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    Latest pfSense release (25.11) uses FreeBSD 16 - official release is December 2027

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      ameinild
      last edited by ameinild

      I was just wondering: Can anyone tell me why pfSense is based on FreeBSD releases that are not even released yet (FreeBSD 15 is released in december 2025), and in the case of FreeBSD 16 where the official release is 2 years away (december 2027)?

      pfSense release engineering.
      FreeBSD release engineering.

      I would imagine that it would be an advantage for pfSense to be based on a well-proven FreeBSD release, instead of a nightly unreleased build, but there must be something I'm missing in this equation.

      Can anyone enlighten me? Thanks! 👍

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        patient0 @ameinild
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        @ameinild Netgate switch to FreeBSD-CURRENT about two years ago.

        https://docs.netgate.com/pfsense/en/latest/releases/versions.html

        They wrote a article about it in autumn of 2022:

        https://www.netgate.com/blog/pfsense-software-is-moving-ahead

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