TrueNAS SCALE Bluefin 22.12.0 was released on Dec 13 --- 10 days ago. Since then we've seen over 7,000 early adopters and many reports of success and some reports of issues. Overall, the quality has been very good for a .0 release and has benefited from all the work done by the community on Angelfish. From this base, we're expecting the normal lifecycle improvements with more systems in operation, more testing and more reported issues.
The primary issue being reported is the Host Path validation safety belt. We understand it is annoying to add these checks, but without it some Apps can ignore file permissions and corrupt data. The TrueNAS team has a philosophy of making sure the software is usable by Enterprises for important data, so we can't ignore this risk. The release notes include instructions (and there are many forum posts). We will be checking to see how we can improve this in future releases.
There are a few issues identified in 22.12.0 which are slated for fixing in 22.12.1 which is expected by mid-Feb. All of the issues that say "targeted 22.12 (Bluefin)" were resolved in 22.12.0. So, the remaining count of "known" issues is quite low (<10) and several have workarounds.
In the "Software status" page we now recommend all SCALE systems move to Bluefin. Obviously, Angelfish systems with no known issues may stay there until there until there is a pressing need.
We're looking forward to delivering even better software in 2023. Many thanks for all the tremendous contributions to and from the Community.
Hope everyone has a TRUEly great holiday season.
The primary issue being reported is the Host Path validation safety belt. We understand it is annoying to add these checks, but without it some Apps can ignore file permissions and corrupt data. The TrueNAS team has a philosophy of making sure the software is usable by Enterprises for important data, so we can't ignore this risk. The release notes include instructions (and there are many forum posts). We will be checking to see how we can improve this in future releases.
- New security checks are present for host paths in use by various system services. If you have host paths that are shared by multiple system services (e.g. Apps and SMB), please read the 22.12.0 Known Issues and take steps to create unique host paths for each in-use system service.
There are a few issues identified in 22.12.0 which are slated for fixing in 22.12.1 which is expected by mid-Feb. All of the issues that say "targeted 22.12 (Bluefin)" were resolved in 22.12.0. So, the remaining count of "known" issues is quite low (<10) and several have workarounds.
In the "Software status" page we now recommend all SCALE systems move to Bluefin. Obviously, Angelfish systems with no known issues may stay there until there until there is a pressing need.
We're looking forward to delivering even better software in 2023. Many thanks for all the tremendous contributions to and from the Community.
Hope everyone has a TRUEly great holiday season.