Ultralytics YOLO

🌟 Summary

Stability-focused release: pins ONNX to avoid export breakages, improves Edge TPU export setup on modern Linux, and includes several quality-of-life updates across docs, dependencies, and tooling. ✅🛠️

📊 Key Changes

• ONNX export stability (priority)
  • Pinned ONNX for exporters to onnx>=1.12.0,<=1.19.1 to ensure reliable ONNX and TensorFlow SavedModel exports, especially in Conda environments. (See PR #22628) 🔒
• Edge TPU export improvements
  • Modernized the auto-install flow for the Edge TPU compiler using APT keyrings, safer curl flags, and smarter sudo handling. (See PR #22638) 🧩
• Dependency and CI hygiene
  • Dependabot update frequency switched to daily for faster security/bugfix intake. (See PR #22631) ⏱️
  • Updated typing extra: scipy-stubs>=1.14.1.4 for Python 3.10+. (See PR #22634) 🧠
• Documentation and repo maintenance
  • Added clear citation/license/acknowledgments for the African Wildlife dataset with BibTeX. (See PR #22632) 📚🦁
  • Ignored common video/image formats in .gitignore to prevent large media commits. (See PR #22635) 📁🚫
  • Added docstrings to console/log capture utilities for clarity. (See PR #22624) 📝

🎯 Purpose & Impact

• More reliable exports across environments (especially Conda) by avoiding breaking changes in newer ONNX releases. Fewer surprises during export and smoother CI. ✅
• Edge TPU exports work out-of-the-box on newer Debian/Ubuntu, following current security best practices. 🔐
• Faster patching of vulnerabilities and tooling updates via daily Dependabot runs. ⚡
• Cleaner repos and faster clones by preventing accidental media file commits. 🧹
• Better contributor experience and research-friendly dataset docs with ready-to-use citations. 🤝

Quick tip: If you hit ONNX-related export issues, ensure ONNX is pinned locally: pip install "onnx<=1.19.1"

What's Changed

• Add ConsoleLogger docstrings by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/22624
• Change Dependabot update schedule to daily by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/22631
• fix: 🐞 Update scipy-stubs dependency to require version >=1.14.1.4 for Python 3.10+ by @onuralpszr in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/22634
• Update citation of african-wildlife dataset by @RizwanMunawar in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/22632
• chore: 🧹 Add video and image file extensions to .gitignore by @onuralpszr in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/22635
• Update Edge TPU installation for keyring by @glenn-jocher in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/22638
• ultralytics 8.3.227 Pin onnx<=1.19.1 for Conda compatibility by @RizwanMunawar in https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/pull/22628

Full Changelog: https://github.com/ultralytics/ultralytics/compare/v8.3.226...v8.3.227