TrueNAS 25.04.1 is now available!

[ahmed_al-maamari]

Even when booting from version 25.04, I eventually encounter the same issue after some time.

From my observations, the issue began after I attempted to create Windows 11 virtual machine instances—that’s when all the problems started.

These two forum posts helped point me toward a resolution:

• Virtual machine instances break after moving System dataset pools. 25.04 - #7 by Eddez
• Upgraded to 25.04 from 24.10 - fails to boot - #8 by craigywsm

To recover the system, I did the following:

1. During boot, I used Option 8 to access the shell.
2. I deleted all three files related to middlewared located in the audit folder.
3. I removed all virtual machine instances using:

incus list
incus delete

4. I disconnected the data pool
5. I then booted into the 25.04.0 environment.
6. After verifying system stability for a while, I reconnected the data pool and restarted server

So far, the system has remained stable. I have not attempted to update again to 25.04.1, as I’m cautious about triggering the same issue.

I suspect the root cause is more closely related to the Windows 11 instances, rather than the system update itself. However, I haven’t yet confirmed this theory by testing 25.04.1 after removing the instances.