v1.16.2-rc3Pre-releaseDesktop
1.16.2 RC
Added 3
- Add inter-process locking and retry/backoff for transactional JSON writes
- Support the LXD 6/stable backend
- Provide stable UUID per VM
Changed 4
- Improve file:// custom image handling
- Add image release to log message
- Allow signal propagation to dnsmasq
- Improve shutdown behavior of dnsmasq
Fixed 5
- Fix Qt object lifetime during VM creation
- Make image pruning resilient when last_used_at is missing and avoid timestamp overflow
- Fix macOS 26 subnet collision in vmnet
- Fix transition of suspended instances on change of revision
- Refresh management IP on VM reboot
Multipass version 1.16.2-rc3
This Multipass maintenance release fixes usage on the latest macOS 26, supports the new LXD backend, fixes backend issues in QEMU and HyperV, and improves process handling in Linux.
- [daemon] fix Qt object lifetime during VM creation (#4772)
- [json] add inter-process locking + retry/backoff for transactional JSON writes (#4294)
- [image] Improve file:// custom image handling (#4352)
- [lxd] Support the LXD 6/stable backend (#4725)
- [lxd] Make image pruning resilient when last_used_at is missing and avoid timestamp overflow (#4336)
- [lxd] Add image release to log message (#4828)
- [qemu][macos] Fix MacOS 26 subnet collision in vmnet (#4383)
- [qemu] Fix transition of suspended instancess on change of revision (#4708)
- [qemu] Provide stable UUID per VM (#4733)
- [hyperv] Refresh management IP on VM reboot (#4207)
- [dnsmasq][linux] Allow signal propagation to dnsmasq (#4237)
- [dnsmasq][linux] Improve shutdown behavior of dnsmasq (#4236)
See also the v1.16.2 milestone and the full diff: v1.16.1...v1.16.2-rc3