# GNU coreutils Subject: coreutils-9.0 released [stable]

- Product: GNU coreutils (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gnu-coreutils)
- Vendor: GNU Project
- Date: 2021-09-24
- Original notes: https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10016
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/gnu-coreutils/releases/2021-09-24-subject-coreutils-9.0-released-stable

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This is to announce coreutils-9.0, a stable release. This is a new major release, with these significant changes: - cp has changed how it handles data - enables CoW by default (through FICLONE ioctl),…

- **changed** — cp enables copy-on-write by default through FICLONE ioctl