# Lima v2.1.2

- Product: Lima (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/lima)
- Vendor: Lima Project
- Date: 2026-06-01
- Version: v2.1.2
- Original notes: https://github.com/lima-vm/lima/releases/tag/v2.1.2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/lima/releases/v2.1.2
- Labels: Platforms: macOS, Linux

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- **fixed** — Check if mounts contain hostCurrentDir, not just len > 0 in shell command
- **added** — Add --param shortcut for template parameters in limactl
- **fixed** — Fix path quoting for rsync 3.0.0 through 3.2.3
- **fixed** — Treat unknown terminal width as unlimited in limactl ls
- **added** — Add tab suggestions for --set flag
- **fixed** — Preserve synced guest changes on TUI interruption in shell-sync
- **changed** — Update k8s.yaml for bootstrapToken configuration in kubeadm
- **changed** — Migrate from cpuType to vmOpts.qemu.cpuType in templates
- **changed** — Bump k8s flannel version from 0.27.4 to 0.28.4
- **added** — Add ubuntu-26.04 template
- **changed** — Pin Kubernetes version to 1.36 in k8s template
- **changed** — Split template:alpine to template:alpine-{3.21,3.22,3.23}
- **added** — Add Fedora 44 template and remove Fedora 41 template
- **fixed** — Add missing image and checksum for debian-13 riscv64
- **fixed** — Prevent docker from running as root in rootless environment
- **fixed** — Close stale GuestAgentClient on reconnect to stop ClientConn leak in hostagent
- **fixed** — Stop leaking inotify watchers and re-spawn gRPC stream after guest-agent reconnect
- **fixed** — Stop destroying ga.sock on guest-agent reconnect in hostagent
- **fixed** — Wait for guest agent before opening inotify stream in hostagent
- **added** — Support SSHOverVsock in Krunkit and replace SSH-based guestagent connection with vsock

##### Changes

- `limactl` CLI:
  - fix(shell): check if mounts contain hostCurrentDir, not just len > 0 (#4799, thanks to @opjt)
  - limactl: add --param shortcut for template parameters (#4873, thanks to @jandubois)
  - shell: fix path quoting for rsync 3.0.0 through 3.2.3 (#4883, thanks to @Mysterio-17)
  - pkg/store: treat unknown terminal width as unlimited in `limactl ls` (#4918, thanks to @sahitya-chandra)
  - feat: add tab suggestions for --set flag (#5000, thanks to @Aneesh-Hegde)
  - fix(shell-sync): preserve synced guest changes on TUI interruption (#5002)

- Templates:
  - Update k8s.yaml for bootstrapToken configuration in kubeadm (#4829, thanks to @techthumb)
  - templates: migrate from cpuType to vmOpts.qemu.cpuType (#4834, thanks to @AkihiroSuda)
  - Multi node k8s test updates and related fixes (#4835, thanks to @techthumb)
  - Bump k8s flannel version from 0.27.4 to 0.28.4 (#4843, thanks to @afbjorklund)
  - templates: add ubuntu-26.04 (#4874, thanks to @AkihiroSuda)
  - templates: k8s: pin Kubernetes version to 1.36 (#4882, thanks to @AkihiroSuda)
  - templates: split template:alpine to template:alpine-{3.21,3.22,3.23} (#4897, thanks to @Mysterio-17)
  - feat(templates): add Fedora 44 template; remove Fedora 41 template (#4905, thanks to @valdela1)
  - Missing image and checksum for debian-13 riscv64 (#4978, thanks to @afbjorklund)
  - fix: prevent docker from running as root in rootless environment (#4987, thanks to @Aneesh-Hegde)

- Hostagent:
  - hostagent: close stale GuestAgentClient on reconnect to stop ClientConn leak (#4889, thanks to @mn-ram)
  - hostagent: stop leaking inotify watchers and re-spawn the gRPC stream after guest-agent reconnect (#4895, thanks to @mn-ram)
  - hostagent: stop destroying ga.sock on guest-agent reconnect (#4911, thanks to @mn-ram)
  - hostagent: wait for the guest agent before opening the inotify stream (#4924, thanks to @sahitya-chandra)

- Drivers:
  - Krunkit: support `SSHOverVsock` and replace SSH-based guestagent connection with vsock (#4822)
  - wsl2: stop spinning in for { <-ctx.Done() } after instance stop (#4892, thanks to @mn-ram)
  - fix: track driver PID to prevent zombie processes (#4939, thanks to @Aneesh-Hegde)
  - fix(darwin): pin main goroutine to OS thread 0 for VZ GUI (#5036, thanks to @trodemaster)

- QEMU:
  - openSUSE dropped the 2MB OVMF images from QEMU in version 202602 (#4910, thanks to @jandubois)
  - QEMU command line: allow `kernel-irqchip` enabled with WHPX (#4933, thanks to @arixmkii)
  - qemu: fix non-deterministic boot disk with bootindex and s390x support (#4944, thanks to @Soumya-codr)
  - Deprecate `_LIMA_QEMU_UEFI_IN_BIOS` flag (#4948, thanks to @arixmkii)
  - fix(validate): correct misleading mountType validation error on Windows (#4956, thanks to @InsidiousLion)
  - qemu: pass `-vga none` for headless guests (#4975, thanks to @jandubois)

- Port Forwarding:
  - portfwd: fix gRPC tunnel connection leak (#5043, thanks to @vasileknik76)

- Guest Support:
  - Fix DNS not propagated from base template (#4803, thanks to @opjt)
  - feat: validate macOS 26+ requirement for macOS guest VMs (#4809, thanks to @sharanrajt)
  - Busybox grep doesn't support the long form options (#4915, thanks to @jandubois)
  - Settle udev between sfdisk and lsblk (#4920, thanks to @jandubois)
  - Add Apparmor's fusermount3 custom rule for reverse SSHFS (#4968, thanks to @mie313)

- Documentation:
  - Fix LIMA_SHELLENV_ALLOW docs to match implementation (#4832, thanks to @jandubois)
  - docs(stargz): drop Rosetta requirement note (#4860, thanks to @mvanhorn)
  - docs: add blogs section with curated CNCF and nttlabs posts (#4863, thanks to @singhvishalkr)
  - docs: add limactl help yq concept guide to explain yqlib limitations (#4886, thanks to @Mysterio-17)
  - docs: add network and disk management guide (#4925, thanks to @alliasgher)
  - docs: add base image update and supply chain guidance (#4963)

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