# Talos Linux v1.12.11

- Product: Talos Linux (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/talos-linux)
- Vendor: Sidero Labs
- Date: 2026-08-05
- Version: v1.12.11
- Original notes: https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/tag/v1.12.11
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/talos-linux/releases/v1.12.11

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- **fixed** — Update diff library to v1.0.1
- **fixed** — Panics in diff algorithms
- **fixed** — Use context without cancelation for etcd locks
- **fixed** — Redact resource specs in the merge controllers
- **fixed** — Race with PCR extensions and volume unlock
- **fixed** — Volume mount race around service restart
- **fixed** — Preserve trailing rate-limited trigger events
- **fixed** — Add ca-certificates to talosctl
- **fixed** — OOM podruntime protection
- **fixed** — Patch nvidia support pci_resize_resource exclude_bars argument
- **changed** — Update Linux kernel to 6.18.42

##### [Talos 1.12.11](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/tag/v1.12.11) (2026-08-05)

Welcome to the v1.12.11 release of Talos!



Please try out the release binaries and report any issues at
https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/issues.

###### Component Updates

Linux: 6.18.42

Talos is built with Go 1.25.12.


###### Contributors

* Andrey Smirnov
* Mateusz Urbanek
* Noel Georgi

###### Changes
<details><summary>12 commits</summary>
<p>

* siderolabs/talos@2e80771ba release(v1.12.11): prepare release
* siderolabs/talos@b2a8cda18 fix: update diff library to v1.0.1
* siderolabs/talos@2c5aa00c8 fix: panics in diff algorithms
* siderolabs/talos@56ec4c050 chore: update go dependencies
* siderolabs/talos@07a7bc334 fix: use context without cancelation for etcd locks
* siderolabs/talos@d0b50aa76 fix: redact resource specs in the merge controllers
* siderolabs/talos@1c6d69c01 fix: race with PCR extensions and volume unlock
* siderolabs/talos@7acd4d632 fix: volume mount race (third attempt) around service restart
* siderolabs/talos@9a90e9878 fix: preserve trailing rate-limited trigger events
* siderolabs/talos@5bb874987 fix: add ca-certificates to talosctl
* siderolabs/talos@636c61ff6 fix: oom podruntime protection
* siderolabs/talos@b8ab06f42 chore: update kernel to 6.18.42
</p>
</details>

###### Changes from siderolabs/pkgs
<details><summary>6 commits</summary>
<p>

* siderolabs/pkgs@f921142 fix: patch nvidia support pci_resize_resource exclude_bars argument
* siderolabs/pkgs@c80e83f chore: replace gnu mirror
* siderolabs/pkgs@45e036d chore: update kernel
* siderolabs/pkgs@fbd81c3 feat: bump kernel to 6.18.41
* siderolabs/pkgs@cf0d226 feat: bump kernel to 6.18.40
* siderolabs/pkgs@1a9c50a feat: update Linux to 6.18.39
</p>
</details>

###### Dependency Changes

* **github.com/google/cel-go**                   v0.26.1 -> v0.29.0
* **github.com/gopacket/gopacket**               v1.5.0 -> v1.6.1
* **github.com/klauspost/compress**              v1.18.5 -> v1.18.7
* **github.com/siderolabs/pkgs**                 v1.12.0-97-g4f4aef1 -> v1.12.0-103-gf921142
* **github.com/siderolabs/talos/pkg/machinery**  v1.12.10 -> v1.12.11
* **golang.org/x/net**                           v0.56.0 -> v0.57.0
* **golang.org/x/oauth2**                        v0.34.0 -> v0.36.0
* **golang.org/x/sync**                          v0.21.0 -> v0.22.0
* **golang.org/x/sys**                           v0.46.0 -> v0.47.0
* **golang.org/x/term**                          v0.44.0 -> v0.45.0
* **golang.org/x/text**                          v0.38.0 -> v0.40.0
* **google.golang.org/grpc**                     v1.79.3 -> v1.82.1

Previous release can be found at [v1.12.10](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/tag/v1.12.10)

##### Images

```
ghcr.io/siderolabs/flannel:v0.27.4
registry.k8s.io/coredns/coredns:v1.14.2
registry.k8s.io/etcd:v3.6.11
registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.35.4
registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.35.4
registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.35.4
registry.k8s.io/kube-proxy:v1.35.4
ghcr.io/siderolabs/kubelet:v1.35.4
registry.k8s.io/pause:3.10.1
ghcr.io/siderolabs/installer:v1.12.11
ghcr.io/siderolabs/installer-base:v1.12.11
ghcr.io/siderolabs/imager:v1.12.11
ghcr.io/siderolabs/talos:v1.12.11
ghcr.io/siderolabs/talosctl-all:v1.12.11
ghcr.io/siderolabs/overlays:v1.12.11
ghcr.io/siderolabs/extensions:v1.12.11
```