# NATS v2.14.5 — Release v2.14.5

- Product: NATS (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nats)
- Vendor: Synadia
- Date: 2026-08-12
- Version: v2.14.5
- Original notes: https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/releases/tag/v2.14.5
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/nats/releases/v2.14.5

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- **added** — New dial_timeout option can be specified in the leafnode config block or for specific remotes in the configuration, allowing it to be increased above the default 1 second for high-latency links
- **fixed** — Fixed a deadlock that could occur in the logger when a close error occurs
- **fixed** — Fixed a bug that could result in potential data loss when handling idempotent stream creates when an offline node catches up from a metalayer snapshot, caused by an incorrect update to the create time in the stream assignment

##### Changelog

Refer to the [2.14 Upgrade Guide](https://docs.nats.io/release-notes/whats_new/whats_new_214) for backwards compatibility notes with 2.12.x. Please note that the 2.13.x version was skipped.

###### Go Version

- 1.26.5

###### Dependencies

- github.com/klauspost/compress v1.19.2 (#8459)
- golang.org/x/crypto v0.55.0 (#8459)

###### Added

Leafnodes

- New `dial_timeout` option can be specified in the `leafnode` config block or for specific remotes in the configuration, allowing it to be increased above the default 1 second for high-latency links (#8427)

###### Fixed

General

- Fixed a deadlock that could occur in the logger when a close error occurs (#8430)

JetStream

- Fix a bug that could result in potential data loss when handling idempotent stream creates when an offline node catches up from a metalayer snapshot, caused by an incorrect update to the create time in the stream assignment (#8449)

###### Complete Changes
 
https://github.com/nats-io/nats-server/compare/v2.14.4...v2.14.5