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    Is there an RSS Feed with Patch/Release notes ?

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    • +DS_DV++
      +DS_DV+
      last edited by

      Hi lovely community (:
      from other OS like TrueNAS OPNsense Proxmox etc i have RSS Feeds which publish the change logs when a new Update is out.

      So you can subscribe to the RSS feed of the products you use and are always up to date on changes (:

      tl;dr: is there a RSS feed for pfSense Ppatch notes?

      with kind regards

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      • GertjanG
        Gertjan @+DS_DV+
        last edited by

        @DS_DV said in Is there an RSS Feed with Patch/Release notes ?:

        tl;dr: is there a RSS feed for pfSense Ppatch notes?

        This one :

        abd97977-7b4e-4064-8beb-053b13a5dfc6-image.png

        ?
        Normally, after install, it's there.
        You can re arrange the dashboard widgets so it is, on the top.

        or visit https://www.netgate.com/blog/tag/pfsense yourself.

        No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
        Edit : and where are the logs ??

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        • +DS_DV++
          +DS_DV+ @Gertjan
          last edited by

          @Gertjan this is "just" the RSS feed for the announcement forums
          but its full of news as well.

          I am looking for an rss feed which just holds patchnotes and therefor gives notifications when updates are out

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          • GertjanG
            Gertjan @+DS_DV+
            last edited by

            @DS_DV said in Is there an RSS Feed with Patch/Release notes ?:

            which just holds patchnotes and therefor gives notifications when updates are out

            Ah, ok. Imho, there no such thing.
            But, close : official patches are included in :

            3f810ab0-b724-4d48-b20d-528e8258ba07-image.png

            so if this package shows that it can be upgraded, you'll know that there are some patches.

            No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
            Edit : and where are the logs ??

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            • +DS_DV++
              +DS_DV+ @Gertjan
              last edited by

              @Gertjan but i dont want to look every day or hour into my firewall :D
              RSS feeds can be grabed by RSS readers. (Mobile or on Desktop) Most of them cen even send push notifications ;)

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              • GertjanG
                Gertjan @+DS_DV+
                last edited by

                @DS_DV said in Is there an RSS Feed with Patch/Release notes ?:

                but i dont want to look every day or hour into my firewall :D

                Me neither 😊

                That's why I use this.

                Btw : very AFAIK and IMHO : there are no "zero day - need to interact with pfSense right now - situations". I've not seen them the last decade (and more).
                So, check up with your firewall ones a week, or month, and see what's up.
                This forum will also show any possible issue.

                No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                  bobleny
                  last edited by

                  So, yeah I've been stuck on 2.7.0 forever now. I kept checking for updates but the dashboard kept saying there was none.
                  I was annoyed by this, but trusted the dash board anyways. I finally decided I couldn't trust it and found out 2.7.2 is the latest. Yay...

                  So now I am adding the blog to my RSS reader app so I can get notifications when there are updates...
                  The rss feed url is here: https://www.netgate.com/blog/rss.xml
                  If your RSS reader can filter by categories/tags, you can use the category/tag "releases" to filter some of the noise and just focus on releases. Unfortunately it still includes a lot of noise (e.g. "The 4-core Intel® Atom® C1110 Processor: Not your Father's Atom"). See: https://www.netgate.com/blog/tag/releases

                  I too would really like an RSS feed specific to releases, patches, and security issues, ideally fore each software package (e.g. CE, Plus, whatever TNSR is, etc...).

                  I really try to be grateful; we are getting some amazing software for free, but things like this can be incredibly irksome.
                  Is it my fault for trusting the system to tell me that I was running a version that was out of date for over a year (maybe... but I'm still not happy about it)?

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                  • GertjanG
                    Gertjan @bobleny
                    last edited by

                    @bobleny said in Is there an RSS Feed with Patch/Release notes ?:

                    Unfortunately it still includes a lot of noise (

                    Noise ? .. .If you wait some years, yeah ...

                    Upgrade first to the latest, 2.7.2, already more then one year old.
                    When done, install this package :

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                    and apply all the proposed patches.

                    Then install :

                    34431546-bfb5-4b8f-80f9-acd05b7bbffb-image.png

                    and read this : Auto update check, checks for updates to base system + packages and sends email alerts.

                    Set up a email notification here : System > Advanced > Notifications
                    For example :

                    8d123b0c-6285-4078-81f4-8008f28fbd4f-image.png

                    and from now on, whenever there is a pfSense upgrade - or a pfSense package upgrade - or a pfSense FreeBSD package avaible for updating / upgrading, you get a mail.

                    No "help me" PM's please. Use the forum, the community will thank you.
                    Edit : and where are the logs ??

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                    • stephenw10S
                      stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                      last edited by

                      There's a specific known bug in 2.7.0 that prevents it seeing updates. Run: certctl rehash and it will see them again and allow you update.

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                      • +DS_DV++
                        +DS_DV+ @stephenw10
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                        @stephenw10 said in Is there an RSS Feed with Patch/Release notes ?:

                        There's a specific known bug in 2.7.0 that prevents it seeing updates. Run: certctl rehash and it will see them again and allow you update.

                        that's a thing an update rss feed could inform about (:
                        and its the reason after so many attempts to switch i did stuck with opnsense in the end.

                        its all good and tendy if pfsense is so much faster with patches and updates but the work needed to keep up is just too much for me compared to opnsense fire and forget until you get news in the feed to react. (tho the ux played a huge part too why i never really completed a migration attemt) :(

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