# MAX Nightly 26.3.0.dev2026040205 Released

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**Created:** [April 2, 2026, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/max-nightly-26-3-0-dev2026040205-released/2919 "2026-04-02T06:56:54Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 2, 2026, 6:56am UTC](https://forum.modular.com/t/max-nightly-26-3-0-dev2026040205-released/2919/1 "2026-04-02T06:56:54Z")

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🧑‍🚀 A new nightly version has been released! 🧑‍🚀

See the quickstart guide for installation instructions: [Quickstart | Modular](https://docs.modular.com/max/get-started/#set-up-your-project)

MAX changelog updates:

- Added `DevicePlacementPolicy` (`Ignore`, `Warn`, `Error`) to `Graph` to  
control behavior when CPU-only ops (`ops.scatter`, `ops.cumsum`,  
`ops.nonzero`, `ops.tile`) receive GPU tensors. The default (`Warn`) emits a  
`UserWarning` and falls back to CPU; `Error` raises `ValueError` instead.  
`ops.cond` and `ops.while_loop` always raise `ValueError` for GPU predicates.
- Added `scatter_nd` op handler to the experimental eager interpreter (CPU  
and GPU), scattering slices from updates into input at N-dimensional index  
positions via `max.experimental.functional.scatter_nd`.
- Added `scatter_nd_add` op handler to the experimental eager interpreter  
(CPU), accumulating slices from updates into input at N-dimensional index  
positions and summing duplicate indices via  
`max.experimental.functional.scatter_nd_add`.
- Added `bottom_k` op handler to the experimental eager interpreter with CPU  
and GPU support, returning the k smallest values and their original indices  
along a specified axis via `max.experimental.functional.bottom_k`.
- Added `nonzero` op handler to the experimental eager interpreter (CPU),  
returning the row-major coordinates of all nonzero elements as a  
`[nnz, rank]` int64 tensor via `max.experimental.functional.nonzero`.
- Added `scatter_add` op handler to the experimental eager interpreter (CPU),  
accumulating `updates` into a copy of `input` at `indices` along `axis`  
and summing duplicate indices via `max.experimental.functional.scatter_add`.
- `max.graph.ops.pad` (and `max.graph.experimental.functional.pad`) now  
accepts `mode=reflect` and `mode=edge` in addition to  
`mode=constant`.
- Added `pad` op handlers (`pad.constant`, `pad.reflect`, `pad.repeat`) to  
the experimental eager interpreter. `pad.constant` supports CPU and GPU;  
`pad.reflect` and `pad.repeat` (edge padding) run on CPU.
- Added `max.graph.ops.resize_linear` for linear (bilinear) interpolation  
resizing with configurable `coordinate_transform_mode` (half\_pixel,  
align\_corners, asymmetric, half\_pixel\_1D) and optional `antialias`  
downscaling support; `max.graph.ops.resize` now supports  
`InterpolationMode.BILINEAR` by delegating to `resize_linear`.
- Added `resize_linear` op handler to the experimental eager interpreter  
(CPU) via `max.experimental.functional.resize_linear`.
- Optimized GPU `topk` stage-1 kernel with a per-thread register heap that  
caches the top-8 elements during a single scan pass, eliminating redundant  
global memory re-reads for the first 8 extraction iterations.

Mojo changelog updates:

Raw MAX diff: [https://github.com/modular/modular/compare/cc314486029d15bda9df356307f770785648c523...5de6438bf5aae931acfafb86bffe70c8ba1bd5f3](https://github.com/modular/modular/compare/cc314486029d15bda9df356307f770785648c523...5de6438bf5aae931acfafb86bffe70c8ba1bd5f3))\>  
Current Mojo changelog: [https://github.com/modular/modular/blob/main/mojo/docs/nightly-changelog.md](https://github.com/modular/modular/blob/main/mojo/docs/nightly-changelog.md)