The OpenVPN community project team is proud to release OpenVPN 2.7_rc6. This is the sixth release candidate for the feature release 2.7.0.
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Important changes since 2.7_rc5:
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* bugfix on restarting a p2mp server instance with SIGUSR1 (inadvertedly
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closing fd 0, causing a crash on the next restart - GH [OpenVPN/openvpn#966](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/issues/966))
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* prevent NULL pointer crash on suitable combination of --dns-updown
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statements in openvpn config file (not pushable)
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* prevent inappropriate management interface activity if a password is
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set and --management-forget-disconnect or --management-signal are active
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* add mbedTLS 4 support
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For a list of all changes see the [git log](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/compare/v2.7_rc5...v2.7_rc6).
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Highlights of 2.7 include:
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* Multi-socket support for servers -- Handle multiple addresses/ports/protocols within one server
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* Improved Client support for DNS options
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* Client implementations for Linux/BSD/macOS, included with the default install
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* New client implementation for Windows, adding support for features like split DNS and DNSSEC
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* Architectural improvements on Windows
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* The `block-local` flag is now enforced with WFP filters
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* Windows network adapters are now generated on demand
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* Windows automatic service now runs as an unpriviledged user
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* Support for server mode in win-dco driver
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* Note: Support for the wintun driver has been removed. win-dco is now the default, tap-windows6 is the fallback solution for use-cases not covered by win-dco.
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* Improved data channel
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* Enforcement of AES-GCM usage limit
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* Epoch data keys and packet format
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* Support for new upstream DCO Linux kernel module
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* This release supports the new `ovpn` DCO Linux kernel module which will be available in future upstream Linux kernel releases. Backports of the new module to current kernels are available via the [ovpn-backports project](https://github.com/OpenVPN/ovpn-backports).
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* Client-side support for new `PUSH_UPDATE` control-channel message
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* This allows servers to send updates to options like routing and DNS config without triggering a reconnect.
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* PUSH_UPDATE server support (minimal)
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* New management interface commands `push-update-broad` and `push-update-cid` to send PUSH_UPDATE option updates.
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* TLS 1.3 support with bleeding-edge mbedTLS versions
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* Support for mbedTLS version 4
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* Two new environment variables have been introduced to communicate desired default gateway redirection to plugins like Network Manager.
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* Support for Epoch data channel on Windows, using the win-dco driver (2.8.0+)
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* "Recursive Routing" check is now more granular, and will only drop packets-in-tunnel if destination IP, protocol and port matches with those needed to reach the VPN server.
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* COPYING: license details only relevant to our Windows installers have been updated and moved to the openvpn-build repo
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For details see [Changes.rst](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/blob/v2.7_rc6/Changes.rst)
For Community-maintained packages for Linux distributions see [OpenVPN Software Repositories](/Pages/OpenVPN%20software%20repos). Note that the Fedora Copr repositories have been moved to the @OpenVPN group account and that there are new repositories available on openSUSE Buildservice.
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## OpenVPN 2.7_rc5 -- Released 15 January 2026
The OpenVPN community project team is proud to release OpenVPN 2.7_rc5. This is the fifth release candidate for the feature release 2.7.0.
