# Incus v7.4.0 — Incus 7.4

- Product: Incus (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/incus)
- Vendor: LinuxContainers
- Date: 2026-08-27
- Version: v7.4.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/lxc/incus/releases/tag/v7.4.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/incus/releases/v7.4.0
- Labels: Platforms: Linux

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- **added** — Implement security.protect.start configuration option
- **added** — Add configurable multicast snooping and relaying on OVN
- **added** — Add multiple --environment-file arguments support
- **added** — Add custom columns to incus image list command
- **added** — Implement device path formatting
- **changed** — Client-side near-live migration
- **changed** — Server-side near-live migration
- **changed** — Allow live update of ipv4/ipv6.address.external
- **changed** — Use proxy ARP rather than NAT rules for OVN l2proxy
- **changed** — Optimize network loading
- **changed** — Improve incus remote add functionality
- **changed** — Make incremental memory migration opt-in
- **changed** — Derive process start time from proc stat in instance operations
- **changed** — Hide additional sensitive config keys in API
- **fixed** — Fix naming inconsistency in incus low-level
- **fixed** — Fix resolv.conf generation in forknet dhcp
- **fixed** — Fix storage bucket handling in clusters
- **fixed** — Fix event ordering
- **fixed** — Fix PATCH on cluster groups
- **fixed** — Fix authorization for inherited storage volumes
- **fixed** — Fix panic when a network fails to start
- **security** — Restrict wildcard proxy NAT to local addresses in firewall

##### What's Changed
* docs: Clarify the sentence about Incus owning the ZFS pool/dataset by @ldesgoui in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3755
* incus/low-level: Fix naming inconsistency by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3756
* Various bugfixes by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3757
* shared/api: Hide additional sensitive config keys by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3758
* Various fixes by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3760
* Client-side near-live migration by @presztak in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3754
* Various bugfixes by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3762
* Various bugfixes by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3766
* incusd/cluster: Stop instances in place when evacuation has no target by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3767
* Implement security.protect.start by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3768
* Fix resolv.conf generation in forknet dhcp by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3769
* Preserve client state across derived clients by @jochumdev in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3771
* Various NVRAM-related improvements by @bensmrs in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3770
* Allow live update of ipv4/ipv6.address.external by @0xk1f0 in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3772
* Fix storage bucket handling in clusters by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3774
* Various bugfixes by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3776
* Move OVN tests to Github Actions by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3777
* Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3779
* incusd/storage/lvm: Wipe source device rather than VG name by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3782
* client: Handle unmanaged networks in preseed by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3780
* Use proxy ARP rather than NAT rules for OVN l2proxy by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3775
* Fix event ordering by @jochumdev in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3785
* client: Event connection liveness and Disconnect fixes by @jochumdev in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3784
* Server-side near-live migration by @presztak in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3730
* incusd/storage/lvm: Detect block type in ListVolumes by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3791
* Avoid synchronization issues between instance snapshots, volume snapshots and on-disk snapshots by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3792
* Optimize network loading by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3761
* Expose image location in cluster by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3790
* Add configurable multicast snopping and relaying on OVN by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3789
* incusd/instance/qemu: Use temporary data-file when growing metadata i… by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3796
* Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3799
* Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3801
* Move more Jenkins daily tests to Github by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3800
* doc: Document instance-migrated lifecycle event by @fohnwind in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3807
* Fix for various recent test failures by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3806
* Various bugfixes by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3811
* Add multiple --environment-file args by @AJRepo in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3805
* instance: Derive process start time from proc stat by @fivetime in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3810
* Update swagger specification by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3813
* Various bugfixes by @stgraber in https://github.com/lxc/incus/pull/3812
* incusd: Fix authorization for inherited storage volumes by @47star in https://github.com/l

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