# Incus v7.0.0 — Incus 7.0.0 LTS

- Product: Incus (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/incus)
- Vendor: LinuxContainers
- Date: 2026-05-01
- Version: v7.0.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/lxc/incus/releases/tag/v7.0.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/incus/releases/v7.0.0
- Labels: Platforms: Linux

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- **added** — Optionally skip blocking for OIDC authentication
- **added** — Add support for cross-cluster dependent volume migration
- **added** — Implement cancel logic on all remaining websocket class operations
- **added** — Implement a request body limit
- **added** — Add a NBD based backup API
- **added** — Add support for exposing dirty bitmaps
- **changed** — Keepalive proxy improvements
- **changed** — Rework qemuArchConfig
- **changed** — Rework storage caching logic for performance improvement
- **changed** — Port to yaml/go-yaml
- **changed** — Rework physical NIC device validation
- **changed** — Scale SCSI queues with CPUs
- **fixed** — Gracefully fail when server unreachable in version command
- **fixed** — Use Linux arch names in instance agent-loader
- **fixed** — Detect 9p support and hide it behind feature flag
- **fixed** — Enable SPICE audio feature gating
- **fixed** — Gate virtio audio based on presence of virtio-sound-pci
- **fixed** — Fix bad type in format strings
- **fixed** — Delete dependent volumes on instance deletion
- **fixed** — Fix race in storage caching logic
- **fixed** — Fix potential deadlock in storage
- **fixed** — Fix mount interception dropping mount data flag on idmapped mount
- **fixed** — Fix stateful snapshots for qcow2 volumes

#### Announcement
https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/t/incus-7-0-lts-has-been-released/26641

##### What's Changed
* github: format INCUS_VERSION from tag in release workflow by @0xk1f0 in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3098
* client: Optionally skip blocking for OIDC authentication by @masnax in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3102
* Keepalive proxy improvements by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3097
* incus/version: Gracefully fail when server unreachable by @bensmrs in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3104
* incusd/instance/agent-loader: Use Linux arch names by @bensmrs in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3105
* qemu: gate SPICE support on incus host via QMP query-spice by @damex in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3103
* incusd/instances/qemu: Detect 9p support and hide it behind feature flag by @damex in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3109
* incusd/instance/qemu: Enable SPICE audio feature gating by @damex in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3110
* incusd: Fix bad type in format strings by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3114
* qemu: gate virtio audio based on presence of virtio-sound-pci by @damex in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3115
* Cleanup cmd packages by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3107
* Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3116
* incusd/instances/qemu: Rework qemuArchConfig by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3106
* Delete dependent volumes on instance deletion by @presztak in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3117
* incusd/response: Make pipeResponse flush headers ASAP by @bensmrs in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3123
* Improve handling of dependent volumes by @presztak in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3120
* Rework storage caching logic (performance improvement) by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3121
* Implement IncusOS update trigger on cluster version mismatch by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3122
* shared/cliconfig: Avoid treating `=` as part of a remote name by @bensmrs in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3125
* incusd/network/state: Use canAccessNetwork by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3126
* incus-simplestreams: Add flag for overriding product name by @csprl in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3128
* Support old-style ZFS types by @bensmrs in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3130
* Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3132
* Add support for cross-cluster dependent volume migration by @presztak in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3133
* incusd/storage: Fix race in caching logic by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3134
* Port to yaml/go-yaml by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3127
* incusd/storage: Fix potential deadlock by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3136
* Implement cancel logic on all remaining websocket class operations by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3135
* Remove stale port UUID by @DarkressX in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3140
* Support optimized storage for dependent volumes by @presztak in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3141
* Fix dependent volume flag removal during same-host storage moves by @presztak in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3138
* Implement a request body limit by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3137
* Fix mount interception dropping mount data flag on idmapped mount by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3142
* Use device names for dependent volumes when importing backups by @presztak in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3144
* Clarify description of oidc.claim option by @yannis2707 in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3145
* Rework physical NIC device validation by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3143
* Fix stateful snapshots for qcow2 volumes by @presztak in https://github.com/lxc/inc

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