USD Search API 1.1.1#

Release Date: June 2025

  • Helm chart bugfixes and documentation improvement

Added#

  • Indexing of custom USD properties documentation improvement

  • Added a guide on how Nucleus access token can be used instead of the service name / password pair.

  • Added a guide on how storage backend credential secrets could be manually created to avoid passing credential information through helm chart values.

  • Added documentation section on how VLM prompt and metadata fields could be configured

  • Added storage connection check before rendering job is created to avoid spinning up full Kit instance if storage backend becomes unaccessible for some reason

  • Added FAQ section about Prometheus metrics missing in Grafana dashboard

  • Added the possibility to limit the maximum number of parallel Kit instances created as part of rendering jobs. This is specifically useful for Nucleus storage backend, as Nucleus may not be able to handle arbitrary load.

  • Described USD Search plugins in more details.

  • Added a description on how to clean leftover rendering jobs after helm uninstall.

  • Added best practices for organizing data on the storage backend.

  • Added best practices for image-based search quality improvement