# Deepgram Self-Hosted October 2026 Release (261001) By Steven Van · 2026-10-01 Flux TTS audio is now watermarked, and self-hosted Engine will not start with Flux TTS enabled until the watermarker file and UUID are configured. Self-hosted [Deepgram]() deployments running Flux TTS need to act before upgrading to release 261001. Flux TTS audio is now watermarked. Deployments must add the watermarker model file (watermarker.<uuid>.dgv2, provisioned alongside the Flux TTS models) and set watermarker\_uuid under \[flux\_tts\] in the Engine configuration. Engine will not start with Flux TTS enabled if the watermarker is missing. - **Images:** the release tag is release-261001 for the API, Engine, license proxy and billing services. These match API 1.192.51, Engine 3.135.0, license proxy 1.11.1-1 and billing 1.14.0-3. - **NVIDIA drivers:** the Engine image requires driver version 580 or higher, open kernel module flavor. - **FIPS 140-3:** images for all four services are published under the -fips tag suffix. They run OpenSSL's FIPS 140-3 validated cryptographic provider. FIPS is enabled by setting \[fips\] mode = "enabled" in each service's configuration, and only on the -fips images, because the standard images do not include the FIPS provider. The release note links to [Deepgram's Numerals documentation](). That page covers the feature that converts spoken numbers to digits, and says it works on both Flux STT models, with a different set of supported languages for Flux Multilingual. ![Deepgram]() Deepgram Power enterprise voice solutions with Deepgram’s Speech-to-Text, Text-to-Speech, and Voice Agent APIs. Real-time, accurate, and built for scale. [View Deepgram →]() [Read the original announcement →]() [Read Deepgram Self-Hosted October 2026 Release (261001) on Creators Toolbox]() --- Canonical source: https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/deepgram-deepgram-self-hosted-october-2026-release-261001