= Introduction =

This page shows the high-level status of OpenVPN 2.6 release. If you want all the details, see the [report:3 Active Tickets by Milestone] report.

= Schedule =

Too early to say, but we hope to get this done quicker than 2.4 and 2.5 - so, tentatively, "August 2021"

= Features/fixes to include =

== must have ==

||'''Task description'''||'''Assigned to'''||'''Status'''||'''Ticket'''||
|| DCO (on Linux) || ordex, plaisthos || alpha release || - ||
|| DCO (on Windows) || lev__, d12fk, plaisthos || wip || - ||
|| DCO (on FreBSD) || ? || ? || - ||
|| update auth-user-pass docs || mattock ||not started, discussion [https://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg12835.html here]||
|| polish auth-token / auth-gen-token corner cases (not sending token after explicit-exit-notify from server, etc.) || cron2, plaisthos || pending || - ||

== nice to have ==
||'''Task description'''||'''Assigned to'''||'''Status'''||'''Ticket'''||
|| support for multiple-protocol sockets (UDP/TCP) || ordex || wip ||
|| Support for multiple sockets (multi-port/multi-IP) || ordex || pending review ||#556||
|| Dynamic routes ('route in ccd-file'), depends on netlink support || ??? || ??? || ||
|| transport plugin (primary use case: obfuscation) || ordex || wip || ||
|| [http://www.mail-archive.com/openvpn-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg10511.html tftp/wpad patch] || jjk ||patch on list, needs review and merge|| ||
|| support TLS record splitting (like ovpn3) || syzzer ||(started, but no patches available yet) ||#554||
|| test server that does --auth-user-pass and/or challenge stuff ||cron2 (snair)||--auth-user-pass done, challenge missing|| ||
|| Update OpenVPN PRF (move away from SHA1/MD5) || syzzer/plaisthos || done(?) || ||
|| maybe: add PRF plugin interface || ??? || ??? || ||
|| maybe: add key exchange plugin interface (allows easily doing .e.g post quantum kex) || ??? || ??? || ||
|| maybe: add data channel separation (or, move to ovpn3, which already has this?) || ??? || ??? || ||
|| maybe: fix radius-plugin - plugin is useful but not maintained very well  || ??? || ??? || ||
|| improve control channel performance || syzzer || ??? || ||
|| inner VRF support? || ?? || ?? || ?? ||
|| route monitoring (enable clients to react to network changes) || cron2 || not started || - ||