network Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_VGG-16_Network Deep_Learning_Toolbox_Model_for_VGG-19_Network"
+NVIDIA_DRIVER_INSTALLER_URL = "https://us.download.nvidia.com/tesla/591.59/591.59-data-center-tesla-desktop-winserver-2022-2025-dch-international.exe"
+PYTHON_INSTALLER_URL        = "https://www.python.org/ftp/python/3.10.5/python-3.10.5-amd64.exe"