TrueNAS Plans for 2026

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This blog outlines the plans for TrueNAS 2026. It includes a new annual release cadence that was requested by many on the forums. We worked out how to square the circle and do this while keeping our business momentum. Full text is below to simplify the discussion.

TrueNAS Plans for 2026

Your storage demands aren’t slowing down. Whether you’re powering AI workloads, protecting critical backups, or scaling media production, you need infrastructure that keeps pace without surprise costs or forced migrations.

2025 proved that’s exactly what TrueNAS delivers. From daily file sharing to cutting-edge data science research, nearly half a million systems worldwide ran on TrueNAS. Deployments like the all-NVMe powerhouse in the Amazon Prime Video NBA studio showcased what’s possible when storage stops being the bottleneck.

Now it’s time to look ahead. Here’s how TrueNAS will continue earning your trust in 2026 with software, services, and hardware that put you in control.

Where TrueNAS Stands Today

You have options depending on your stability and feature requirements:

TrueNAS 25.10 “Goldeye” is the current recommended version for new deployments, now at General availability with very few reported issues. A 25.10.2 update is scheduled for February. This is also the minimum version for TrueNAS Connect.

TrueNAS 25.04 “Fangtooth” remains the most widely deployed version and is still recommended for mission-critical workloads requiring maximum stability. Update to 25.10 at your convenience to access features like NVMe-oF and 400GbE support.

TrueNAS 24.x and 13.0 continue working, but are no longer receiving updates. If you need the latest security patches or features, plan your migration path to 25.10 or later.

What’s Coming in 2026

TrueNAS 26: Simplified, Strengthened

TrueNAS 26 marks a shift to an annual release cadence – fewer version numbers to track, more time to build confidence before upgrading. A straightforward, two-digit name simplifies versioning, with updates shifting from “25.04.2.6” to just straightforward “26.1” numbering. Nightlies are available for interested developers.

Starting with TrueNAS 26, you’ll see these straightforward version numbers instead of our fish-themed code names. This shift makes it easier for your team to track releases, plan upgrades, and communicate about your infrastructure across departments.

With this change to annual release comes an extended and enhanced development cycle. TrueNAS 26 will retain its primary version number while receiving feature packs, security updates, and hotfixes. This will allow more extensive testing by both the TrueNAS engineering team and give TrueNAS users more predictable update cycles.

TrueNAS 26 enters beta in April, with new capabilities:

  • TrueNAS Webshare with integrated search helps you find what you need across your storage, fast
  • Ransomware detection and protection lets you catch and prevent threats before they have a chance to take hold
  • OpenZFS 2.4 with hybrid pool improvements gives you the performance of flash where it counts and the capacity of HDDs where it’s needed to scale
  • LXC containers are fully supported, offering legacy CORE users with custom Jails a clear, stable migration path
  • Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS enables support for new hardware while providing long-term stability for your infrastructure

More capabilities will be announced as TrueNAS 26 progresses through its phases.

TrueNAS Connect: Cloud-Like Management, On Your Terms

Managing multiple TrueNAS systems shouldn’t mean juggling separate interfaces. TrueNAS Connect brings unified, cloud-style management while your data stays under your control.

Q1 Launch — For Technical Teams and Growing Businesses:

  • Connect Foundation (included): Deploy and configure TrueNAS systems without needing a keyboard and screen attached. Simplify your initial setup.
  • Connect Plus (subscription): Replication management, expanded Webshare access, and additional ransomware protection services for home businesses and enthusiasts.

Q2 Launch — For Enterprise and MSPs:

  • Connect Business: Designed for high-availability systems, larger fleets, and managed service providers who need visibility across environments.

TrueNAS Connect is available today, with our Early Connectors promotion offering an exclusive 50% discount for the first year of your TrueNAS Connect Plus subscription.

TrueCommand remains available for organizations managing systems across older TrueNAS versions or requiring on-premises deployment.

Appliances Built for Your Workloads

TrueNAS appliances deliver turnkey deployments with enterprise support, whether you need massive capacity, extreme performance, or both.

Terabit-Scale Performance: The TrueNAS R60 is the introduction of our fifth-generation hardware, supporting 400GbE networking and RDMA capabilities for demanding video editing, data science, and AI workloads. Additional appliances supporting TrueNAS Enterprise with High-Availability are in internal testing.

Hybrid Flexibility: Flash prices fluctuate, but your budget shouldn’t. TrueNAS H-Series systems support up to 12 NVMe SSDs or HDDs in each primary bay, with up to 102 additional HDDs capable of being loaded in an expansion shelf. in a single system. You get 80% lower cost per TB compared to all-flash, with performance that satisfies most workloads. Larger hybrid configurations are coming soon.

Intelligent Tiering: OpenZFS improvements in TrueNAS 26 will enable smarter data placement across NVMe and HDD tiers. Hot datasets can be pinned to flash, with cold data benefiting from the economics of spinning disk.

Unprecedented Density: With 26TB HDDs and 122TB SSDs now available, you can deploy over 1PB of high-performance NVMe in a single rack unit.

Whatever your requirements, there’s a TrueNAS appliance that fits. Contact us to discuss your needs.

Own Your Data

Data sovereignty isn’t just for governments. It’s for every organization and every individual that refuses to hand control to vendors who profit from lock-in.

TrueNAS delivers storage you can trust: predictable costs, portable data, and technology you can verify. That’s why more than 60% of Fortune 500 companies already run TrueNAS.

Ready to take control? Download TrueNAS Community Edition to experience it yourself, or contact our team to explore enterprise solutions.

Own Your Data. Start Today.

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New versions of TrueNAS every 6 months
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Hopefully the VM GUI and UPS support will get an upgrade. :grinning_face:

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I would not expect it unless it hits Stable for Debian

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…but they might choose a more sensible unit of runtime for UPS reporting than “days.”

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I now need a subscription for ZFS Replication?

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You can still manage ZFS Replication in the TrueNAS GUI. I think the TrueNAS Connect Plus tier just adds the ability to manage it through TrueNAS Connect, also.

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TrueNAS connect has a free tier which allows 2 boxes to be connected and I believe it supports setting up replication tasks.

You can can still use TrueNAS as normal, TrueNAS connect is optional.

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Is the network card used in the 400g option a ConnectX-7 or ConnectX-8? or use it broadcom thor 2?

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So … Will the first release of 26.0 be at the end of the year or when ?

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“Beta in April”
You work out how long it may take to get out of Beta.

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Ransomware detection and protection

malware scanner? snapshot roll back i assume for protection? great stuff for sure.

for myself, the biggest improvements truenas did in 2025 and till now was moving to docker support. this really simplified things for me and allowed me to move away from jailbreak (unofficial) to it.

and there was talk about being able to assign individual ips for docker app containers? not really sure what is the progress on that, cept it was something mentioned. would be really helpful.

Data sovereignty isn’t just for governments. It’s for every
organization and every individual that refuses to hand control to
vendors who profit from lock-in.

exactly. home users or even smbs. lots of digital stuff these days that need to be stored and back up. take for example this manhua company, they didn’t backup then their server died and they lost all the work they did, then people lost jobs and no one knows if they will ever resume “i am an evil god” manhua production or not (it was a popular series too). all because the person in charge didn’t believe in backups…. :sob: #fafo

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Per app ips was implemented June first …

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what about release the fishes as a screen saver? Seems a waste to hide these works of art.

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ty ill check it out.

*update

is it under

apps > container edit >

Network Configuration > host ips?

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Yes, done already

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We’ll update as we get closer to Beta.

Plan is 2 Betas, RC.1, Release + Longer testing cycles for higher quality.

Q3 is a reasonable assumption, but with release quality that is more like .1 or .2.

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This is correct… no capabilities have been removed from TrueNAS.

However, with TrueNAS Connect we have the ability to configure and monitor all of the TrueNAS systems from the one UI. This is not available on Foundation, but is available in the Plus tier @shoulders .

This is Enterprise functionality, but Connect lets us make it available to CE.

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The slower trueNAS updates is nice, but what would be really nice is not to have to update 40 plus Docker containers across multiple systems multiple times a week. My Linux desktop doesn’t update that much.

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We aren’t going to stop App providers from fixing bugs and adding features.

So, do you want automated updating… or just the leave the Apps running without updating?

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Watchtower does supposedly work I hear. I am increasingly tempted to use it because having the rare outage seems less annoying than updating basically every day at this point. My issue is what is an actual security issue that I need to update ASAP and what is just a normal update that I can save until end of week or month. Maybe some kind of tagging system? App update, security, maintenance maybe? I just want to know how important an update is.