# Incus v7.2.0 — Incus 7.2

- Product: Incus (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/incus)
- Vendor: LinuxContainers
- Date: 2026-06-26
- Version: v7.2.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/lxc/incus/releases/tag/v7.2.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/incus/releases/v7.2.0
- Labels: Platforms: Linux

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- **changed** — Make unset commands accept several keys
- **added** — Add migration-compatible hv flags with migration.stateful=true
- **fixed** — Fix block backup issues
- **removed** — Remove LXD to Incus logic
- **fixed** — Fix storage migration and recovery related issues
- **fixed** — Fix OVS and OVN related issues
- **changed** — Improve cluster evacuation
- **changed** — Replace gorilla/mux with http.ServeMux
- **changed** — Improve low level backup API
- **added** — Implement a filtered version of the Server struct
- **added** — Add logging helper for deferred functions
- **added** — Implement server.crt update through internal API
- **fixed** — Shrink Ceph images to minimal size after unpacking
- **changed** — Handle concurrent NBD connections on instance endpoint
- **added** — Implement per-instance BGP
- **changed** — Add core.https_allowed_websocket_origin configuration option
- **fixed** — Close web UI probe response body
- **fixed** — Allow cached shared image to grow
- **added** — Add btrfs.compression volume option
- **changed** — Use virtiofsd --posix-acl=auto if supported

#### Announcement
https://discuss.linuxcontainers.org/t/incus-7-2-has-been-released/26879

##### What's Changed
* Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3428
* Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3433
* Various bugfixes by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3432
* shared/tls: Detect Lego version/behavior based on help by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3435
* doc/cloud-init: Clarify VM behavior by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3436
* Fix Github Actions java setup by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3438
* incus: Make unset commands accept several keys by @bensmrs in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3439
* Add migration-compatible hv flags with migration.stateful=true by @masnax in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3442
* Generate-database `joinas` tag by @masnax in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3443
* Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3444
* Align node specific network config by @breml in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3441
* Fix block backup issues by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3448
* Remove LXD to Incus logic by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3451
* Storage migration/recovery related fixes by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3452
* OVS/OVN related fixes by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3453
* Cluster evacuation improvements by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3455
* global: Clean latest gofumpt by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3456
* incusd: Replace gorilla/mux with http.ServeMux by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3458
* Improve low level backup API by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3457
* Implement a filtered version of the Server struct by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3462
* Various bugfixes by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3461
* Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3465
* Add logging helper for deferred functions and use in all packages by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3464
* Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3466
* Implement server.crt update through internal API by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3463
* Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3474
* Various bugfixes by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3475
* Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3481
* doc: Improve incus alias docs by @augustodsgv in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3479
* Update debug.go by @kazan417 in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3469
* incus/server/storage/driver/ceph: Shrink images to minimal size after unpacking by @DarkressX in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3486
* Handle concurrent NBD connections on instance endpoint by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3482
* doc/incus-cli: Add CLI configuration file reference by @augustodsgv in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3483
* Various bugfixes by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3489
* doc: Update preseed description to match with reality by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3490
* doc: Ignore criu.org link checking by @bensmrs in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3493
* incus/utils_copy: Fix wrong error returned by @bensmrs in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3492
* Implement per-instance BGP by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3491
* Incus/add remote set keepalive by @augustodsgv in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3495
* Add core.https_allowed_websocket_origin by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3496
* incus: Close web UI probe response body by @fw

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