The OpenVPN community project team is proud to release OpenVPN 2.7_alpha3. This is the second Alpha release for the feature release 2.7.0. As the Alpha name implies this is an early release build, this 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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Important bug fixes since 2.7_alpha3:
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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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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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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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* TLS 1.3 support with bleeding-edge mbedTLS versions
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For details see [Changes.rst](https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn/blob/v2.7_alpha3/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_alpha2 -- Released 19 June 2025
The OpenVPN community project team is proud to release OpenVPN 2.7_alpha2. This is the second Alpha release for the feature release 2.7.0. As the Alpha name implies this is an early release build, this is not intended for production use.
