Stable release is near but there were some last minute bug fixes including a security fix.
We decided instead of releasing a stable version today, to go for one more release candidate, RC5.
OpenVPN 2.7rc5 is intended to be released tomorrow.
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The stable release will follow after that within a few weeks or so.
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The stable release will follow after that within a few weeks or so, most likely around 28 January.
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- **New: Release 2.6.18**
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A small bugfix release will be coming soon.
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- **forums situation**
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- **New: forums situation**
Eduardo from website team is currently working on the forums.
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Due to holidays this was on hold for a bit but we're back on it now.
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Most things work now, there are some inconveniences that will require manual intervention like removing spam posts and handling duplicate account issues.
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We will continue to work on it and test it and make it ready for a big switch.
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- **Updated: mbedtls support**
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The old mbedtls2 is EOL so that was removed as per 2.7rc4.
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mbedtls3 support is currently in 2.7rc4 and will be in 2.7.0.
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That version of mbedtls (3.6 LTS release) is still supported until March 2027 at least.
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The plan is to get to mbedtls4 implementation in OpenVPN 2.7 in some version after 2.7.0.
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- **2.7 security audit**
There are still things ongoing in regards to the security audit but no new major findings so far.
Still have items to review and go through, but this is ongoing.
