--- title: Maintenance release: Godot 4.5.2 – Godot Engine | daily.dev description: Godot 4.5.2 is a maintenance release backporting important bug fixes for users who cannot yet upgrade to 4.6. Key highlights include critical Vulkan Mobile... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/maintenance-release-godot-4-5-2-godot-engine-nnw4ffoys twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Maintenance release: Godot 4.5.2 – Godot Engine | daily.dev og:description: Godot 4.5.2 is a maintenance release backporting important bug fixes for users who cannot yet upgrade to 4.6. Key highlights include critical Vulkan Mobile... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/maintenance-release-godot-4-5-2-godot-engine-nnw4ffoys og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/NNW4FfOys.png og:image:alt: Maintenance release: Godot 4.5.2 – Godot Engine og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Maintenance release: Godot 4.5.2 – Godot Engine **[Godot](https://daily.dev/sources/godot)** · 8 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Godot 4.5.2 is a maintenance release backporting important bug fixes for users who cannot yet upgrade to 4.6. Key highlights include critical Vulkan Mobile crash fixes for Android (strongly recommended for Google Play publishers), Direct3D 12 performance improvements reducing shader compilation time, and iOS Metal exports now defaulting to A12 devices or newer. 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