Release 1.7.0

Issues

• Allow users to specify Paterson-Stockmeyer parameters for polynomial evaluation

  optimization
  openfheorg/openfhe-development#329 · Filter by author andreea-alexandru opened on Mar 13, 2023 · Release 1.7.0

• Add the Sparse-THI method from 2026/1026

  new feature
  openfheorg/openfhe-development#1227 · Filter by author andreea-alexandru opened on Jul 28, 2026 · Release 1.7.0

• Add CKKS-only mode for functional bootstrapping

  new feature
  openfheorg/openfhe-development#1000 · Filter by author yspolyakov opened on Jun 12, 2025 · Release 1.7.0
  

• Update codebase for possible future migration to C++23

  cleanup
  openfheorg/openfhe-development#1171 · Filter by author dsuponitskiy opened on Apr 22, 2026 · Release 1.7.0
  

• Second round of refactoring CKKS functional bootstrapping

  cleanup
  openfheorg/openfhe-development#1173 · Filter by author yspolyakov opened on Apr 24, 2026 · Release 1.7.0
  

• Refactor OpenFHE source to use default initialization and safer constructor/destructor patterns

  cleanupoptimization
  openfheorg/openfhe-development#1201 · Filter by author dsuponitskiy opened on Jun 5, 2026 · Release 1.7.0
  

• Add bootstrapping optimization from 2025/1298

  optimization
  openfheorg/openfhe-development#1206 · Filter by author yspolyakov opened on Jun 11, 2026 · Release 1.7.0

• Add the Large LUT evaluation method

  new feature
  openfheorg/openfhe-development#1228 · Filter by author andreea-alexandru opened on Jul 28, 2026 · Release 1.7.0

• Add key expansion for CKKS bootstrapping

  new feature
  openfheorg/openfhe-development#1174 · Filter by author yspolyakov opened on Apr 24, 2026 · Release 1.7.0
  

• Add sparse plaintext compression from arXiv:2512.11269

  new feature
  openfheorg/openfhe-development#1222 · Filter by author yspolyakov opened on Jul 17, 2026 · Release 1.7.0
  

• Add arithmetic scheme component from 2026/233

  new feature
  openfheorg/openfhe-development#1220 · Filter by author yspolyakov opened on Jul 16, 2026 · Release 1.7.0
  

• CKKS functional bootstrapping silently skips the initial-scaling correction for corrections in [0.5, 1.5)

  bug
  openfheorg/openfhe-development#1279 · Filter by author pascoec opened on Aug 25, 2026 · Release 1.7.0

• Cross-arity gate chaining silently returns the wrong bit, and the tests miss it

  bugreview and fix if needed
  openfheorg/openfhe-development#1287 · Filter by author pascoec opened on Sep 1, 2026 · Release 1.7.0
  

• Provide a supported interop surface for GPU/accelerator backends (remove the need for a patched OpenFHE)

  usability improvement
  openfheorg/openfhe-development#1294 · Filter by author pascoec opened on Sep 5, 2026 · Release 1.7.0
  

• Changes and optimizations on chebychev evaluation to match FIDESlib bit behaviour

  optimization
  openfheorg/openfhe-development#1293 · Filter by author pascoec opened on Sep 4, 2026 · Release 1.7.0
  

• Make sure that all class data members have the "m_" prefix

  cleanupdocumentation
  openfheorg/openfhe-development#1199 · Filter by author dsuponitskiy opened on Jun 3, 2026 · Release 1.7.0
  

• Added missing m_ prefix to class data members

  cleanupdocumentation
  Unread
  openfheorg/openfhe-development#1200·dsuponitskiy opened Jun 3, 2026 · Updated Sep 17, 2026·Draft
  

• Unify treatment of N/2 complex slots across bootstrapping flavors

  optimizationusability improvement
  openfheorg/openfhe-development#1369 · Filter by author andreea-alexandru opened on Oct 16, 2026 · Release 1.7.0