What's new in 7.20beta6 (2025-Jul-14 14:01): *) bgp - execute community based decisions before output filter (fixes problem with no-export); *) bgp - show correctly IPv4 route with IPv6 nexthop in BGP advertisements and route print; *) bgp-vpn - always prefer local VPN route during selection; *) bgp-vpn - take into account instance configuration when selecting vpnvX routes (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) capsman - filter non-installed packages on upgrade (introduced in v7.18); *) dhcp-client - added option to control broadcast flag for DHCP Discover and Request packets, except when renewing the lease; *) esim - added option to activate eSIM profile after provisioning; *) esim - added option to specify activation code for eSIM provisioning; *) esim - make profile management messages more consistent; *) evpn - send PMSI attribute; *) ipv6 - fixed policy routing; *) leds - fixed issues after changing "dark-mode" configuration (introduced in v7.19); *) modem - fixed missing SIM/eSIM slot selection on ATL 5G R16 (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) net - ensure packet sockets from containers do not disable RouterOS fastpath/fasttrack; *) port - added support for Silicon Labs USB serial adapters (vendor id=0x10C4); *) ptp - allow priority1 value of 0 (improves stability when receiving announce messages with priority1 set to 0); *) route - prefer link-local nexthop when both global and local are present; *) route - show correct route type for ISIS routes; *) routing-filter - added gw-ll parameter; *) ssh - fixed non-interactive console command response truncation; *) supout - removed File section (due to high memory usage and long processing time); Other changes since v7.19: *) arm - improved system stability when processing encrypted traffic; *) arm64 - increased maximum number of CPU cores to 128; *) bfd - fixed socket leak (additional fixes); *) bgp - added brief, unnumbered output for advertisements list; *) bgp - added initial EVPN support; *) bgp - added NLRI filter for more precise accept/discard of ipv4/6 prefixes; *) bgp - automatically create output.network blackhole routes; *) bgp - decode and log notifications; *) bgp - do not show router-id error when instance is not active (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) bgp - fixed origin cleanup for mpls-vpn (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) bgp - fixed warning when instance is not active (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) bgp - fixed withdraw when input.accept-nlri is non-existent; *) bgp - introduced BGP instance configuration (note, downgrading to earlier versions without instance support may cause config issues); *) bgp - migrate correctly router-id and ASN to instance (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) bgp - print aigp attribute in advertisements; *) bgp - refresh WinBox when BGP session is created/deleted; *) bgp - support for Advertising IPv4 Network Layer Reachability Information (NLRI) with an IPv6 Next Hop; *) bridge - added dynamic tagged entry named "switch-cpu" in scenarios where the same VLAN spans multiple switch chips or is used on both HW and SW ports (additional fixes); *) bridge - added verbose STP debug logging (rx/tx BPDU, edge-port and port-role transitions, FDB flush); *) bridge - allow IPv6 FastPath when dhcp-snooping is enabled; *) bridge - disable/enable HW offload on bonding slave disable/enable (fixes potential MAC learning issue); *) bridge - fixed port-id when adding a new port in non-primary MLAG; *) bridge - refactored host learning logic in MLAG setups in order to make it more robust and predictable; *) btest - properly close unsuccessful TCP test sockets; *) bth - added extra file-share functionality for use with apps; *) bth - improved tunnel name in client config export; *) bth,file - added direct file sharing from the WinBox Files menu; *) certificate - added "Amazon Root CA 1" to built-in root certificate authorities store; *) certificate - improved stability after failed import; *) chr - added Chelsio VF driver for PCIID 5803; *) cloud - fixed restoring "BTH Files" service after a prolonged network outage; *) cloud - reduced "BTH Files" ping interval dynamically upon failure; *) console - added non-interactive (scriptable) serial-terminal support; *) console - added prompt to /disk/format command; *) console - added use-tz option to :timestamp command; *) console - fixed :convert to=num on MIPSBE; *) console - fixed /file/find not recursive by default (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) console - fixed /file/read command (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) console - improved stability and visuals for /interface/wireless/snooper/snoop; *) console - improved visuals for brief print when displaying large tables; *) console - improved visuals for hexadecimal strings; *) console - improved visuals for hiding sensitive commands; *) console - include flags by default when printing to value; *) console - prioritize directory specific parameters and hide rarely used ones in print autocomplete (additional fixes); *) console - replace TAB characters with spaces when editing scripts and added tab-width user configuration in /console/settings; *) console - unified string representation of ID values; *) console - updated hints for some /file/print parameters; *) console - validate filenames upon addition (if enabled in /console/settings); *) container - added "device" option to pass a device from /system/hardware menu to a container; *) container - added /container/log menu, keep 100 messages per container; *) container - added default print brief mode; *) container - added initial support for container in container setups; *) container - added option to execute commands inside a container using "/container/shell cmd= user="; *) container - added per-container memory limiting and monitoring; *) container - added repull command; *) container - added SCTP support; *) container - added support for cpuset, cpu, memory, pids cgroups; *) container - allow picking passthrough devices by descriptive name; *) container - allow read-only mounts; *) container - allow to mount individual files, not just directories; *) container - allow to specify multiple envlists; *) container - allow to use multiple veths in a container, change the in container interface name to same as in RouterOS; *) container - can use KVM (x86 and arm64) in container QEMU for faster virtualization; *) container - display any error prominently in WinBox; *) container - do not allow multiple containers with same root directory; *) container - enable check-certificate by default for new remote imports; *) container - fixed containers that use inotify interface; *) container - fixed environment variables not being passed to "/container/shell" properly; *) container - fixed QEMU VM to host bridge; *) container - improved compatibility when running containers with custom "cmd" and "entrypoint" commands; *) container - improved error and log messages; *) container - prevent user from setting "root-dir=/" for a container; *) container - show a more descriptive error when tar extraction fails, particularly "No space left on device"; *) container - show config.json to user; *) container - show explicit stopped flag for container; *) container - stability improvements (additional fixes); *) container - support for direct access to hardware devices; *) container - terminate containers on shutdown, allow them to clean up properly; *) dhcp - show error only after interface status is synced with the system (instead of erroneously displaying it immediately); *) dhcp-client - show warning if DHCP client is configured on dot1x server port; *) dhcp-server - do not show "I" flag when server is disabled; *) dhcp-server - improved logging when dual-stack is enabled but fails to acquire client MAC from DUID; *) dhcpv4-client - allow specifying DSCP of outgoing packets; *) dhcpv4-client - allow specifying vlan-priority of outgoing packets (for VLAN interfaces only); *) dhcpv4-client - show "custom-hostname-suffix" and "custom-source-mac-address" properties if set; *) dhcpv4-server - added "add dns" step to setup wizard; *) dhcpv4-server - added "lease-agent-circuit-id" and "lease-agent-remote-id" variables to the lease script; *) dhcpv4-server - added "ntp-none" parameter; *) dhcpv4-server - changed the default value of address-pool to "static-only" in the option matcher, removed "none" option; *) dhcpv4/v6-client - properly resume client service after underlying interface status changes; *) dhcpv4/v6-server - added CoA support; *) dhcpv6-client - added "accept-prefix-without-address" allowing client to accept prefix when address is not available although requested; *) dhcpv6-client - update the routing table and address list on manual client configuration changes; *) dhcpv6-server - added "ignore-ia-na-bindings" setting that allows server to ignore address requests and work just with prefixes; *) dhcpv6-server - do not trim real client DUID when assigning it to the binding; *) discovery - disable discovery on loopback, LTE, ppp-out interfaces; *) discovery - improved LLDP Power via MDI TLV with 802.3bt specific field support; *) discovery - report router as "CAPsMAN" on MNDP under "running" parameter; *) disk - allow to format multiple disks at once; *) disk - allow to remove Btrfs device by ID; *) disk - better manage disks disappearing from RAID; *) disk - cleanup mountpoint when setting mount-filesystem=no; *) disk - disallow adding SMB share or user with empty name; *) disk - do Btrfs remove-device asynchronously; *) disk - fixed RAID component size to match the value in the superblock; *) disk - offer to blink only PCI slots in console; *) disk - rename raid-role=unspecified to spare; *) disk - reset RAID role of old disk after spare assumes a new role; *) disk - show error when file based block-device uses a mountpoint to be unmounted; *) disk - show total/free inode counts for fs's that support it; *) dlna - recognize flac extension; *) dns - fixed memory leak when static CNAME record was matched; *) ethernet - improved ethernet stability when handling invalid packets on Alpine CPUs; *) ethernet - improved performance for hEX Refresh and hEX S (2025); *) evpn - fixed auto ID setting (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) evpn - fixed enable/disable handling (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) evpn - fixed instance handling (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) evpn - fixed MACIP address decode (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) evpn - fixed missing RD (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) evpn - fixed route print query by EVPN AFI (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) fetch - display file sizes between 1-1023 bytes as 1KiB (instead of 0KiB); *) fetch - include RouterOS version in the "User-Agent" field; *) file - fixed console completion not showing all files (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) file - fixed duplicate in WinBox Files menu when sharing a file in a folder (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) file - improved file handling performance in WinBox v4; *) filesystem - improved calculation of free space on NAND flash (fixes potential "disk is too small" issue); *) firewall - added connection tracking "total-ip4-entries" and "total-ip6-entries" counters; *) firewall - allow "dst-limit" matcher to work properly above value 10000; *) firewall - improved IPv6 connection tracking lookup responsiveness; *) firewall - improved system stability when processing connections on multicore systems; *) firewall - reorganized firewall connection tracking table values and make them persistent between IPv4 and IPv6; *) flashfig - bind to local address (fixes issue when multiple interfaces are enabled); *) hotspot - allow only "http:" and "https:" schemas in dst field; *) iot - added an option to increase the amount of LoRa's traffic entries displayed; *) iot - adjusted default LoRa antenna gain values for specific devices; *) iot - iot-bt-extra package stability improvement and additional dongle support; *) iot - LoRa netid filters now can be configured as a "range"; *) iot - LoRa stability improvement (additional fixes); *) iot - LR8G/9G firmware update (additional fixes); *) iot - removed lora-package, LoRa functionality was moved into iot-package; *) iot - removed non-existent GPIO pin functionality; *) ip - added socksify feature and new NAT action "socksify"; *) ip-service - fixed "print count-only interval" when dynamic entries are added (introduced in v7.19); *) ip-service - fixed setting services by name (introduced in v7.19); *) ip-service - show service name "nfs" for port 2049; *) ipsec - fixed degraded IPsec performance for IPQ-6010 (introduced in v7.17); *) ipsec - fixed responder on key exchange compute failure (introduced in v7.19); *) ipsec - move raw RSA keys to /ip/ipsec/key/rsa; *) ipv6 - added support for IPv6 ND proxying of individual addresses; *) ipv6 - do not allow removal of dynamic address on lo interface; *) ipv6 - fixed "auto-link-local" feature on WireGuard interface; *) ipv6 - make pref-src work and settable for static routes; *) isis - added passive parameter for interface templates; *) l2tp-ether - fixed interface creation/removal process; *) log - added command to clear memory action entries; *) log - improved the "transmit loop detected" warning log; *) log - output PoE-Out LLDP negotiation to poe,info topic; *) lte - added "done" status for modem firmware-upgrade version check; *) lte - added "remove-sent-sms-after-send" option to automatically delete sent SMS messages; *) lte - added log entry if eSIM has no profiles on read; *) lte - added modem-init string response to system log; *) lte - added show-capabilities eSIM presence detection for MBIM modems; *) lte - added support for R11e-LTE6 v039 firmware release; *) lte - allow only one IPv6 APN for AT modems; *) lte - AT modems, fixed typos in commands sent to modem when APN with authentication is used (AT+CGAUTH; AT$QCPDPP); *) lte - display ICCID regardless of SIM PIN entry status; *) lte - do not dial further if modem detects eSIM without profiles; *) lte - do not reconfigure modem if deactive eSIM profile is deleted; *) lte - exempt eSIM provision from global CRL certificate settings; *) lte - exit LTE scan if modem reconfigured; *) lte - fallback to RA for global IPv6 if unattained via AT channel (resets on config change); *) lte - fixed eSIM management function for mmips and mipsbe architecture CPUs; *) lte - fixed eSIM provisioning for servers that do not send content-length in the HTTP response; *) lte - fixed inappropriate LTE interface inactive flag shown during modem initialization; *) lte - fixed modem recovery for unexpected modem reboot for Chateau 5G and Chateau 5G R16; *) lte - fixed progress message for R11e-LTE modem firmware-upgrade; *) lte - fixed rare case where AT dialer could stop; *) lte - improved EC200A-EU firmware-upgrade stability; *) lte - improved SMS sending stability over MBIM protocol; *) lte - R11e-LTE and R11e-LTE6, fixed possible crash on device unexpected removal or during RouterOS shutdown; *) lte - refresh eSIM profile list after successful provision; *) lte - renamed "uicc" to "iccid" in LTE monitor and eSIM profile print; *) lte - show ip-type in /interface/lte/apn/print; *) lte - use modem-supplied IPv6 address over EUI-64 when available; *) macvlan - allow creating macvlan interfaces on all interfaces with a MAC address; *) mpls - improved stability when handling VPLS packets; *) net - fixed possible slave flag issues after user configuration changes; *) net - improved system stability when processing TCP/UDP connections; *) net - prevent removal of lo interface via WinBox; *) netinstall - added after-install controls (reboot after installation, shutdown after installation, none); *) netinstall - alert on unreadable configuration scripts; *) netinstall - detect inactive install interface; *) netinstall - fixed install for PPC devices; *) netinstall - fixed mutually exclusive checkbox behavior; *) netinstall - show router and package architecture; *) netinstall - warn user if not enough space on device; *) netinstall-cli - added MAC filter option "--mac"; *) netinstall-cli - added multiple install option "-m"; *) netinstall-cli - improved client device architecture detection; *) netwatch - added "early-success-detection" and "early-failure-detection" properties for ICMP probe; *) netwatch - fixed date and time for stats; *) ovpn - added support for sha384 hmac; *) ovpn - improved tunnel setup speeds in configurations with large ammount of active OVPN clients; *) partitions - fixed failure to repartition correctly from 32MB partition size; *) partitions - hide partition menu on unsupported boards (without NAND); *) partitions - limit minimal partition size to 60MB; *) poe-out - upgraded firmware for 802.3at/bt controlled boards (the update will cause brief power interruption to PoE-out interfaces); *) port - added IPv6 support for "remote-access" tool; *) port - improved port status handling at unexpected device removal; *) ppp - added "dhcpv6-use-radius" PPP profile feature that enables "use-radius" option on dynamically created DHCPv6 servers; *) ppp - added "remote-ipv6-prefix-reuse" PPP profile feature that allows to advertise same prefix on multiple VPN clients at the same time; *) ppp - added DHCPv6 assigned prefix to address list when configured and received from RADIUS; *) ppp - added dhcpv6-lease-time profile configuration property; *) ppp - do not send initial echo request if keepalive-timeout=disabled; *) ppp - improved system stability when closing connections; *) pppoe-server - added accept-untagged=yes/no option to accept untagged traffic in combination with pppoe-over-vlan-rage property; *) ptp - added PTP support for RDS2216 device; *) qos-hw - added mirror-buffers property and monitoring values; *) radius - fixed issue with Session-Timeout attribute functionality; *) radius - fixed RADIUS client section becoming unresponsive when RadSec is configured, but server is not responding; *) radius - fixed wrong RadSec port number in logs; *) radius - properly verify certificate when RadSec is used; *) romon - changed default "disabled=yes" to "disabled=no" under /tool/romon/port; *) romon - improved error message; *) route - added missing and remove unnecessary parameters from /ipv6/route menu; *) route - afi naming consistency in logs; *) route - attempt to clean up stuck routes in the routing table; *) route - do not allow to modify dynamic routes; *) route - fixed destination ordering for SNMP; *) route - fixed issue when route table is installed to kernel without fib setting; *) route - fixed SNMP probing of IPv6 routes; *) route - improved stability; *) route - make routing table print faster with hw-offload, gateway and blackhole queries; *) route - removed fib-reinstall; *) route - update router ID when disabled address is removed; *) routerboot - fixed boot MAC for CRS212 switch ("/system routerboard upgrade" required); *) routing-filter - added filter-wizard (filter generator with v6-like syntax); *) routing-filter - added sync command; *) routing-filter - make "chain" and "list" parameters required when adding new item; *) sfp - added sfp-power-class and sfp-max-power monitor values for QSFP (additional fixes); *) sfp - fixed low power mode pins on CRS326-4C+20G+2Q+ for optical QSFP modules; *) sfp - fixed qsfp28 breakout disable; *) sfp - improved initialization and linking for sfp28 on CRS518; *) sfp - improved system stability with some GPON modules for CCR2004 and CCR2116 devices; *) smips - reduced package size, removed hotspot feature and provide it as a separate package; *) sniffer - added CPU number and fast-path status in per-packet comment; *) sniffer - save packets in pcapng format, it now includes interface name the packet was sniffed on, packet direction and nanosecond timestamp resolution; *) snmp - added SNMP OIDs for firewall connection tracking "total-entries", "total-ip4-entries" and "total-ip6-entries"; *) ssh - improved stability on busy server; *) ssh - show user public key fingerprint under /user/ssh-keys; *) ssh/sftp - fixed session disconnects during file transfer; *) supout - added certificate settings section; *) supout - added IPv6 NAT section; *) switch - fixed ACL rules when ports are not specified (fixes dynamic rules for RoMON); *) switch - fixed ACL rules with "redirect-to-cpu" (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) switch - fixed advertise and speed settings for ether1 on RB5009 (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) switch - fixed bonding issues after switch reset (introduced in v7.18); *) switch - fixed egress-rate on QSFP ports; *) switch - fixed port blocking by MSTP for 88E6393X, 88E6191X and 88E6190 switches; *) switch - fixed port blocking with spanning tree on EN7523 switch (introduced in v7.19); *) switch - hide cpu-flow-control on irrelevant devices; *) switch - improved bond MAC flush for 88E6393X, 88E6191X and 88E6190 switches; *) switch - improved hash calculation for 98DX8208, 98DX8216, 98DX8212, 98DX8332, 98DX3257, 98DX4310, 98DX8525, 98DX3255, 98CX8410 switches (affects load balancing for bonds, ECMP routes, and VXLAN source port); *) switch - improved ingress-rate limit precision for 88E6393X, 88E6191X and 88E6190 switches; *) switch - reset all Ethernet counters on reset-counters command on QoS Port menu; *) switch - rework ethernet counters (add tx-drop-queueX-byte/packet, tx-drop-byte/packet, tx-queueX-byte to /in/eth and updated GUI); *) swos - changed firmware file location (URL) for software update checks; *) system - added support for OpenFlow 1.3 (new package "openflow" available); *) system - do not automatically retry in case /system/package/update download fails; *) system - fixed bb-upgrade failure on RB5009; *) system - fixed certain notifications (e.g. kid-control activity, connection tracking table) (introduced in v7.17); *) system - improved system configuration journaling procedure; *) system - improved system stability when processing large amount of traffic; *) system - improved system stability when using FastTrack; *) system - merge /system/resource/usb and /system/resource/pci into /system/resource/hardware and create a device tree; *) system - reduced RouterOS ARM package size; *) usb - improved system stability after unplugging USB device for RB5009; *) user - change /user/active/request-logout to /user/active/remove; *) veth - added dhcp=yes/no property to be able to easily run a container in LAN, runs a special dynamic dhcp-client on interface and sets acquired address/gateway/dns to in-container interface; *) veth - added mac-address property; *) veth - make veth interface MAC address stable in both RouterOS and container (container-side MAC incremented by +1 from RouterOS-side interface); *) vrrp - added "connection-tracking-port" and "connection-tracking-mode" settings for "sync-connection-tracking" (additional fixes); *) vrrp - added proxy-arp support; *) vrrp - fixed sync-connection-tracking issue when parent interface is disabled/enabled; *) vrrp - improved responsiveness when router has many IP addresses depending on VRRP state; *) vrrp - make MTU property read-only; *) vxlan - added checksum and learning properties; *) vxlan - improve stability when learning enabled interface used with EVPN (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) webfig - added token authentication (no password prompt on reload or new window, logout button will log out all related sessions, removing a user will disconnect from active sessions); *) webfig - allow network map scrolling in Dude; *) webfig - basic mobile keyboard support for terminal; *) webfig - do not show Keepalive if not set in GRE Tunnel form; *) webfig - filter out unusable Bands and Channels for wifi interfaces; *) webfig - fixed an issue where dynamic dropdown lists were hidden despite having values; *) webfig - fixed hiding New button with skins; *) webfig - fixed issue where legacy WebFig login page was used; *) webfig - fixed skin limits for radio buttons; *) webfig - fixed Target field duplicate when disabling simple queue; *) webfig - improved screen reader support for wifi fields in Quickset; *) webfig - improved stability when displaying read-only scripts; *) webfig - make columns a bit wider in tables; *) webfig - make the Close buttons actual buttons, not links; *) webfig - mask certain fields where values match default value; *) webfig - more space to branding logo; *) webfig - redesign logical "not" operator selector; *) webfig - remove duplicate flag labels in QuickSet tables; *) webfig - show system note on login; *) webfig - use lexicographical sort in dropdown lists; *) wifi - added tr069 support for wifi interfaces; *) wifi - avoid picking 5GHz channels by default which are unlikely to be supported by clients, can be overridden with channel.deprioritize-unii-3-4; *) wifi - increased wifi scan list; *) wifi - restart CAPsMAN only on significant configuration changes; *) wifi-qcom - accept VLAN-tagged packets from clients with vlan-id; *) wifi-qcom - fixed beacon loss issues and improved stability for IPQ-6018; *) wifi-qcom - improved regulatory compliance; *) winbox - added "Digest Algorithm" under "System/Certificates" menu (additional fixes); *) winbox - added "Note" field in LTE Firmware Upgrade; *) winbox - added "Reselect Time" for wifi; *) winbox - added Address List Extra Time under "IP/DNS" menu; *) winbox - added EAP identity under "WiFi/Registration" menu; *) winbox - added Heartbeat under "Bridge/MLAG" menu; *) winbox - added Installation under "WiFi" menu; *) winbox - added missing Comments under "User Manager" menus; *) winbox - added missing properties to "Container" menu and improved field ordering; *) winbox - added missing WPA2 PSK SHA2 option under "WiFi/Security" menu; *) winbox - added MPLS Mangle; *) winbox - added option to create new entries under "System/Users/SSH Keys" menu; *) winbox - allow to specify CAPsMAN Address as IPv6 LL; *) winbox - bump minimal WinBox version to 3.42; *) winbox - correctly unset Locked CAPsMAN field; *) winbox - differentiate PPP Profile Rx/Tx Queue settings; *) winbox - display errors from the "Files/Sync" menu; *) winbox - fixed "Last Topology Change" for bridge port monitor; *) winbox - fixed container RAM parameter type; *) winbox - fixed crash when opening entry in switch rule menu (introduced in v7.20beta2); *) winbox - fixed missing warning under "Routing/BGP/Instances" menu; *) winbox - fixed Record Type field under "Tools/Netwatch" menu; *) winbox - improved byte type field representation; *) winbox - make IPv6 Immediate Gateway read-only; *) winbox - make log message field as multiline; *) winbox - move CAPsMAN settings button from Remote CAP to WiFi table; *) winbox - removed duplicate mounts option; *) winbox - rename Ping Timeout field to Interval; *) winbox - rename SMS Type field to Modem Type; *) winbox - rework LTE firmware upgrade buttons into one window; *) winbox - show "Switch" related menus only on boards that support such features; *) winbox - show/hide corresponding fields when switching RADIUS client mode between RadSec and UDP; *) winbox - use same WireGuard default values as in console; *) wireless - changed CLI snooper column name "freq" to "channel";