v1.17.0 v1.16.2
firecracker-microvm/firecrackerSep 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
Firecracker v1.17.0 adds support for the 6.18 Linux kernel, AWS Graviton5 instances, and transparent huge pages. It also introduces new metrics reporting capabilities and expands guest kernel support to include bzImage files on x86_64.
Full release notesFirecracker v1.16.2
Sep 10, 2026· 1 month ago
This release focuses on stability and performance fixes, addressing issues with the vsock device, virtio-mem management, and logger deadlocks. It also includes a compatibility fix for Linux 6.18 host kernels regarding CPUID and MSR handling.
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