NVIDIA yesterday released version 580.94.17 of its open-gpu-kernel-modules via GitHub. This particular release is a Vulkan Developer Beta Driver. As per NVIDIA, these beta drivers "primarily focus on applying experimental Vulkan features and bugfixes, intended for Vulkan developers." The company also clarified that these releases "will lack other fixes found in GA driver releases," signifying their specialized role in supporting Vulkan API development rather than general production use.