Merge branch 'vllm-project:main' into feat/support-embeddings-api

Author: gcalmettes

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ Start by picking an [issue](https://github.com/vllm-project/aibrix/issues) tagge
 
 Join our community through various channels:
 
-- **Slack Channl**: TODO
+- **Slack Channel**: TODO (Link to be added once channel is public)
 - **Wechat User Groups**: TODO
 - **Email**: TODO
 - **Forums**: TODO

Makefile

@@ -208,10 +208,10 @@ docker-push-kvcache-watcher: ## Push docker image with the kvcache-watcher.
 	$(call push_image,kvcache-watcher)
 
 # PLATFORMS defines the target platforms for the manager image be built to provide support to multiple
-# architectures. (i.e. make docker-buildx IMG=myregistry/mypoperator:0.0.1). To use this option you need to:
+# architectures. (i.e. make docker-buildx AIBRIX_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_NAMESPACE=myregistry). To use this option you need to:
 # - be able to use docker buildx. More info: https://docs.docker.com/build/buildx/
 # - have enabled BuildKit. More info: https://docs.docker.com/develop/develop-images/build_enhancements/
-# - be able to push the image to your registry (i.e. if you do not set a valid value via IMG=<myregistry/image:<tag>> then the export will fail)
+# - be able to push the image to your registry (i.e. if you do not set a valid value via AIBRIX_CONTAINER_REGISTRY_NAMESPACE=<myregistry> then the export will fail)
 # To adequately provide solutions that are compatible with multiple platforms, you should consider using this option.
 PLATFORMS ?= linux/arm64,linux/amd64,linux/s390x,linux/ppc64le
 .PHONY: docker-buildx

README.md

@@ -4,14 +4,18 @@ Welcome to AIBrix, an open-source initiative designed to provide essential build
 
 
 <p align="center">
-| <a href="https://aibrix.readthedocs.io/latest/"><b>Documentation</b></a> | <a href="https://aibrix.github.io/"><b>Blog</b></a> | <a href="https://github.com/vllm-project/aibrix/blob/main/docs/paper/AIBrix_White_Paper_0219_2025.pdf"><b>White Paper</b></a> | <a href="https://x.com/vllm_project"><b>Twitter/X</b></a> | <a href="https://vllm-dev.slack.com/archives/C08EQ883CSV"><b>Developer Slack</b></a> |
+| <a href="https://aibrix.readthedocs.io/latest/"><b>Documentation</b></a> | <a href="https://aibrix.github.io/"><b>Blog</b></a> | <a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.03648"><b>White Paper</b></a> | <a href="https://x.com/vllm_project"><b>Twitter/X</b></a> | <a href="https://vllm-dev.slack.com/archives/C08EQ883CSV"><b>Developer Slack</b></a> |
 </p>
 
 ## Latest News
 
-- **[2025-05-21]** AIBrix v0.3.0 is released. Check out the [release notes](https://github.com/vllm-project/aibrix/releases/tag/v0.3.0) for more details.
+- **[2025-06-10]** The AIBrix team delivered a talk at KubeCon China 2025 titled [AIBrix: Cost-Effective and Scalable Kubernetes Control Plane for vLLM](https://kccncchn2025.sched.com/event/1x5im/introducing-aibrix-cost-effective-and-scalable-kubernetes-control-plane-for-vllm-jiaxin-shan-liguang-xie-bytedance), discussing how the framework optimizes vLLM deployment via Kubernetes for cost efficiency and scalability.
+- **[2025-05-21]** AIBrix v0.3.0 is released. Check out the [release notes](https://github.com/vllm-project/aibrix/releases/tag/v0.3.0) and [Blog Post](https://aibrix.github.io/posts/2025-05-21-v0.3.0-release/) for more details
+- **[2025-04-04]** AIBrix co-delivered a KubeCon EU 2025 keynote with Google on [LLM-Aware Load Balancing in Kubernetes: A New Era of Efficiency](https://kccnceu2025.sched.com/event/1txC7/keynote-llm-aware-load-balancing-in-kubernetes-a-new-era-of-efficiency-clayton-coleman-distinguished-engineer-google-jiaxin-shan-software-engineer-bytedance), focusing on LLM specific routing solutions.
+- **[2025-03-30]** AIBrix was featured at the [ASPLOS'25](http://asplos-conference.org/asplos2025/) workshop with the presentation [AIBrix: An Open-Source, Large-Scale LLM Inference Infrastructure for System Research](https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1YDVsPFTIgGXnROGaJ1VKuDDAB4T5fzpE/edit), showcasing its architecture for efficient LLM inference in system research scenarios.
 - **[2025-03-09]** AIBrix v0.2.1 is released. DeepSeek-R1 full weights deployment is supported and gateway stability has been improved! Check [Blog Post](https://aibrix.github.io/posts/2025-03-10-deepseek-r1/) for more details.
-- **[2025-02-19]** AIBrix v0.2.0 is released. Check out the [release notes](https://github.com/vllm-project/aibrix/releases/tag/v0.2.0) for more details.
+- **[2025-02-19]** AIBrix v0.2.0 is released. Check out the [release notes](https://github.com/vllm-project/aibrix/releases/tag/v0.2.0) and [Blog Post](https://aibrix.github.io/posts/2025-02-05-v0.2.0-release/) for more details.
+- **[2025-11-13]** AIBrix v0.1.0 is released. Check out the [release notes](https://github.com/vllm-project/aibrix/releases/tag/v0.1.0) and [Blog Post](https://aibrix.github.io/posts/2024-11-12-v0.1.0-release/) for more details.
 
 ## Key Features