The Blender Foundation Ships Blender 3.5.1

Here's the full list of issues fixed with the release:

• Active/default UV map legacy conversion with name conflict
• Add support for OpenPGL 0.5.0
• Add-ons: X3D & BVH import error with Python 3.11
• bpy.types.Text (region_as_string/region_from_string) crash
• Color picker broken with Wayland & AMD GPU
• Crash when canceling Sky Resize with mesh symmetry
• Crash when loading files with custom node groups
• Crash when OpenEXR IO fails
• Crash with muted node
• Cycles importance sampling with multiple suns works poorly
• Cycles multi GPU crash with vertex color baking
• Cycles shadow caustics not working with area lights
• EEVEE: World lighting does not affect volumetrics
• Entering Grease Pencil Vertex Paint mode crashes
• Fireflies with Nishita sky sun sampling at certain angles
• Fix source_archive ignoring addons
• Fix buffer overflow in BLI_path_frame_strip with long extensions
• Fix Crash calling asset_generate_preview() in backgound mode
• Fix CUdeviceptr and hipDeviceptr_t build error on ppc64le architecture
• Fix missing assets in the source archive
• Fix Snap package error on startup in older Linux version
• Fix unnecessary edge pan updates
• Fix: Iteration for BMLayerCollection was broken
• Fix: Metal null buffer initialization
• Fix: Remove unsupported data types in extrude and split edges nodes
• Fix: Show 'Exit group' menu entry also for non group nodes
• Fix: Transform geometry node doesn't translate volumes correctly
• Fix: VSE channel buttons invisible in Light theme
• GPencil Paste stroke duplicates to the next selected
• Handle exceptions in add fur operator
• ImageEngine: Improve Performance and Quality.
• Inconsistent display of active filters for import/export file dialogs
• Incorrect modifier deform evaluation result
• Index the right UVmap in BMesh
• Intel iGPU Crashes When Switching to Eevee
• MacOS/OpenGL doesn't draw anything Eevee related
• Metal: Resolve high memory pressure on EEVEE render
• Missing xray check in snapping
• Motion tracking data lost on recovering autosave
• Motion triangles could have unnormalized normals
• Moving frame node jittering while cursor is still
• Overlay: Resolve motion path rendering in Metal
• Pose library does not autokey mirrored poses
• Pose library: fix context menu
• Properly clear CD_FLAG_ACTIVE/DEFAULT_COLOR flags
• Resolve box selection issue in Meta
• Resolve flashing Metal viewport
• Resolve Metal grease pencil fill
• Resolve Metal workload dependency
• Resolve texture paint selection in Metal
• Selection of bones in grease pencil weightpaint mode fails
• Selection offset in timeline when NLA track is offset
• Sharp edge attribute removed when all edges are sharp
• "Shift to extend" doesn't work in 3D View Collections panel
• Snap curves to surface operator does not update geometry
• Subdivision surface crash with more than 8 UV maps
• Texture paint removes evaluated mesh attributes
• Use correct function to get active UV layer
• UV stitch crash with hidden faces