# Talos Linux v1.13.6

- Product: Talos Linux (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/talos-linux)
- Vendor: Sidero Labs
- Date: 2026-07-09
- Version: v1.13.6
- Original notes: https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/tag/v1.13.6
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/talos-linux/releases/v1.13.6

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- **fixed** — Shutdown and reboot via usermode helpers
- **fixed** — Decode extraArgs list values correctly
- **fixed** — Kubelet stuck restarting
- **fixed** — Handle image cache being disabled
- **fixed** — Align documented image cache partition label
- **fixed** — Image verification with referrers
- **fixed** — Data race in manifest sync
- **fixed** — Provide cooldown period for the QoS trigger
- **fixed** — Patch Linux kernel for tunnel metadata buffer overflow
- **added** — AMD XGBE driver to initramfs
- **changed** — Linux kernel to 6.18.38
- **changed** — Linux firmware to 20260622
- **added** — Support for AMD XGBE driver
- **added** — NF_TABLES_ARP option
- **fixed** — Skip unknown-key check for types with custom YAML unmarshaler

##### [Talos 1.13.6](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/tag/v1.13.6) (2026-07-09)

Welcome to the v1.13.6 release of Talos!



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

###### Component Updates

Linux: 6.18.38

Talos is built with Go 1.26.5.


###### Contributors

* Andrey Smirnov
* Mateusz Urbanek
* Noel Georgi
* Maja Bojarska
* Mark Glants

###### Changes
<details><summary>15 commits</summary>
<p>

* siderolabs/talos@04318854e release(v1.13.6): prepare release
* siderolabs/talos@9d8e47dd3 chore: update pkgs and tools
* siderolabs/talos@31552f400 fix: shutdown/reboot via usermode helpers
* siderolabs/talos@bc0c3f3d3 fix: flaky serviceaccount suite test
* siderolabs/talos@3e7559258 fix: flaky tests
* siderolabs/talos@fbe4d900d fix: data race in manifest sync
* siderolabs/talos@6df3a452b fix: provide cooldown period for the QoS trigger
* siderolabs/talos@85f8dd63e fix: decode extraArgs list values correctly
* siderolabs/talos@c2a56d592 fix: kubelet stuck restarting
* siderolabs/talos@871440858 chore: bump rekor for GHSA-47q9-m4ww-924m
* siderolabs/talos@3e37ef8cd fix: handle image cache being disabled
* siderolabs/talos@466bcd804 fix: align documented image cache partition label
* siderolabs/talos@d3cf09bcb fix: image verification with referrers
* siderolabs/talos@e9609b992 feat: add AMD XGBE driver to initramfs
* siderolabs/talos@f18efcc4d chore: update deps
</p>
</details>

###### Changes from siderolabs/gen
<details><summary>1 commit</summary>
<p>

* siderolabs/gen@c526410 fix: skip unknown-key check for types with custom YAML unmarshaler
</p>
</details>

###### Changes from siderolabs/pkgs
<details><summary>7 commits</summary>
<p>

* siderolabs/pkgs@d8c80cc chore: update toolchain and tools
* siderolabs/pkgs@71874fb feat: bump kernel to 6.18.38
* siderolabs/pkgs@a2406a1 feat: bump kernel 6.18.37
* siderolabs/pkgs@e410c35 feat: update Linux firmware to 20260622
* siderolabs/pkgs@389b8aa fix: patch Linux kernel for tunnel metadata buffer overflow
* siderolabs/pkgs@7e4a719 feat: add support for AMD XGBE driver
* siderolabs/pkgs@1915c58 feat: enable NF_TABLES_ARP option
</p>
</details>

###### Changes from siderolabs/tools
<details><summary>1 commit</summary>
<p>

* siderolabs/tools@c58afd5 chore: bump toolchain
</p>
</details>

###### Dependency Changes

* **github.com/Azure/azure-sdk-for-go/sdk/azcore**   v1.21.0 -> v1.21.1
* **github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2**                   v1.41.4 -> v1.41.7
* **github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/config**            v1.32.12 -> v1.32.17
* **github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/feature/ec2/imds**  v1.18.20 -> v1.18.23
* **github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/kms**       v1.50.3 -> v1.51.1
* **github.com/aws/smithy-go**                       v1.24.2 -> v1.25.1
* **github.com/siderolabs/gen**                      v0.8.6 -> v0.8.7
* **github.com/siderolabs/pkgs**                     v1.13.0-36-g6b315f7 -> v1.13.0-43-gd8c80cc
* **github.com/siderolabs/talos/pkg/machinery**      v1.13.5 -> v1.13.6
* **github.com/siderolabs/tools**                    v1.13.0-6-g9b78252 -> v1.13.0-7-gc58afd5
* **github.com/sigstore/cosign/v3**                  v3.0.5 -> v3.0.6
* **github.com/sigstore/sigstore**                   v1.10.5 -> v1.10.6
* **go.uber.org/zap**                                v1.27.1 -> v1.28.0

Previous release can be found at [v1.13.5](https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/tag/v1.13.5)

##### Images

```
ghcr.io/siderolabs/flannel:v0.28.5
registry.k8s.io/coredns/coredns:v1.14.2
registry.k8s.io/etcd:v3.6.12
registry.k8s.io/pause:3.10.1
registry.k8s.io/kube-apiserver:v1.36.2
registry.k8s.io/kube-controller-manager:v1.36.2
registry.k8s.io/kube-scheduler:v1.36.2
registry.k8s.io/kube-proxy:v1.36.2
ghcr.io/siderolabs/kubelet:v1.36.2
registry.k8s.io/networking/kube-network-policies:v1.0.0
ghcr.io/siderolabs/installer:v1.13.6

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