# OpenZFS zfs-2.2.11

- Product: OpenZFS (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/openzfs)
- Vendor: OpenZFS
- Date: 2026-08-21
- Version: zfs-2.2.11
- Original notes: https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/releases/tag/zfs-2.2.11
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/openzfs/releases/zfs-2.2.11
- Labels: Platforms: Linux

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- **added** — Add workaround for device_access ZTS test
- **added** — Add 'capsh' to commands.cfg
- **changed** — vdev_disk: use calling cred to check for device access
- **changed** — vdev_file: use calling cred to check for device access
- **changed** — zfs_file_open: add cred arg, use it to check access
- **changed** — vdev_open: pass credential to check for permission to open device
- **changed** — secpolicy_zfs: add a note about the power of CAP_SYS_ADMIN
- **changed** — secpolicy_sys_config: only permit a global zone credential
- **changed** — secpolicy_zinject: only permit a global zone credential
- **removed** — secpolicy_nfs: remove, not used
- **changed** — config: detect idmap method via generic_permission test
- **changed** — libzfs: fallback VDEV_UPATH to VDEV_PATH for non-DM devices
- **fixed** — Fix aarch64 build failure by removing earlyclobber
- **fixed** — zpl_sync_fs: work around kernels that ignore sync_fs errors
- **changed** — zfs_sync: return error when pool suspends
- **changed** — zfs_sync: remove support for impossible scenarios

###### Supported Platforms
- **Linux**: compatible with 4.18 - 6.17 kernels
- **FreeBSD**: compatible with releases starting from 13.3+, 14.0+

###### Changes
- [zfs-2.2.11] Add workaround for device_access ZTS test
- [zfs-2.2.11] Add 'capsh' to commands.cfg
- ZTS: device access tests #18960
- vdev_disk: use calling cred to check for device access #18960
- vdev_file: use calling cred to check for device access #18960
- zfs_file_open: add cred arg, use it to check access #18960
- vdev_open: pass credential to check for permission to open device #18960
- secpolicy_zfs: add a note about the power of CAP_SYS_ADMIN #18959
- secpolicy_sys_config: only permit a global zone credential #18959
- secpolicy_zinject: only permit a global zone credential #18959
- secpolicy_nfs: remove, not used #18959
- ZTS: test secpolicy_zinject correctly limits namespace access #18959
- ZTS: test secpolicy_sys_config correctly limits namespace access #18959
- config: detect idmap method via generic_permission test #18769
- libzfs: fallback VDEV_UPATH to VDEV_PATH for non-DM devices #18439 #18802
- CodeQL: Flag implicit compare-then-assign in branch conditions #18899
- CI: don't fail a passing job when a log reader has already exited #18885
- CI: publish the per-VM test counter atomically #18885
- CI: Update Alpine Linux runner to 3.24.1 #18790
- Remove libuutil from the pull request template and fix headings #18791
- CI: Fix race caused by shared ctr file updates #18778
- Using net/cloud-init to unpin specific python #18717
- CI: Increase default watchdog NMI timeout on Linux #18704
- CI: Re-allow workflow_dispatch on zfs-qemu #18680
- Update our CI runners to the newest FreeBSD 15.1 RELEASE (#18667)
- CI: Have zfs-build-packages workflow build tarballs on Alma (#18662)
- zts: test syncfs() behaviour when pool suspends #17420
- zpl_sync_fs: work around kernels that ignore sync_fs errors #17420
- zfs_sync: return error when pool suspends #17420
- zfs_sync: remove support for impossible scenarios #17420
- Fix aarch64 build failure by removing earlyclobber (#18532)