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Hello TrueNAS and FreeNAS Community,
TrueNAS 12.0 unifies FreeNAS and TrueNAS into a single image and will make maintaining and documenting these releases significantly more efficient. The development of TrueNAS 12.0 is “feature-complete” and we’re now in the multi-stage QA, test, and fix cycle to ensure we provide the highest quality release possible.
The release stages for TrueNAS 12.0 have different meanings than for FreeNAS 11.3 because each stage now applies to both TrueNAS CORE and TrueNAS Enterprise. To progress through each stage requires a full QA cycle which includes 2 weeks of over 1000 automated tests. After each QA cycle, each bug is documented, rated, and published in the bug tracker along with all bugs found by the Community. To review TrueNAS 12.0’s current progress, you can monitor this Jira query to see a live list of all items still in the queue before 12.0-RELEASE becomes available.
The table below provides a description of the release stages and the dates we expect to meet (or exceed). The BETA version of TrueNAS 12.0 is scheduled for June 30 and will be similar in quality to the RC1 version of FreeNAS 11.3. Today’s TrueNAS 12.0 Nightly is similar in quality to FreeNAS 11.3 BETA with both versions having gone through a single QA cycle.
We’re very happy to report that this simpler, unified image model is saving us significant development and test time. The time gap between FreeNAS 11.3 RELEASE and TrueNAS 12.0 BETA is shorter than it has ever been, and the quality metrics are improving as well. We could not be more excited by the productivity improvements and quality impact.
TrueNAS 12.0 will also be launching with a revamped user documentation site, which provides more real-world how-to’s as well as being more open for Community contribution. While this site is still under development, most of the FreeNAS 11.3 User Guide can be used directly for 12.0 assistance. We’re aiming for this new docs site to debut along with the upcoming 12.0-BETA1 release.
If you have a test system or VM available, please try out the Nightly images and report any issues for your use-case and hardware platform. The upcoming BETA version is recommended for enthusiasts who want to use the system with all of the new features.
TrueNAS 12.0 unifies FreeNAS and TrueNAS into a single image and will make maintaining and documenting these releases significantly more efficient. The development of TrueNAS 12.0 is “feature-complete” and we’re now in the multi-stage QA, test, and fix cycle to ensure we provide the highest quality release possible.
The release stages for TrueNAS 12.0 have different meanings than for FreeNAS 11.3 because each stage now applies to both TrueNAS CORE and TrueNAS Enterprise. To progress through each stage requires a full QA cycle which includes 2 weeks of over 1000 automated tests. After each QA cycle, each bug is documented, rated, and published in the bug tracker along with all bugs found by the Community. To review TrueNAS 12.0’s current progress, you can monitor this Jira query to see a live list of all items still in the queue before 12.0-RELEASE becomes available.
The table below provides a description of the release stages and the dates we expect to meet (or exceed). The BETA version of TrueNAS 12.0 is scheduled for June 30 and will be similar in quality to the RC1 version of FreeNAS 11.3. Today’s TrueNAS 12.0 Nightly is similar in quality to FreeNAS 11.3 BETA with both versions having gone through a single QA cycle.
| Use-case | Quality | FreeNAS 11.3 | TrueNAS 12.0 | |
| Typical | Cycles | Stages | Stages | Date |
| Developers | 0 | ALPHA | NIGHTLY | March 11 |
| Testers | 1 | BETA | NIGHTLY | June 2 |
| Enthusiasts | 2 | RC1 | BETA | June 30 |
| Home Users | 3 | RELEASE | RC1 | September |
| Business Users | 4 | U1 | RELEASE | October |
| Mission Critical | 5 | U2 | U1 | December |
We’re very happy to report that this simpler, unified image model is saving us significant development and test time. The time gap between FreeNAS 11.3 RELEASE and TrueNAS 12.0 BETA is shorter than it has ever been, and the quality metrics are improving as well. We could not be more excited by the productivity improvements and quality impact.
TrueNAS 12.0 will also be launching with a revamped user documentation site, which provides more real-world how-to’s as well as being more open for Community contribution. While this site is still under development, most of the FreeNAS 11.3 User Guide can be used directly for 12.0 assistance. We’re aiming for this new docs site to debut along with the upcoming 12.0-BETA1 release.
If you have a test system or VM available, please try out the Nightly images and report any issues for your use-case and hardware platform. The upcoming BETA version is recommended for enthusiasts who want to use the system with all of the new features.
