What's new in 7.10beta5 (2023-May-09 13:38):
*) bridge - fixed HW offloaded STP state on port disable;
*) bridge - fixed HW offloading for vlan-filtered bridge on devices with multiple switches (introduced in v7.8);
*) certificate - fixed displaying of certificate serial number;
*) certificate - improved error reporting for Let's Encrypt certificate;
*) certificate - restore available "key-usage" property options;
*) console - added timeout error for configuration export;
*) console - changed time format according to ISO standard;
*) console - disable output when using "as-value" parameter;
*) console - fixed ":terminal inkey" input when resizing terminal;
*) console - hide past commands with sensitive arguments;
*) container - fixed "container pull" to support OCI manifest format;
*) container - fixed crash due to missing system directories;
*) container - improved default internal environment values;
*) defconf - fixed default configuration for RBSXTLTE3-7;
*) dhcp-server - fixed accounting on RADIUS interim update;
*) firewall - added "endpoint-independent-nat" support;
*) firewall - added "nth" option for IPv6 firewall;
*) gps - expose GPS port for Quectel RM520N-GL;
*) ike2 - improved child SA delete request processing;
*) iot - added option to send Modbus function code commands directly from RouterOS (CLI only);
*) ipsec - added hardware acceleration support for IPQ-5010 (hAP ax lite);
*) ipsec - refactor public key authentication;
*) ipv6 - fixed IPv6 address removal;
*) l3hw - added advanced configuration options for fine-tuning the L3HW offload (l3hw-settings are cleared after upgrade or downgrade) (CLI only);
*) l3hw - added monitoring options for L3HW utilization (CLI only);
*) l3hw - fixed /32 route deletion;
*) l3hw - improved system stability for partial routing table offload;
*) lte - added serving cell query for MBIM modems with necessary MBIM extension;
*) lte - disable DHCP request filtering (UDP port 67) for Chateau 5G;
*) lte - fixed Google Pixel 7 tethering support;
*) lte - improved stability for Chateau 5G LTE modem firmware upgrade;
*) lte - stop "cell-monitor" on LTE interface configuration change for MBIM modems;
*) mpls - added FastPath support;
*) ovpn - added initial support for V2 data transfer protocol;
*) ovpn - improved system stability;
*) pppoe - fixed PPPoE client scan when server is sending PADO messages without Service-Name tag;
*) qos-hw - added QoS marking support for 98DXxxxx switches (CLI only);
*) route - improved system stability when removing multicast forwarding entries;
*) routerboard - fixed memory test on CCR2116-12G-4S+ ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);
*) routerboard - improved RouterBOOT stability for Alpine CPUs ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);
*) sfp - fixed combo-ether link monitor for CRS328-4C-20S-4S+ switch;
*) sfp - improved Q/SFP interface stability for 98DX8208, 98DX8212, 98DX8332, 98DX3257, 98DX4310, 98DX8525, 98DX3255, 98PX1012 switches;
*) sfp - improved SFP interface handling for RB4011, RB5009, CCR2xxx and CRS518 devices;
*) sfp - improved system stability with certain SFP modules for CCR2216 and CRS518 devices;
*) sfp - report EEPROM data even if "auto-init-failed" has occurred;
*) smb - improved SMB v1 operation;
*) snmp - added "engine-id-suffix" setting and display actual "engine-id" as read-only property;
*) snmp - added new "mtxrInterfaceStatsTxRx1024ToMax" OID to MIKROTIK-MIB;
*) ssh - added inline key "passphrase" property;
*) switch - added more precise "storm-rate" configuration options for 98DXxxxx switches (CLI only);
*) switch - fixed storm rate on 10G links for 98DX8208, 98DX8216, 98DX8212, 98DX8332, 98DX3257, 98DX4310, 98DX8525, 98DX3255 switches;
*) system - improved watchdog reporting in log after reboots for several ARM and ARM64 devices;
*) tile - fixed support for microSD card;
*) upgrade - do not run manual upgrade if some packages are missing;
*) ups - fixed updating of "battery-voltage" property;
*) w60g - improved interface stability for PTMP setups;
*) webfig - added high-resolution favicon;
*) webfig - allow limitless upper bounds for number range;
*) webfig - allow to set "0" second time for fields with default values;
*) webfig - changed time format according to ISO standard;
*) webfig - display date and time in local time zone;
*) webfig - fixed missing "WifiWave2" menu;
*) webfig - fixed missing property names in "WifiWave2" menu;
*) webfig - redesigned item configuration display;
*) webfig - redesigned top menu bar;
*) webfig - removed "Tools/Telnet" menu;
*) webfig - removed auto-login with default credentials (admin without a password);
*) wifiwave2 - avoid transmitting extra bytes at the end of the packet after stripping a VLAN tag;
*) wifiwave2 - do not show placeholder transmit power values on interface startup;
*) wifiwave2 - fixed CAP connection when provisioning "manager=capsman";
*) wifiwave2 - fixed DFS channel availability warning (introduced in v7.9);
*) wifiwave2 - fixed dynamic interface adding to bridge on CAP device;
*) wifiwave2 - fixed inability to disable CAPsMAN when there are RADIUS-authenticated clients connected;
*) wifiwave2 - fixed incorrect limits on number of interfaces in station mode;
*) wifiwave2 - fixed interface name change when restoring backup;
*) wifiwave2 - fixed key handshake timeout with re-associating clients;
*) wifiwave2 - fixed OWE authentication compatibility with 802.11ax client devices;
*) wifiwave2 - fixed OWE authentication compatibility with third-party client devices (introduced in v7.8);
*) wifiwave2 - improved logging when an interface is unable to assign a VLAN tag to client;
*) wifiwave2 - improved system stability when trying to exceed virtual AP limit;
*) wifiwave2 - improved system stability;
*) wifiwave2 - restore interface running state when connection to CAPsMAN is lost;
*) winbox - added "Queues" configuration tab when creating new entries under "IPv6/DHCP-Server" menu;
*) winbox - rename "URL" property to "Action data" under "IP/Web-Proxy/Access" menu;
*) wireguard - fixed IPv6 traffic processing with multiple peers;
*) x86 - ice driver update to v1.11.14;
*) zerotier - make "identity" setting sensitive;
What's new in 6.48.6 (2021-Dec-03 12:15):
MAJOR CHANGES IN v6.48.6:
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!) device-mode - added feature locking mechanism;
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*) certificate - improved stability when sending bogus SCEP message;
*) quickset - use 5GHz interface's country for "Home AP Dual" configuration;
*) system - improved system stability if device is upgraded from RouterOS and/or RouterBOOT v6.41.4 or older;
*) upgrade - added new "upgrade" channel for upgrades between major versions;
*) winbox - do not allow to add/remove W60G interfaces;
*) wireless - added U-NII-2 support for US and Canada country profiles for cAP ac XL and QRT 5 ac;
What's new in 7.9 (2023-May-02 08:35):
*) bgp - improved BGP VPN selection;
*) bridge - added warning log when "ageing-time" exceeds supported hardware limit for 98DX224S, 98DX226S, and 98DX3236 switch chips;
*) bridge - fixed FastPath when setting "use-ip-firewall-for-vlan" or "use-ip-firewall-for-pppoe" without enabled "use-ip-firewall";
*) certificate - fixed bogus log messages;
*) chr - fixed public SSH key pulling when running on AWS;
*) console - added "/task" submenu (CLI only);
*) console - added option to create new files using "/file add" command (CLI only);
*) console - improved stability when doing "/console inspect" in certain menus;
*) console - improved stability when editing long strings;
*) console - improved system stability;
*) console - removed bogus "reset" command from "/system resource usb" menu;
*) console - rename flag "seen reply" to "seen-reply" under "/ipv6 firewall connection" menu;
*) console - replaced "fingerprint" with "skid" in "/certificate print";
*) console - show Ethernet advertise, speed and duplex settings depending on configured auto-negotiation;
*) container - fixed invoking "container shell" more than once;
*) container - improved "container pull" to support OCI manifest format;
*) defconf - added CAPs mode script for wifiwave2 devices;
*) detnet - fixed interface state detection after reboot;
*) dhcp - changed the default lease time for newly created DHCP servers to 30 minutes;
*) dhcpv4-server - release lease if "check-status" reveals no conflict;
*) disk - improved system stability when removing USB while formatting;
*) ethernet - fixed half-duplex forced mode at 10Mbps and 100Mbps on ether1 for RB5009, Chateau 5G ax and hAP ax3 devices;
*) filesystem - fixed partition "copy-to" function;
*) firewall - added "connection-nat-state" to IPv6 mangle and filter rules;
*) health - added limited manual control over fans for CRS3xx, CRS5xx, CCR2xxx devices;
*) health - fixed bogus value reporting for CRS510 device;
*) ike2 - fixed minor logging typo;
*) ipsec - added error log message when peer ID does not match certificate;
*) ipsec - fixed packet processing by hardware encryption engine on RB850Gx2 device;
*) ipsec - refactor X.509 implementation;
*) ipv6 - added "valid" and "lifetime" parameters for SLAAC IPv6 addresses;
*) ipv6 - send out RA packet with "preferred-lifetime" set to "0" when IPv6 address is deactivated;
*) l3hw - improved route offloading for 98DX224S, 98DX226S, and 98DX3236 switch chips;
*) leds - disable LEDs after "/system shutdown";
*) lte - capped maximum lifetime of SLAAC address to 1 hour;
*) lte - fixed CA band clearing on RAT mode change;
*) lte - fixed duplicate IPv6 route for lte interface when "ipv6-interface" setting is used;
*) lte - fixed LTE interface not showing up when resetting RouterOS configuration;
*) lte - fixed passthrough mode when used together with another APN for Chateau 5G;
*) lte - fixed R11-LTE-US in LTE passthrough mode;
*) lte - fixed R11e-LTE-US reporting of RSSI in LTE mode;
*) lte - fixed re-attach in some cases where module would stay in not-running state after network detach;
*) lte - fixed second modem halt on dual R11e-LTE6 setup;
*) lte - improved system stability when changing LTE interface configuration during network scan with MBIM modems (introduced in v7.8);
*) mpls- fixed LDP "preferred-afi" parameter;
*) netinstall-cli - improved device reinstall on failed attempt;
*) netwatch - added "startup-delay" setting (CLI only);
*) netwatch - improved ICMP status evaluation when no reply was present;
*) netwatch - limit "start-delay" range;
*) ospf - fixed processing of fragmented LSAs;
*) ovpn - added support for OVPN server configuration export and client configuration import from .ovpn file;
*) ovpn - improved system stability for Tile devices;
*) quickset - fixed displaying of "SINR" when value is 0;
*) rose-storage - added option to nvme-discover with hostname (CLI only);
*) rose-storage - fixed crash on nvme-tcp disable;
*) rose-storage - fixed rsync transfer permissions;
*) rose-storage - various stability fixes;
*) route - fixed "dynamic-id" for VRF tables;
*) route - improved system stability when making routing decision;
*) route - show SLAAC routes under the "/routing route" menu;
*) route-filter - improved stability when matching blackhole routes;
*) routerboot - added "preboot-etherboot" and "preboot-etherboot-server" settings ("/system routerboard upgrade" required) (CLI only);
*) sfp - added log warning about failed auto-initialization on RB4011, RB5009, CCR2004-1G-12S+2XS, CCR2004-16G-2S+, CCR2116-12G-4S+, CCR2216-1G-12XS-2XQ devices;
*) sfp - allow modules that hold "TX_FAULT" high signal all the time on RB4011, RB5009, CCR2004-1G-12S+2XS, CCR2004-16G-2S+, CCR2116-12G-4S+, CCR2216-1G-12XS-2XQ devices;
*) sfp - allow modules with bad or no EEPROM in forced mode on RB4011, RB5009, CCR2004-1G-12S+2XS, CCR2004-16G-2S+, CCR2116-12G-4S+, CCR2216-1G-12XS-2XQ devices;
*) sfp - fixed "rate-select" functionality on CCR2004-16G-2S+ and CCR2004-1G-12S+2XS devices (introduced in v7.8);
*) sfp - fixed combo-ether link monitor for CRS328-4C-20S-4S+ switch;
*) sfp - improved module initialization and display more detailed initialization status on RB4011, RB5009, CCR2004-1G-12S+2XS, CCR2004-16G-2S+, CCR2116-12G-4S+, CCR2216-1G-12XS-2XQ devices;
*) sfp - improved SFP28 interface stability with some optical modules for CRS518 switch;
*) sfp - improved system stability with some SFP GPON modules on RB4011, RB5009, CCR2004-1G-12S+2XS, CCR2004-16G-2S+, CCR2116-12G-4S+, CCR2216-1G-12XS-2XQ devices;
*) snmp - fixed SNMPv3 "Reportable" flag behavior;
*) snmp - improved outputting of routes;
*) socks - added VRF support;
*) ssh - added Ed25519 host key support;
*) ssh - added support for Ed25519 key export and import in PKCS8 format;
*) ssh - do not allow SHA1 usage with strong crypto enabled;
*) ssh - improved service responsiveness when changing SSH service settings;
*) ssh - improved SSH key import process;
*) storage - mount RAM drive for devices with 32MB flash;
*) supout - added DHCP server network section;
*) switch - fixed ACL rules matching IPv6 packets when using only IPv4 matchers;
*) switch - improved system stability during rapid MAC flapping for 98DXxxxx switches;
*) switch - improved system stability for 98DX8208, 98DX8216, 98DX8212, 98DX8332, 98DX3257, 98DX4310, 98DX8525, 98DX3255, 98PX1012 switches;
*) timezone - updated timezone information from "tzdata2023c" release;
*) vrrp - added "self" value for "group-master" setting;
*) vxlan - added forwarding table;
*) vxlan - fixed packet drops when host moves between remote VTEPs;
*) webfig - added inline comments;
*) webfig - fixed "Destination" value under "MPLS/Forwarding-Table" menu;
*) webfig - fixed issue where "Certificate" value disappears under "IP/Services" menu;
*) webfig - fixed issue where entries might be missing under "IP/DHCP-Server" menu;
*) webfig - various stability fixes;
*) wifiwave2 - added "radio/reg-info" command to show regulatory requirements (currently implemented for 802.11ac interfaces) (CLI only);
*) wifiwave2 - added ability to configure antenna gain;
*) wifiwave2 - added ability to configure beacon interval and DTIM period;
*) wifiwave2 - added information on additional interface capabilities to radio parameters;
*) wifiwave2 - automatically add a VLAN-tagged interface to the appropriate bridge VLAN;
*) wifiwave2 - exit sniffer command and return error when trying to sniff on an unsupported channel;
*) wifiwave2 - fixed 802.11r roaming for clients that performed initial authentication with an AP which has been restarted since;
*) wifiwave2 - fixed issue of some supported channels not being listed in the radio parameters;
*) wifiwave2 - fixed issue which lead to VLAN-tagged wireless clients receiving tagged traffic from other VLANs;
*) wifiwave2 - fixed key handshake timeout for re-associating client devices on 802.11ac interfaces;
*) wifiwave2 - fixed VLAN tagging for unencrypted (open) APs;
*) wifiwave2 - improved general interface stability;
*) wifiwave2 - improved regulatory compliance for hAP ax^2, hAP ax^3 and Chateau ax;
*) wifiwave2 - improved WPS connection speed;
*) wifiwave2 - increased maximum value for "channel.frequency" to 7300;
*) wifiwave2 - show information on captured packets and added ability to save them locally in a pcap file;
*) winbox - added "MTU" and "Hoplimit" properties under "IPv6/Routes" menu;
*) winbox - added "Preferred AFI" property under "MPLS/LDP-Instance" menu;
*) winbox - added "S" flag under "IPv6/Firewall/Connections" menu;
*) winbox - added "Tx Power" property under "Wifiwave2/Status" menu;
*) winbox - added "Tx Queue Drops" property under interface settings "Traffic" tab;
*) winbox - added "Username" and "Password" properties under "Container/Config" menu;
*) winbox - added "Valid" and "Preferred" properties under "IPv6/Address" menu;
*) winbox - added missing properties for "Remote ID Type" under "IP/IPsec/Identities" menu;
*) winbox - changed route flag name from "invalid" to "inactive";
*) winbox - fixed "TLS" property under "Tools/Email" menu;
*) winbox - fixed "Type" property under "System/Disk" menu when "rose-storage" package is installed;
*) winbox - fixed changing slot name under "System/Disk" menu;
*) winbox - fixed default value for "Allow managed" property under "Zerotier" menu;
*) winbox - fixed duplicate "My ID" column under "IP/IPsec/Identities" menu;
*) winbox - fixed minor typo in "WifiWave2/Radios" menu;
*) winbox - fixed missing "Sector Writes" for certain devices under "System/Resources" menu (introduced in v7.8);
*) winbox - improved Ethernet advertise, speed and duplex settings;
*) winbox - only show permitted countries for wifiwave2 interfaces;
*) winbox - show missing "Designated Bridge" and "Designated Port Number" monitoring data under "Bridge/Port menu;
*) www - allow unsecure HTTP access to REST API;
*) x86 - fixed changing software-id (introduced in v7.7);
*) zerotier - upgraded to version 1.10.3;
What's new in 5.26 (2013-Sep-04 15:01):
*) ssh - fixed denial of service;
What's new in 5.25 (2013-Apr-25 15:59):
*) web proxy - speed up startup;
*) metarouter - fixed occasional lockups on mipsbe boards;
*) wireless - update required when using small width channel RB2011 RB9xx
caveat: update remote end/s before updating AP as both side are required to use new/same version for a link
What's new in 7.1rc7 (2021-Nov-25 16:35):
!) device-mode - added feature locking mechanism;
*) arp - limit total ARP table size based on installed RAM size;
*) bgp - fixed "nexthop-choice" selection;
*) bgp - fixed peer handling on point-to-point addresses;
*) bgp - ignore empty filter names on upgrade;
*) bgp - implemented BGP VPN configuration upgrade and other configuration upgrade fixes;
*) conntrack - limit total connection tracking table size based on installed RAM size;
*) crs3xx - fixed interface linking for some optical QSFP+ modules on CRS354 devices;
*) health - improved temperature reporting;
*) ipsec - fixed hardware acceleration support for ARM and ARM64 devices;
*) ipsec - fixed software fallback mode for AES-192 on IPQ4018/IPQ4019;
*) led - added "dark-mode" functionality control with Mode button for cAP XL ac;
*) lte - added "cell-monitor" support for Chateau 5G;
*) lte - improved LTE setting reporting to supout file;
*) ospf - fixed MD5 authentication with large packets;
*) ospf - fixed OSPFv3 interface configuration;
*) ospf - improved DB exchange speeds;
*) ospf - improved stability with large LS update packets;
*) route - fixed "Route Target" byte order;
*) route - fixed unreachable routed networks on VRFs;
*) route - fixed route rule upgrade;
*) route - fixed situation when routes with unequal distances got treated as ECMP routes;
*) route - improvements on VRF isolation;
*) route-filters - added "as-path" regexp testing tool;
*) route-filters - added "as-path-slow-legacy" to support old style "as-path" filtering;
*) route-filters - fixed "as-path" bracket parsing and 4byte ASN usage;
*) routerboard - fixed "mode-button" functionality on devices that have such feature;
*) upgrade - improved major version upgrade process on hAP ac2 and cAP ac;
*) wifiwave2 - fixed enforcement of access list rules which only checks client signal strength for new connections;
*) wifiwave2 - removed non-functioning VLAN configuration parameters from access list;