# Magisk: what changed from 29 to 30

- Product: Magisk (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/magisk)
- Vendor: John Wu
- Range: changelog entries numbered after v29.0 up to and including v30.7, stable releases only
- Entries below: 2 releases (newest first)
- Resolved: 29 is v29.0 and 30 is v30.7, the newest stable release of each major we track
- Carrying security changes: 0 · CVEs mentioned: 0 · Mentioning breaking changes: 0 · Removing or deprecating something: 0
- Page: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/magisk/compare/29...30

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## What changed (17 changes, grouped by kind)

### Added

#### v30.7 (2026-02-23)

- Support Android 16 QPR2 sepolicy format in MagiskInit
- Support using klogdump partition as pre-init storage in MagiskInit
- Support Android 16 QPR2 and higher in Zygisk
- Support Android XR and some Nubia devices in Zygisk

#### v30.6 (2025-12-01)

- Support installing Magisk into vendor_boot partition
- Add ability to restrict Linux capabilities even if running as root
- Fallback to older implementation when the kernel doesn't support zero userspace copy APIs
- Support new sepolicy binary format introduced in Android 16 QPR2

### Changed

#### v30.7 (2026-02-23)

- MagiskSU no longer drops capabilities by default when switching to non-root UIDs, use the --drop-cap argument to drop capabilities
- Improve lzma format detection in MagiskBoot

#### v30.6 (2025-12-01)

- Migrate a significant portion of the codebase to Rust
- Improve Magisk specific files injection logic
- Reduce property modification traces

### Fixed

#### v30.7 (2026-02-23)

- Fix various commandline argument parsing bugs in MagiskBoot

#### v30.6 (2025-12-01)

- Revert a change that could result in bootloops
- Various minor bug fixes
- Properly support Android versions with property overrides

## Release notes

### v30.7 — Magisk v30.7

- Date: 2026-02-23
- Version: v30.7
- Original notes: https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/tag/v30.7
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/magisk/releases/v30.7
- Labels: Platforms: Android

- **added** — Support Android 16 QPR2 sepolicy format in MagiskInit
- **added** — Support using klogdump partition as pre-init storage in MagiskInit
- **added** — Support Android 16 QPR2 and higher in Zygisk
- **added** — Support Android XR and some Nubia devices in Zygisk
- **changed** — MagiskSU no longer drops capabilities by default when switching to non-root UIDs, use the --drop-cap argument to drop capabilities
- **changed** — Improve lzma format detection in MagiskBoot
- **fixed** — Fix various commandline argument parsing bugs in MagiskBoot

- [MagiskInit] Support Android 16 QPR2 sepolicy format
- [MagiskInit] Support using klogdump partition as pre-init storage
- [Zygisk] Support Android 16 QPR2 and higher
- [Zygisk] Support Android XR and some Nubia devices
- [MagiskSU] Do not drop capabilities by default, even when switching to non-root UIDs. Explicitly use the `--drop-cap` argument to drop capabilities.
- [MagiskBoot] Better lzma format detection
- [MagiskBoot] Fix various commandline argument parsing bugs

###### Full Changelog: [here](https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/changes.html)

### v30.6 — Magisk v30.6

- Date: 2025-12-01
- Version: v30.6
- Original notes: https://github.com/topjohnwu/Magisk/releases/tag/v30.6
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/magisk/releases/v30.6
- Labels: Platforms: Android

- **fixed** — Revert a change that could result in bootloops
- **changed** — Migrate a significant portion of the codebase to Rust
- **fixed** — Various minor bug fixes
- **added** — Support installing Magisk into vendor_boot partition
- **changed** — Improve Magisk specific files injection logic
- **added** — Add ability to restrict Linux capabilities even if running as root
- **added** — Fallback to older implementation when the kernel doesn't support zero userspace copy APIs
- **added** — Support new sepolicy binary format introduced in Android 16 QPR2
- **changed** — Reduce property modification traces
- **fixed** — Properly support Android versions with property overrides

###### Hotfix

- [MagiskInit] Revert a change that could result in bootloops

###### v30.5 Changelog

- [General] Migrate a significant portion of the codebase to Rust
- [General] Various minor bug fixes
- [General] Support installing Magisk into vendor_boot partition
- [Core] Improve Magisk specific files injection logic
- [MagiskSU] Add ability to restrict Linux capabilities even if running as root (uid=0)
- [MagiskSU] Fallback to older implementation when the kernel doesn't support zero userspace copy APIs
- [MagiskPolicy] Support new sepolicy binary format introduced in Android 16 QPR2
- [resetprop] Reduce property modification traces
- [resetprop] Properly support Android versions with property overrides

###### Full Changelog: [here](https://topjohnwu.github.io/Magisk/changes.html)