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Updated: openvpn releases
Currently we're handling a number of reported issues, some security related.
The openvpn release 2.6.21 and 2.7.5 estimated release date is currently still July 1st.
Some important fixes will be backported to the 2.5 branch but since those are out of support there will be official 2.5.x release.
Updated: ordex suggested to bring patchwork back
This is now up and running. This will be used as just an additional tool.
New: test latency and MTU in openvpn
A new feature is proposed for adding to master; ability to do latency and MTU tests in the OpenVPN protocol.
Idea is to allow to do a 'best server selection' type of logic, in case there are multiple servers available to connect to.
RFC PR is at https://github.com/OpenVPN/openvpn-rfc/pull/30 and an early initial implementation is available from lev.

community meetup 2026
Coordination is currently taking place here: https://community.openvpn.net/Meetups/2026-Paderborn
The date is around 17 and 18 October, location in Paderborn, Germany. ordex has volunteered to update and polish the page, fill in some further details.
DCO testing
ralf implemented a test system for DCO kernel module. He added RHEL platforms as per discussion last week.
Next he wants to make the code suitable also for the new upstreamed DCO kernel code so it can test that too.
t_server and t_client testing framework
The CA for this expired but was renewed - those relying on this for testing can contact djpig for a new cert.
We still need to move this to OpenVPN Inc provided AWS Community infrastructure.
2.7 security audit
The security audit was completed for 2.7.0 and results are available internally.
We are working to publish this in an official blog post. ordex and novaflash are driving this in OpenVPN Inc. internally.