v1.17.0 v1.16.2
RightNow-AI/openfangSep 10, 2026 → Sep 10, 20260 days between releases
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The Two Releases
Firecracker v1.17.0
Sep 10, 2026· 1 month ago
v1.17.0 adds support for Linux 6.18 guest kernels and AWS Graviton5 instances, alongside new configuration options for metrics and snapshot handling. It introduces transparent huge pages and automatic kernel format detection for x86_64. Several critical bugs were fixed, including vsock RX delivery issues, virtio-mem memory mapping errors, and a logger deadlock.
Full release notesFirecracker v1.16.2
Sep 10, 2026· 1 month ago
v1.16.2 focuses on stability fixes for vsock, virtio-mem, and the logger while addressing a KVM behavior change in Linux 6.13. It also bumps the snapshot format version to ensure compatibility with future updates.
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