RouterOS version 7.19beta has been released on the “v7 testing” channel!
Before an upgrade:
- Remember to make backup/export files before an upgrade and save them on another storage device;
- Make sure the device will not lose power during upgrade process;
- Device has enough free storage space for all RouterOS packages to be downloaded.
What’s new in 7.19beta8 (2025-Apr-04 13:24):
*) certificate - fixed cloud-dns challenge validation for sn.mynetname.net (CLI only);
*) device-mode - added new “rose” mode where “container” feature is enabled by default;
*) fetch - fixed false successful messages in FTP mode;
*) ipsec - lower standalone cipher, hash priority when using ctr aead;
*) log - fixed remote logging after reboot when hostname is forwarded to a DNS server;
*) lte - fixed LTE status update or possible crash when modem is unexpectedly removed from system;
*) netinstall-cli - check for other running Netinstall servers on startup;
*) ptp - allow multiple instances;
*) sfp - improved QSFP link stability for CRS354 devices;
*) system - fixed “/system reboot” when the system disk is completely full;
What’s new in 7.19beta7 (2025-Mar-31 10:55):
*) bgp - fixed excessive CPU usage;
*) bridge - properly flush bridge hosts when bonding is used as bridge port and loses hw-offloading status;
*) ike2 - improved initial key exchange process on slow or unreliable connections;
*) ippool6 - properly free IPv6 pool used prefix when it is not used any more;
*) isis - properly validate 3-way hello handshake;
*) ipv6 - fixed EUI-64 false error message on address update when “from-pool” option is used;
*) lte - fixed initialization for R11e-LTE6 modem;
*) lte - fixed initialization for Neoway N75 modem;
*) lte - reset internal link-recovery-timer on sim slot change;
*) netinstall - improved network socket re-opening when NIC status changes while running the server (additional fixes);
*) rose-storage - added Btrfs disk balance command (CLI only);
*) rose-storage - fixed mounting Btrfs subvolumes using macOS SMB client;
*) route-filter - fixed the “blackhole” option setting process;
*) system - improved system stability when sending TCP data from the router;
*) webfig - fixed graphs appearance under “Tools/Graphing” menu (introduced in 7.19beta2);
*) wifi - improved wifi connection stability when used as a station for “b” mode access point;
*) wifi - use at least TLS 1.2 for securing connection between CAPsMAN manager and CAPs (additional fixes);
What’s new in 7.19beta6 (2025-Mar-19 09:56):
*) bridge - fixed issue when local MACs were removed unnecessarily;
*) bridge - offload VXLAN only if another HW offloaded port exists in the bridge;
*) dhcp-server - improved stability when dual stack is used and one of the servers is removed (introduced in v7.19beta2);
*) dhcpv4/v6-client - fixed default route when DHCP client interface is in VRF;
*) dhcpv6-server - allow unsetting prefix-pool for static bindings and show warning if prefix is not in selected prefix-pool;
*) file - fixed missing files from The Dude (introduced in v7.18);
*) lte - Chateau 5G R16 fix DHCP relay packet forwarding using LTE interface;
*) net - remove support for automatic multicast tunneling (AMT) interface (introduced in v7.18);
*) netinstall-cli - clear old configuration before user script using “-s”;
*) ovpn - properly match GCM hardware acceleration capabilities (introduced in v7.17);
*) route - improve stability on BGP reconnect;
*) x86 - remove unnecessary console output on shutdown;
What’s new in 7.19beta5 (2025-Mar-12 12:42):
*) certificate - added built-in root certificate authorities store (additional fixes);
*) console - fixed issue with file-name completion (introduced in v7.18);
*) container - fixed repository name handling to prevent redirect issues when basic authentication is used;
*) dhcpv4-client/server - added support for DHCPv4 reconfigure messages;
*) dhcpv6-server - change static binding bound status to waiting on server disable;
*) dhcpv6-server - improved stability when disabled server have static bindings;
*) firewall - fixed IP/Settings “ipv4-fasttrack-active” status showing as inactive when it is active;
*) queue - fixed system failure when CAKE kind queue was configured but queue type definition does not exist anymore (introduced in v7.18);
*) wifi - fixed incorrect attribution of 802.11be capability to 802.11ax APs in output of scan command (introduced in v7.19beta2);
*) wifi - fixed sending of reassociation response frames (introduced in v7.19beta2);
*) wifi - improved stability for wifi interfaces;
What’s new in 7.19beta4 (2025-Mar-06 14:10):
*) bridge - fixed dhcp-snooping in QinQ setups (additional fixes);
*) console - added on-error to “for” and “foreach” loops;
*) console - added proplist to monitor command;
*) console - do not treat return values as errors in scripts run from scheduler;
*) console - enabled verbose error logging for non-scripted/non-verbose imports;
*) console - improve time value handling;
*) console - validate script arguments (do, on-error, etc.) and reject invalid values;
*) dhcpv4-server - “Relay-Agent-Information” (82) option moved at the end of option list in response packets;
*) file - added show-hidden parameter to /file/print, allowing referencing and deleting hidden files;
*) hotspot - improvements to memory usage;
*) lte - additional fixes for eSIM management support;
*) lte - AT modems, improved redialing when modem lost connectivity without notifying host about APN status change;
*) lte - initial support for user settable modem redial timer;
*) netinstall - fixed issue with launching the app (introduced in v7.19beta2);
*) netinstall - provide warning if memory on installed router is full after installation;
*) ospf - fixed “mismatch” typo in logs;
*) port - added support for Huawei E3372-325 variant (vendor-id=“0x3566” device-id=“0x2001”);
*) port - added USB mode switch support for “huawei-alt-mode”;
*) port - improvements to KNOT BG77 modem port channel handling;
*) rose-storage - show btrfs balance and scrub errors if any;
*) torch - improved data reporting;
*) wifi - display error when trying to run snooper on interface which does not support wireless packet capture (sniffer);
*) wifi - fix possible snooper crash when parsing frames with malformed headers;
*) wifi - implement WPA2 PSK authentication with key derivation using SHA256 (CLI only);
*) wifi - improve parsing of captured frames which have nested flags in radiotap header;
*) wifi-qcom - fix OWE authentication for 802.11ac interfaces in station mode;
*) winbox - added comment under “User Manager/Routers” menu;
*) winbox - added netmask support for switch rule Src/Dst IPv6 Address settings;
*) winbox - fixed “Multi Passphrase Group” setting for wifi;
*) x86 - i40e updated driver to 2.27.8 version;
What’s new in 7.19beta2 (2025-Feb-28 08:58):
*) arp - added warning, when “Published” ARP entry used on an interface with “reply-only” ARP mode enabled;
*) bgp - added input.filter-community;
*) bgp - fixed input.accept-community;
*) bgp - fixed memory leak on receiving notify and closing session;
*) bgp - improved performance on BGP input;
*) bonding - added setting for LACP active/passive modes;
*) bridge - added new STP monitoring fields for bridge and ports (Tx/Rx BPDU, Tx/Rx TC, forward/discard transitions, last topology change, message-age, max-age, remaining-hops, bridge-id);
*) bridge - fixed bridge port hang when using invalid port IDs;
*) bridge - fixed dhcp-snooping in QinQ setups;
*) bridge - fixed minor memory leak on link down;
*) bridge - fixed multicast packet flow on hardware offloaded bridge which acts as “multicast-router”;
*) bridge - improved default bridge and port layout on console and GUI;
*) bridge - improved stability in case of configuration error (introduced in v7.15);
*) bridge - moved “TCHANGE” logs from bridge,stp to bridge,stp,debug;
*) bridge - rename “ports” to “interface” under MDB table for configuration consistency with other menus;
*) bridge - renamed STP monitor fields (port-number to port-id, designated-port-number to designated-port-id, designated-bridge to designated-bridge-id);
) bridge - show designated- monitor field for all port roles;
*) bridge - show warning instead of causing error when using multicast MAC as admin-mac (introduced in v7.17);
*) capsman - fixed “undo” command for cap interfaces;
*) certificate - added built-in root certificate authorities store;
*) certificate - do not include CA identity in SCEP POST requests;
*) certificate - improve error message when trying to use certificate;
*) certificate - optimize trust store;
*) cloud - fixed issues when BTH is toggled fast between enable/disable;
*) cloud - improved “BTH Files” web page design;
*) console - disallow incomplete double-quoted arguments (allows multiline string pasting);
*) console - fixed issue with files when using scripts (introduced in v7.18);
*) console - fixed misaligned multiline in brief print mode;
*) console - improved file add/remove process stability;
*) console - set “/system/note show-at-login=yes” the default value after configuration reset;
*) container - allow changing container name;
*) container - try to derive a user readable container name from remote image or file;
*) dhcpv4 - improved outgoing packet logging;
*) dhcpv4-server - accept packets with htype 6;
*) dhcpv4/v6-client - added check-gateway parameter;
*) dhcpv6-client - allow selecting to which routing tables add default route;
*) dhcpv6-relay - clear saved routes on DHCP release;
*) dhcpv6-relay - show client address;
*) dhcpv6-server - change bound status to waiting on binding disable;
*) dhcpv6-server - fix when expired static binding is declined with false “binding belogs to another server” reason;
*) dhcpv6-server - improved stability when disabling server with active bindings;
*) disk - add “sector-size” property in print detail;
*) disk - add reset-counters to /disk btrfs filesystem;
*) dlna - improved folder indexing behavior;
*) dns - improved DNS server service stability;
*) dot1x - fixed dynamic switch ACL rules on boards with a lot of ports (e.g. CRS520);
*) ethernet - improved Ethernet and PoE port mapping to ensure a consistent and reliable interface order;
*) file - improved responsiveness on slow filesystems;
*) firewall - always show “passthrough” when exporting mangle table;
*) firewall - detect VRF addresses as local;
*) health - hide settings in CLI if there is nothing to show;
*) health - improved performance on devices with simple voltage sensors;
*) igmp-proxy - do not try to send leave message for multicast groups that the device itself has joined on the upstream interface (cosmetic fix for proxy error logs);
*) iot - improvement to lora dev-addr-validation behavior;
*) iot - improvement to lora join eui/net id filtering behavior;
*) ip-service - show all TCP/UDP connections on the system;
*) ip-service - show all TCP/UDP ports on system, including ports in containers;
*) ip-service - show error message when service enable fails;
*) ipv6 - avoid watchdog reboot due to link-local IPv6 address reconfiguration on thousand of interfaces at once;
*) l2tp-ether - improved stability when trying to connect to disabled L2TP server with IPsec;
*) l3hw - remove VLAN tag before VXLAN encapsulation (fixes pvid behavior for bridged VXLAN);
*) log - added additional CEF fields from firewall and login logs;
*) log - populate in/out fields in firewall CEF logs with correct data;
*) lte - added UICC parameter in LTE monitor for R11e-4G modem;
*) lte - fixed modem recovery after firmware upgrade for R11e-LTE modem;
*) lte - fixed Router Advertisement processing issue for AT modems when an APN with “ip-type=ipv6” was configured;
*) lte - improved dialer for EC200A-EU modem;
*) lte - set apn profile name the same as apn if no name specified when creating the profile;
*) netinstall - improved network socket re-opening when NIC status changes while running the server;
*) netinstall - show warning when network configuration on PC might not be appropriate for installation;
*) netinstall-cli - fixed issue with applying the branding package;
*) ovpn - disable hardware accelerator for GCM on MMIPS CPUs (introduced in v7.18);
*) ovpn-server - do not reset active connections when changing comment or name;
*) pimsm - fixed issue where own query caused querier detection;
*) poe-out - upgraded firmware for 802.3at/bt PSE controlled boards (the update will cause brief power interruption to PoE-out interfaces);
*) ppc - fixed VLAN TCP packet transmit on PPC devices;
*) profiler - improved process classification;
*) ptp - added “ptp” logging topic;
*) quickset - improved system stability;
*) rose-storage - fixes for btrfs;
*) route - added options to set dynamic-in and connected-in chains in /routing/settings;
*) route - fixed stuck output when calling prints from multiple routing menus;
*) route - make AFI naming consistent;
*) route - show BGP session name instead of cache-id;
*) route-filter - improved performance;
*) sfp - added sfp-encoding data output from EEPROM;
*) sniffer - add max-packet-size (2k-64k) setting to be able to sniffer more than 2k data per packet;
*) ssh - fixed authorization with SSH key when multiple user SSH public keys are imported;
*) ssl/tls - respond with more precise alert error messages;
*) ssl/tls - send certificate authority in Certificate message even if it is not trusted;
*) switch - do not count rx-too-long multiple times on 100Gbps QSFP28;
*) switch - fixed egress mirroring for packets coming from external CPU port (e.g. CRS520, CCR2216, CCR2116);
*) switch - flush CPU port FDB entries on switch disable;
*) switch - improve rate limit accuracy for MT7531, MT7621, EN7562CT;
*) switch - improved boot stability on devices with Alpine CPU and switch chip;
*) switch - improved stability when enabling IGMP snooping with VXLAN (introduced in v7.18);
*) system - improved internal “flash/” prefix handling for different file path related settings;
*) webfig - allow table column resize over side toolbar;
*) webfig - don’t reorder rows when selecting header cells with Alt+click;
*) webfig - show IPv6 firewall connections;
*) webfig - show missing data in “IP/DNS/Cache” records;
*) wifi - add channel.reselect-time parameter which allows to perform channel re-sellection at given time of day (CLI only);
*) wifi - add information on CAP uptime and connection uptime in “Remote CAP” list;
*) wifi - added “eap-identity” to registration table;
*) wifi - added SSID to logs;
*) wifi - fix authentication of clients which omit some RSN information at association;
*) wifi - fix incorrect info about current channel for station interfaces after AP has switched channel (introduced in v7.17);
*) wifi - re-word log entries about disconnections which are likely caused by peer using a wrong passphrase;
*) wifi - use at least TLS 1.2 for securing connection between CAPsMAN manager and CAPs;
*) wifi-qcom - fix inability of interfaces in station mode to connect if they do not support full bandwidth of AP;
*) winbox - added “MAC Telnet” under “Wifi/Registration” menu;
*) winbox - added “Multi Passphrase Group” for wifi;
*) winbox - added “Reset MAC address” for legacy wireless and wifi;
*) winbox - added country to wireless setup-repeater;
*) winbox - changed default wireless wds-cost-range values;
*) winbox - do not show not relevant values for certificate template;
*) winbox - fixed missing SMB client on non-ROSE devices;
*) winbox - fixed switch menu for Chateau 5G;
*) winbox - improve graphing efficiency when communicating with WinBox;
*) wireguard - add wg-import config-string parameter to import config directly from terminal;
*) wireguard - update peer info on “get” command;
*) wireless - added “eap-identity” to registration table;
*) wireless - implement handling of RADIUS disconnect messages by CAPsMAN;
*) wireless - suggest all legitimate frequencies for interfaces with 20/40mhz-XX channel width in GUI;
*) x86 - added support for Emulex NIC;
To upgrade, click “Check for updates” at /system package in your RouterOS configuration interface, or head to our download page: http://www.mikrotik.com/download
If you experience version related issues, then please send supout file from your router to support@mikrotik.com. The file must be generated while a router is not working as suspected or after some problem has appeared on the device
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