Good day to all,

This update is going forward with a larger batch of firmware update improvements that are important for 18.7 and beyond, addressing the former lack of error handling, check for update speed and API check capabilities for major upgrades.

Intrusion detection syslog behaviour changes slightly after a number of good discussions, meaning that now syslog is always on, but fast log alert info is steered by the former syslog option making the option the best of both worlds and enabling future syslog export, which is now also available in the development version.

Last but not least we want to mention the work done on allowing detached UI development which is now included in the release. For more information check out the UI development tools[1] that have been released alongside.

There is more preparation underway for 18.7, but that info will have to wait as it eludes the context of this announcement. Feel free to frequently check the milestone progress in the forums[2] in the meantime.

Here is the full list of changes:


Stay safe,
Your OPNsense team