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# August 26, 2026

> Deepgram Self-Hosted release 260826 adds expressivity control to Flux TTS, and improves currency, date, and Japanese punctuation formatting.

## Deepgram Self-Hosted August 2026 Release (260826)

### Container Images (release 260826)

* `quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:release-260826`
  * Equivalent image to:
    * `quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:1.192.31`

* `quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:release-260826`
  * Equivalent image to:
    * `quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:3.128.0`

  * Minimum required NVIDIA driver version: `>=570.172.08`

* `quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-license-proxy:release-260826`
  * Equivalent image to:
    * `quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-license-proxy:1.11.0-1`

* `quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-billing:release-260826`
  * Equivalent image to:
    * `quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-billing:1.14.0-1`

### FIPS 140-3 Images

FIPS 140-3 images are available for all four self-hosted services, published under the `-fips` tag suffix:

* `quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:release-260826-fips`
  * Equivalent image to:
    * `quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-api:1.192.31-fips`

* `quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:release-260826-fips`
  * Equivalent image to:
    * `quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-engine:3.128.0-fips`

* `quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-license-proxy:release-260826-fips`
  * Equivalent image to:
    * `quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-license-proxy:1.11.0-1-fips`

* `quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-billing:release-260826-fips`
  * Equivalent image to:
    * `quay.io/deepgram/self-hosted-billing:1.14.0-1-fips`

These images run OpenSSL's FIPS 140-3 validated cryptographic provider. Enable FIPS by setting `[fips] mode = "enabled"` in each service's configuration. FIPS mode should be enabled only on the `-fips` images; the standard images do not include the FIPS provider. See [FIPS-Compliant Deployment](/docs/fips-compliant-deployment) for setup and configuration details.

### This Release Contains The Following Changes

* **Flux TTS General Availability** — Flux TTS is now generally available (GA) on self-hosted.
* **Flux TTS Expressivity** — a new [expressivity](/docs/tts-expressivity) control makes a Flux TTS voice more calm or more animated. Ask your Deepgram representative for the accompanying new model version `f94b1bd5`.
* **Wider Flux TTS `speed` Range** — Flux TTS `speed` now runs from `0.5` to `1.5` in `0.05` increments, up from `0.85`–`1.15`.
* **Smart Formatting Improvements** — improved currency and date formatting, and improved Japanese end-of-sentence punctuation.
* **General Improvements** — dependency and security updates, and refreshed base images.

> Deepgram Self-Hosted release 260826 adds expressivity control to Flux TTS, and improves currency, date, and Japanese punctuation formatting.