ComfyUI Release v0.20.1: Key Updates and New Features

Comfy-Org has officially released ComfyUI v0.20.1, packed with new features and enhancements to improve user experience and functionality.

SUPIR model support: Added support for the SUPIR model (CORE-17). See the implementation here.
Optimizations: Improvements made to the Ernie inference process for faster performance by @comfyanonymous. Details can be found here.
Bug Fix: Internal files endpoint now has updated directory type annotation (CORE-71). More on this here.
Documentation Update: Added a link to Intel portable in the Readme by @comfyanonymous. Check it here.
Dependency Update: SQLAlchemy is now pinned at version >=2.0 in requirements.txt (CORE-63). See the change here.
Refactoring: Refactored IO implementation in nodes_ace.py for better clarity, noted by @comfyanonymous. More details here.
Package Update: Bumped comfyui-frontend-package to version 1.42.12. Details here.
Audio VAE Updates: The ltx audio VAE is more native now (CORE-76), managed by @comfyanonymous. Further details here.
Video Scaling: Added optional auto-downscaling of videos for ByteDance 2 nodes, courtesy of @bigcat88. More information here.
Standalone VAE Support: Introduced support for standalone LTXV audio VAEs, executed by @kijai. Check it here.
Enhanced Video Resolution: 4K resolution support added for Veo models and the inclusion of the Veo 3 Lite model by @bigcat88, further information here.
Frontend Package Update: Bumped comfyui-frontend-package to 1.42.14. More details here.