The OpenVPN community project team is proud to release OpenVPN 2.7_alpha3. This is the third Alpha release for the feature release 2.7.0. As the Alpha name implies this is an early release build, it is not intended for production use.
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## OpenVPN 2.7_beta1 -- Released 04 September 2025
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The OpenVPN community project team is proud to release OpenVPN 2.7_beta1. This is the first Beta release for the feature release 2.7.0. As the Beta name implies this is an early release build, it is not intended for production use.
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Feature changes since 2.7_alpha2:
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* ``--dns-updown`` script for macOS
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* Client-side support for PUSH_UPDATE handling
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* Support for floating TLS clients when DCO is active (requires latest versions of DCO drivers)
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* Use of user-defined routing tables on Linux
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* PQE support for WolfSSL
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Feature changes since 2.7_alpha3:
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* Introduction of route_redirect_gateway_ipv4 and _ipv6 env variables
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* PUSH_UPDATE server support (via management interface)
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* Rewrite of the management interface "bytecount" infastructure to better interact with DCO
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Important bug fixes since 2.7_alpha2:
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* Fix issue in handling DCO messages on Linux that could lead to various problems due to unhandled messages
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* Fix issues with DHCP on Windows with tap driver
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Important bug fixes since 2.7_alpha3:
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* Bugfixes in --dns-updown script for linux systems using resolvconf
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* A large number of signed/unsigned related warnings have been fixed
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For a list of all changes see the [git log](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/compare/v2.7_alpha2...v2.7_alpha3).
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For a list of all changes see the [git log](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/compare/v2.7_alpha3...v2.7_beta1).
Highlights of 2.7 include:
* Multi-socket support for servers -- Handle multiple addresses/ports/protocols within one server
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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).
* Client-side support for new `PUSH_UPDATE` control-channel message
* 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.
* TLS 1.3 support with bleeding-edge mbedTLS versions
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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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For details see [Changes.rst](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/blob/v2.7_alpha3/Changes.rst)
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For details see [Changes.rst](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/blob/v2.7_beta1/Changes.rst)
Windows MSI changes since 2.7_alpha3:
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* Included dco-win driver updated from 2.5.9 to 2.6.2
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.
