ACAP version 13.0 Alpha – July 30 2026

Overview

caution

This is an alpha release intended for early testing and feedback. It is not intended for production use. APIs and behavior may change in subsequent releases.

This is a release of an SDK based on AXIS OS 13 Alpha. The main purpose is to verify that ACAP applications can be built for AXIS OS 13.

ACAP application specific breaking changes can be found in the Extend compatibility to future AXIS OS major versions page. For a full walk-through of the breaking changes in AXIS OS 13, see Breaking changes in AXIS OS 13.

Device software:

• Minimum AXIS OS version: 13.0.33.

Getting started

To use this SDK, update the Dockerfile of your ACAP application to use one of the following images:

• axisecp/acap-native-sdk:13.0.0-alpha-aarch64-ubuntu26.04
• axisecp/acap-native-sdk:13.0.0-alpha-armv7hf-ubuntu26.04

Below is an example based on the Hello World application showing how to update the build arguments. Change the ARCH argument to armv7hf for devices using that architecture. The rest of the Dockerfile remains unchanged.

ARG ARCH=aarch64
ARG VERSION=13.0.0-alpha
ARG UBUNTU_VERSION=26.04
ARG REPO=axisecp
ARG SDK=acap-native-sdk

New additions

• SDK
  • Update to Ubuntu 26.04 base image.
• API
  • The DLPU resource is now available for CV25 devices, which was missing from the 13 Preview.
  • The Device Data Hub API is now available through the ACAP Native SDK 13 Alpha, which was missing from the 13 Preview.
  • Added APIs in ACAP Native SDK 12.11 are now available in ACAP Native SDK 13 Alpha:
    • Device Data Hub API as released API
    • PTZ Control WS API
    • Recording Notify API
    • Recording Search API
    • Recording Playback API
    • OpenGL 2

Changes

• ACAP documentation:
  • Updated FAQ page covering ACAP Native SDK 13 Alpha and AXIS OS 13 Alpha instead of the Preview.

APIs supported in this release

Axis API	Chip
Axoverlay API (Legacy)	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7
Axoverlay2 API	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7
Bounding Box API	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV75, CV25
Axstorage API	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV75, CV25, i.MX 6SoloX
Device Data Hub API	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV75, CV25
Event API	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV75, CV25, i.MX 6SoloX
License Key API	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV75, CV25, i.MX 6SoloX
Machine learning API	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV75, CV25
Parameter API	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV75, CV25, i.MX 6SoloX
PTZ WebSocket API	ARTPEC-9, - , ARTPEC-7 (excluding V5925 and V5938)
Recording Notify API	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV75, CV25, i.MX 6SoloX
Recording Search API	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV75, CV25, i.MX 6SoloX
Recording Playback API	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV75, CV25, i.MX 6SoloX
Serial port API	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7
Video capture API	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV75, CV25

Open source API	Chip
Cairo	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7
cURL	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV75, CV25, i.MX 6SoloX
FastCGI	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV75, CV25, i.MX 6SoloX
Jansson	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV75, CV25, i.MX 6SoloX
OpenCL	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7
OpenGL 2	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7
OpenSSL	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV75, CV25, i.MX 6SoloX
Pipewire	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV75, CV25, i.MX 6SoloX

Special API	Chip
VAPIX APIs	ARTPEC-9, ARTPEC-8, ARTPEC-7, CV75, CV25, i.MX 6SoloX
HIDRAW APIs	N/A