FreeCORE 15.0

Release notes for FreeCORE 15.0.

FreeCORE 15.0 is the first FreeCORE release: an independent fork of TrueNAS® CORE 13.3, rebased on FreeBSD 15. 15.0-RELEASE is stable.

TrueNAS CORE 13.3 systems upgrade straight to 15.0 in place, then continue on the project's update train.

Base System

• The operating system base is FreeBSD 15 (from FreeBSD 13 in CORE 13.3).
• Boot environments are managed with bectl, the native FreeBSD tool (earlier CORE releases used beadm). The System > Boot screens are unchanged. See Managing Boot Environments.
• The DHCP client is dhcpcd (earlier CORE releases used dhclient).

Update Infrastructure

• Updates come from the project's own update server and are verified against the FreeCORE Update CA. See Update Security.
• The update trains retain the TrueNAS lineage naming: TrueNAS-15.0-STABLE and TrueNAS-15.0-Nightlies.

Added

• Security keys (WebAuthn): hardware security keys as a second factor for web interface logins.
• Console login OTP: one-time passwords at local and serial console logins.

Maintained

• Jails, plugins, and bhyve virtual machines are maintained features. The plugin collection is served from the project's update infrastructure.

Removed

• Vendor telemetry (crash reporting and usage collection) is removed entirely, not just disabled.
• Enterprise-licensed surfaces are removed: High Availability/failover, KMIP, Fibre Channel port management, enclosure management, proactive support, and the TrueCommand integration.
• Vendor update, support, and analytics endpoints are not contacted.

Identity

• The system identifies as FreeCORE. Open-source license texts and copyright notices are unchanged, and the About dialog credits the project's descent from TrueNAS CORE. Deliberate heritage touches (train names, the Retro Logo option) remain.