Release Announcements
=====================

This is the first pre release of Samba 4.25.  This is *not*
intended for production environments and is designed for testing
purposes only.  Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting
system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/.

Samba 4.25 will be the next version of the Samba suite.


UPGRADING
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NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
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JSON Audit logging
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The two leading spaces before the opening '{' on JSON audit log lines have been
removed. And any embedded new line characters '\n' are converted to spaces.

Domain encryption types changed to AES by default
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The default value of the smb.conf option ‘kdc default domain supported enctypes’
now corresponds to ‘aes128-cts-hmac-sha1-96 aes256-cts-hmac-sha1-96’ (both AES
encryption types) if the domain functional level is 2008 or higher. This
addresses CVE-2026-20833.

REMOVED FEATURES
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smb.conf changes
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  Parameter Name                          Description     Default
  --------------                          -----------     -------
  allow dcerpc auth level connect         deprecated
  kdc default domain supported enctypes   New default     AES encryption types (if supported by domain)


KNOWN ISSUES
============

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.25#Release_blocking_bugs


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Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
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Please discuss this release on the samba-technical mailing list or by
joining the #samba-technical:matrix.org matrix room, or
#samba-technical IRC channel on irc.libera.chat

If you do report problems then please try to send high quality
feedback. If you don't provide vital information to help us track down
the problem then you will probably be ignored.  All bug reports should
be filed under the Samba 4.1 and newer product in the project's Bugzilla
database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).


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== Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.
== The Samba Team
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