RouterOS version 7.21beta 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 7.21beta11 (2025-Nov-26 16:09):
- iot - added Modbus rx-switch-offset parameter which helps offset Rx window;
- ospf - fixed wrong LS Ack warning;
- pimsm - added comment for static-rp;
- port - fixed displaying "baud-rate=auto" on x86;
- wifi - added configuration parameters relevant to the upcoming WiFi 7 products (additional fixes);
- wifi - improved regulatory compliance for Bangladesh country profile;
What's new in 7.21beta9 (2025-Nov-25 08:08):
- bgp-vpn - fixed prefix matching for filters "dst" matcher;
- certificate - added certificate "trust-store" parameter (additional fixes);
- certificate - added option to configure built-in trust store (replaced "builtin-trust-anchors" parameter) (additional fixes);
- firewall - fixed "tls-host" not matching expected hosts;
- isis - improved service stability when receiving a hello packet;
- lte - provide firmware download URL when no LTE package installed on "SXT LTE3-7";
- lte - ask for user confirmation before installing eSIM profile (CLI and WinBox 4 only) (additional fixes);
- lte - do not retry activation for IPv4 and IPv6 APNs on QMI modems if only one address family is assigned;
- route - fixed some routes installed in main routing table instead of specified VRF;
- user - improved login service stability on busy system;
- wifi - add configuration parameters relevant to the upcoming WiFi 7 products;
- wifi - fix possible duplicate values for WPA3 authentication types in scan results;
- winbox - added missing "SM-DP+ Oid" LTE eSIM provisioning field;
- winbox - hide certificate "Issuer" field for certificate template;
- winbox - show "Trusted" field for certificate template;
- wireguard - added VRF option (CLI only) (additional fixes);
- wireless - improved system stability when stopping scan process;
Other beta changelogs:
https://mikrotik.com/download/changelogs?channelFilter=testing
What's new in 7.21beta2 (2025-Oct-06 16:06):
- arm64 - allow enabling receive packet steering on /system/resource/irq/rps menu in order to overcome unbalanced CPU load;
- bgp - added output.network-blackhole setting;
- bgp - allow duplicate router-ids for eBGP sessions (RFC-6286);
- bgp - always advertise extended nexthop cap for all supported address families;
- bgp - do not allow iBGP with non-equal ASNs;
- bgp - do not auto-generate blackhole routes by default (introduced in v7.20);
- bgp - fixed inactive flag in GUI after instance disable/enable;
- bgp - fixed route refresh subcode 0 warning;
- bgp - fixed selection of received BGP VPN routes;
- bgp - implement RFC 9234 route leak prevention and detection using roles;
- bonding - added lacp-system-id and lacp-system-priority settings;
- bonding - fixed lacp-mode=passive;
- bonding - improved stability for 802.3ad LACP;
- bridge - fixed filter and NAT matching with "mac-protocol=length";
- bridge - fixed missing local MAC after changing protocol-mode setting;
- bridge - fixed static host and MDB entry updates on VLAN add/remove;
- bridge - improved DHCP Option 82 values (circuit-id:"interface-name:vid", remote-id:"bridge MAC address");
- bridge - improved stability after failed protocol-mode=mstp change;
- bth - added file-share link preview;
- bth - fixed big file upload;
- bth - fixed file-share expire after reboot;
- certificate - added SHA384, SHA512 support for SCEP;
- certificate - allow ca-crl-host parameter for issued certificates;
- certificate - improved Let's Encrypt logging;
- certificate - on certificate import, added the "issued" flag if the certificate store contains the imported certificate's CA and its private key;
- certificate - refactored Certificate internal processes;
- chr - fixed guest OS type "Other Linux (64-bit)";
- console - added "mvrp" to mac-protocol setting;
- console - added changelog to /system/package/update/check-for-updates;
- console - added delimiter parameter to :toarray command;
- console - added reset command to settings directories;
- console - added sensitive flag to QR code in WireGuard "show-client-config";
- console - added show-sensitive option for print command, hide sensitive settings in print output by default;
- console - do not set values when "setup" command is interrupted;
- console - fixed :convert from=num on MIPSBE;
- console - fixed ".id" printing when using "group-by" (introduced in v7.20);
- console - fixed "special-login" setting incorrect channel;
- console - fixed autocomplete in fullscreen editor to append tabs, spaces, etc;
- console - fixed ip6-prefix visual representation;
- console - fixed relative path printing (introduced in v7.20);
- console - improved help for address arguments;
- console - improved printing visuals (column layout and paging);
- console - improved stability;
- console - remove unnecessary commands from /ip/hotspot/active menu;
- console - removed /quickset menu;
- console - return error values for certain commands if action failed (e.g. /system/routerboard/upgrade);
- console - show fullscreen script editor completions above hintbar;
- console - updated "Change your password" to "Change your password (Ctrl-C to skip)";
- container - added "/app" menu for simple containerized app installation (requires "container" package);
- container - added CPU usage;
- container - added hosts setting;
- container - added kill command to send signals (CLI only);
- container - added option to limit CPUs used by containers;
- container - added root dir size;
- container - added run command to allow interactive mode (CLI only);
- container - added stop-time setting;
- container - added update command (CLI only);
- container - allow to configure extra ENV variables directly in container;
- container - allow to disable/enable envs and mounts;
- container - allow to specify mounts directly in container;
- container - calculate volume sizes;
- container - convert container mounts setting to mountlists, old mount name becomes list name, list name can map to multiple mounts;
- container - enable relevant kernel features to support more container apps;
- container - fixed error for starting container which consists of large number of layers;
- container - fixed extract issues;
- container - fixed VETH when using long interface name;
- container - have per container layer-dir setting to be able to have separate layer stores for different sets of containers;
- container - improved stability and fixed other issues;
- container - show detailed import status, helps understand long imports;
- container - show image-id field (CLI only);
- container - store image import data (allows keeping container after netinstall);
- detnet - do not try detection on slave interfaces;
- detnet - fixed unnecessary process starting even when feature is not enabled;
- dhcp - allow to set other gateway types not just IP for dhcp lease "routes" parameter;
- dhcp-server - added "support-broadcom-tr101" setting to pass additional Option 82 suboptions to RADIUS server;
- dhcp6-server - attempt to extract MAC from DUID for dual-stack purposes when client uses DUID-EN type of DUID;
- dhcpv4-client - don't stop client on unsuccessful client option value change;
- dhcpv4-server - added setting allowing to select client-id, MAC address or both for dynamic lease addition;
- dhcpv4-server - improved logging;
- dhcpv4-server - improved setup wizard prompts relating to DNS;
- dhcpv4-server - respond with hlen 0 when htype is 8;
- dhcpv4-server - send RADIUS Accounting Stop messages when interim-update is zero;
- dhcpv6 - improved console hints;
- dhcpv6-client - do not show I flag for disabled client;
- dhcpv6-client - fixed misleading "couldn't acquire address, continue with prefix only" error when prefix is not even requested;
- dhcpv6-relay - added "about" error message option;
- dhcpv6-relay - enable configuration of options that are added to relayed DHCPv6 requests;
- dhcpv6-server - added accounting to use-radius setting, similar to DHCPv4 server;
- dhcpv6-server - improved event logging messages;
- dhcpv6-server - improved service stability when receiving DHCP requests for PPP service clients without included IA_PD;
- dhcpv6-server - include traffic usage statistics when accounting is stopped due to binding expiry and removal;
- discovery - correctly report PoE dual signature per-pair class;
- discovery - fixed MNDP IPv6 status reporting;
- discovery - send out neighbor discovery immediately on IPv4/IPv6 changes;
- disk - added nvme-tcp-server-nqn setting to be able to explicitly configure NQN, will default to "nqn.2000-02.com.mikrotik:slot" for new configurations;
- disk - allow ":" and "." in slot name;
- disk - allow only lowercase chars in iscsi-server-iqn;
- disk - allow to have type=file devices without rose-storage (needed for file based swap);
- disk - allow to set smb-share only for type=smb;
- disk - consolidate client states into single field, as each item can be only one type of "client";
- disk - do not allow setting raid-master when have filesystem;
- disk - do not allow starting Btrfs replace when replace is suspended;
- disk - do not delete partition configs on device remove and eject (fixes lost config with unstable hardware);
- disk - fixed for SMB mount to be writable by container;
- disk - fixed iscsi client;
- disk - fixed iscsi export disable;
- disk - fixed issue with double "/" in SMB share path for some clients;
- disk - fixed SATA eject/scan;
- disk - fixed write RAID superblock;
- disk - improved cleanup order to avoid waiting for timeouts on shutdown;
- disk - improved RDS2216 SATA controller;
- disk - improved system stability;
- disk - rename nvme-tcp client name to nqn everywhere symmetrically with server;
- disk - show NVMe critical warnings;
- disk - unshare iscsi and nfs client/server ids, add iscsi-server-iqn;
- disk - update interface type/speed after scan;
- disk - use default label when nothing specified when formatting from WinBox;
- dns - added VRF support for ":resolve" command;
- dns - added VRF support for DNS servers;
- email - return all errors to console when executed from console;
- eoipv6,gre6,ipip6 - added "dont-fragment" setting and allow packet fragmentation for packet sizes exceeding underlay interface MTU;
- ethernet - added "unsupported speed" for forced 1Gbps modes;
- ethernet - change default L2MTU 1518 to 1596 for RB5009;
- ethernet - fixed 2.5G-baseT link-partner-advertising on RB5009, hAP ax3, Chateau ax devices;
- evpn - fixed Ethernet Segment (ES) routes;
- fetch - added "http-percent-encoding" parameter;
- fetch - fixed http headers appearance when received payload is empty;
- fetch - send http-data for any http method;
- file - distinguish empty mount points from disks;
- firewall - added "h" flag indicating that firewall service helper is applied for particular connection;
- firewall - added support for TOS/mask matching for raw rules;
- firewall - fixed hotspot value loss on rule enable/disable;
- firewall - fixed strip-ipv4-options always passthrough;
- firewall - hide hw-offload setting from devices that do not support it;
- firewall - improved system stability and memory allocation when using firewall services;
- firewall - make hw-offload=yes default setting in /ip/firewall/filter menu;
- firewall - use the highest TTL as timeout value for domain address list entries if multiple domain names resolve to same IP;
- health - upgraded fan controller firmware to latest version;
- hotspot - added TOTP support for local hotspot users;
- hotspot - improved system stability;
- ike2 - adapt rekey procedure for compatibility with Libreswan;
- iot - added mqtt disconnect/connect GUI options;
- ip-service - do not duplicate entries for containers running in same netns;
- ip-settings - limit IPv4/IPv6 max-neighbor-entries maximum value;
- ippool6 - added "Valid Lifetime" and "Preferred Lifetime" options and use them when constructing IPv6 address;
- ippool6 - fixed minor memory leak;
- ippool6 - log address removal;
- ippool6 - take into account "subnet-id" when specified on address;
- ipsec - fixed CHACHA20 typo in log messages;
- ipsec - support Post-Quantum Pre-shared Key (PPK) with QKD integration;
- ipv6 - added "none" option for IPv6/ND/Prefix when advertising just options, not prefix;
- ipv6 - added "self" option for IPv6/ND DNS advertise settings;
- ipv6 - allow to specify on which interfaces to accept Router-Advertisements;
- ipv6 - do not disable/enable Router-Advertisements functionality based on IPv6/ND configuration;
- ipv6 - remove SLAAC installed DNS server and route on expire;
- isis - improved stability;
- l3hw - added per-VLAN "l3-hw-offloading" setting and "H" flag for /intervace/vlan menu;
- l3hw - display warning when partial offloading is active (suggest users to use suppress-hw-offloading to control which routes gets HW offloaded and which are CPU processed);
- l3hw - fixed partial offloading with /31 routes;
- l3hw - fixed per-VLAN counters when packets are going through CPU;
- l3hw - fixed VLAN and VXLAN counters for CRS520 device;
- l3hw - improved stability and performance during L3HW enable with many routes;
- l3hw - improvements and optimizations for IPv4 /32 and IPv6 /128 route offloading;
- l3hw - prioritize local IP address over ARP/neighbor entry with same IP (fixes incorrect packet flow);
- log - fixed ISO8601 time format;
- log - fixed remote logging on remote-protocol configuration change;
- log - fixed unnecessary file creation when configuring a disabled log action with "target=disk";
- log - hide irrelevant log action parameters;
- log - limit firewall log prefix length;
- log - limit log socket buffer memory size;
- lte - added "force-delete" command to allow deletion of active eSIM profiles;
- lte - added additional logging for error reported by modem during APN profile setup;
- lte - added command to send out EUICC generated notifications manually;
- lte - added confirmation prompt when deleting eSIM profile (CLI only);
- lte - added support for additional D-Link DWM-222 variation (vendor-id="0x2001" device-id="0x7e46");
- lte - added support for additional Huawei E3372-325 variation (vendor-id="0x3566" device-id="0x2001");
- lte - added support for R11e-LTE6 v039 firmware release and availability notification;
- lte - ask for user confirmation before installing eSIM profile (CLI only);
- lte - clear SIM not present error when performing modem FW upgrade;
- lte - discontinued support for RBSXTLTE3-7, further versions will use v7.20 LTE firmware package;
- lte - fixed cases where LTE monitor could show abnormalities;
- lte - fixed issue with firmware update for FG621-EA modem;
- lte - force sms-protocol to AT for FG621-EA modem;
- lte - improved AT modems at-chat control channel handling after modem has closed AT channel unexpectedly;
- lte - improved modem recovery for Chateau 5G and Chateau 5G R16;
- lte - improved stability for FG621-EA modem;
- lte - improved system stability when receiving SMS messages;
- lte - relay EUICC generated notifications after profile enable/disable/remove/provision;
- lte - rework multiapn support for AT modems;
- lte - unify "SIM not present" status for all modems;
- macsec - work on hardware-offloaded support (available only on QCA8081 PHY: RB5009, hAP ax3, Chateau ax ether1 port);
- media - fixed console autocomplete for path parameter;
- mpls - fixed LDP filter upgrade from v6 where neighbor parameter is not specified;
- mpls - fixed LDP label binding if nexthop is link-local address;
- netinstall - fixed install with old RouterBOOT;
- ospf - changed nssa-translator default value from no to candidate;
- ospf - improved stability;
- ospf - show interface as separate prop for interface and neighbor;
- ovpn-server - added support for pushing IPv6 routes;
- poe-out - added input name hint to poe max-power settings;
- poe-out - added LED blink on error for RB5009;
- poe-out - firmware update for 802.3at capable boards (the update will cause brief power interruption to poe-out interfaces);
- poe-out - firmware update for 802.3bt capable boards (the update will cause brief power interruption to poe-out interfaces);
- poe-out - improved firmware update stability;
- poe-out - improved power-on mechanism for 802.3at capable boards;
- port - added comment for /port/remote-access (CLI only);
- port - added support for additional baudrates for USB to serial adapters;
- port - do not show serial port for ATL 5G R16;
- port - fixed export for default serial port name;
- port - give "gps" prefix for R11e-LR8G and R11e-LR9G GPS ports;
- qos-hw - added "default" flags to default entries;
- qos-hw - added "mirror-profile" which allows to select profile (traffic-class) for mirrored traffic;
- qos-hw - always show usage and PFC counters, even when they are zero (CLI only);
- qos-hw - fixed counters for ports that are configured with "offline" tx-manager;
- qos-hw - fixed profile add/remove for CRS812;
- qos-hw - fixed shared-pools for CRS812;
- qos-hw - remove unnecessary "offline" tx-manager for CRS812 (not supported by hardware);
- queue - improved system stability when using SFQ kind of queues;
- quickset - fixed issue where routes set by Quickset did not appear in export;
- route - added options in /routing/settings to adjust check-gateway=ping timers;
- route - fixed SNMP output for ECMP routes having interface gateways;
- route - hide suppress-hw-offload setting from devices that do not support it;
- route - improved stability;
- route - improved system stability with multicast routing;
- route - make check-gateway=ping work on p2p interface gateways;
- route - removed /routing stats mem-blocks;
- routerboot - fixed boot MAC for CRS305-1G-4S+ and CRS328-4C-20S-4S+ switches ("/system routerboard upgrade" required);
- sfp - expose sfp-cmis-module-state to monitor;
- sfp - filter out non-breakout modes for breakout modules;
- sfp - fixed combo-mode change for CRS326-4C+20G+2Q+;
- sfp - fixed missing link up/down notifies;
- sfp - improved initialization and linking for 25G DAC on CRS812;
- sfp - improved system stability with some GPON modules for CRS418, CCR2004 and CCR2116 devices;
- sfp - recognize 40G Active Cable (XLPPI);
- sfp - remove 40G-baseCR4, 40G-baseSR4-LR4 from sfp-supported list for qsfp28-x-3 interfaces;
- snmp - added lldpLocChassisId OID;
- snmp - count only "bound" leases for mtxrDHCPLeaseCount OID;
- snmp - make lldpLocPortId and lldpLocPortDesc OIDs information consistent with LLDP TLVs;
- ssh - renamed User SSH keys "key-owner" field to "info";
- ssh - "always-allow-password-login" replaced with "password-authentication" in SSH settings;
- ssh - added support for ED25519-SK keys;
- ssh - improved logging of failed login attempts;
- ssh - refactored SSH service internal processes;
- supout - added info log entry when autosupout.rif is generated;
- switch - added dynamic "copy-to-cpu" ACL rule for loop-protecct;
- switch - automatically add local bridge MAC to switch FDB;
- switch - improved stability on MediaTek switch chips;
- swos - fixed "allow-from" setting for MIPSBE devices;
- system - added disks to /system/resource/hardware list;
- system - fixed local update package filename generation;
- system - fixed network header offset for interfaces with MAC (fixes VRRP Tx on IGMP snooping bridge);
- system - fixed potential configuration loss when available disk space was insufficient;
- system - fixed saving panic logs to autosupout.rif for ARM CRS3xx devices;
- system - improved incoming TCP connection responsiveness;
- system - improved system stability when processing GRE packets on TILE devices;
- system - improved system stability when using hardware-offloaded encryption on RB3011 and hAP ac2 (introduced in v7.20);
- system - improved system stability;
- system - limit number of interface-lists to 244;
- tr069-client - added LTE link recovery timer setting;
- tr069-client - allow disabling Device.WiFi.AccessPoint;
- traffic-generator - added support for injecting pcapng files;
- undo - do not show internally issued commands in /system/history;
- undo - show console commands in winbox/webfig for /system/history entries;
- usb - LTE modem and USB-Serial Controller enumeration fix;
- usb - support video capture devices for arm64 and x86, for passthrough to containers;
- user-manager - added RadSec support;
- veth - add container-mac-address setting;
- veth - added default print brief table mode;
- veth - added dhcp setting that allows to auto-configure IPv4 address, works when VETH is bridged with other interfaces and there is a DHCP server running somewhere on that network;
- veth - complain immediately when VETH gateway not reachable, more detailed error message when network setup fails;
- veth - show only when container package installed;
- vrf - added read-only property to IPv4/IPv6 addresses, ARP and IPv6 neighbor;
- vrf - allow setting comment on default "lo" interface;
- vrrp - do not show "ttl not 255" warning when received VRRP VRID does not match with configured VRID;
- vrrp - fixed gratuitous ARP being sent after VRRP is disabled (fixes packet forwarding on HW offloaded bridge after VRRP is disabled);
- webfig - added a hint for Undo/Redo buttons;
- webfig - added Apps menu to login;
- webfig - added capability to check/uncheck entry tree in skin designer;
- webfig - added Copy capability;
- webfig - added missing PPP types to Skin Designer;
- webfig - added TCP State column for connection tracking table;
- webfig - check if device is still reachable before disconnect on error;
- webfig - fixed container config memory high input;
- webfig - fixed form closing with saving when pressing Enter key (introduced in v7.20);
- webfig - fixed interface settings and graphs (introduced in v7.20);
- webfig - fixed issue where routes and PIM table did not load;
- webfig - fixed issue where Torch stops running;
- webfig - fixed name and title store in skins;
- webfig - fixed new item window name when using skins;
- webfig - improved container form loading performance when router has a lot of files;
- webfig - improved mikrotik_logo.svg;
- webfig - increase graph width for better scaling;
- webfig - increase maximum number size in forms;
- webfig - make close button a button instead of link;
- webfig - make combobox accessible to screen readers;
- webfig - remember last user in login page;
- webfig - turn off auto-capitalize and auto-correct for on-screen keyboards;
- wifi - added "CAP" information field on interfaces view;
- wifi - added CAPsMAN forwarding support (datapath.traffic-processing=on-capsman);
- wifi - enable configuration of "3gpp-info-raw" and "realms-raw" interworking parameters;
- wifi - fixed issue when trying to use interface as bonding slave;
- wifi - fixed multi-passphrase usage in combination with access-list;
- wifi - fixed possible memory leak when failing to start AP on chosen channel;
- wifi - fixed some CAPsMAN settings to be optional;
- wifi - improved formatting of FT request action frames;
- wifi - improved stability when capturing data at high rates with wifi sniffer;
- wifi - increased accounting interval, maximum client entry count for 2.4GHz probe response delay feature;
- wifi - rename ft-wpa2-eap authentication type to "ft-eap";
- wifi - split access-list time property in days and time;
- wifi-qcom - added Unsolicited BSS Transition Management Request support;
- wifi-qcom - enable forcing RTS/CTS hardware protection modes;
- wifi-qcom - improved default RTS/CTS policy for CPE station radios;
- wifi-qcom - multicast-enhance will no longer apply for station mode configured devices;
- winbox - added file selector for BTH files;
- winbox - added support for new settings and fixed several existing ones;
- winbox - Bandwith test, Speed test, Ping, Traceroute tools use RouterOS DNS service to resolve domain names;
- winbox - fixed "Too many entries" not showing in WinBox v4;
- winbox - fixed Disk iscsi/smb configuration;
- winbox - fixed Disk NVMe-TCP configuration;
- winbox - fixed Dude/Tools appearance after Apply action;
- winbox - fixed graphs in some forms with big numbers;
- winbox - fixed WinBox 3 application failure when opening IPv6/Firewall/Connection entry (introduced in v7.20);
- winbox - hide IPv6 addresses for IP neighbors that no longer have them;
- winbox - make multiple address fields required;
- winbox - make separate inputs for WiFi Interworking "Authentication Types" and "Connection Capabilities" fields;
- winbox - move VRF from Ethernet to generic Interface table;
- winbox - restore route max object 10000 limit;
- winbox - show warnings in Disk menu;
- winbox - updated and shortened window titles (e.g. Address List -> Addresses);
- wireguard - added VRF option (CLI only);
- wireless - added last-ip parameter for the CAPSMAN registration-table tab;
- www - added option to disable individual web services in /ip/service/webserver and IP>Services>Web Server;
- www - improved stability (CVE-2025-10948);
- www - removed ability to publish directories via "/files" www service;
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
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