Similar to : #138609

Opening this RFC to discuss CUDA version support for future PyTorch release 2.7:

Migration to CUDA 12.8 is planned for PyTorch Release 2.7.

Option 1 - CUDA 11.8 and CUDA 12.6 and 12.8
CUDA 11.8, CUDNN 9.1.0.70 - Same as Previous Release 2.6. No changes to CUDA 11.8 - Legacy version
CUDA 12.6 CUDNN 9.x - Version Released to Pypi - Stable version
CUDA 12.8 CUDNN 9.x - New Experimental version

Option 2
CUDA 12.6 CUDNN 9.x - Version Released to Pypi - Stable version
CUDA 12.8 CUDNN 9.x - New Experimental version

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Versions

2.7.0