View source for List of updates in the nft command line tool

This page contains links to nftables release announcements. In addition to a summary of bug fixes and new features, each announcement typically includes examples of how to use new features.

See also [[List of updates since Linux kernel 3.13]], for the kernel side of nftables development.

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! style="text-align:left;" | Date
! style="text-align:left;" | Release Announcement
! style="text-align:left;" | Matching Kernel
! style="text-align:left;" | Comments

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| 2024-04-30
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=174532191318056&w=2 nftables 1.1.3]
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2025-04-14
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=174465273426347&w=2 nftables 1.1.2]
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2024-10-02
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=172790974719428&w=2 nftables 1.1.1]
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2024-07-16
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=172116299430028&w=2 nftables 1.1.0]
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2023-10-19
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=169771597127268&w=2 nftables 1.0.9]
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2023-07-14
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=168933264008248&w=2 nftables 1.0.8]
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2023-03-13
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=167873533514569&w=2 nftables 1.0.7]
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2022-12-11
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=167166501709408&w=2 nftables 1.0.6]
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2022-08-09
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=166007475409847&w=2 nftables 1.0.5]
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2022-06-07
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=165461289522999&w=2 nftables 1.0.4]
| 5.18
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2022-05-31
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=165399194307396&w=2 nftables 1.0.3]
| 5.18
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2022-02-21
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=164546566103765&w=2 nftables 1.0.2]
| 5.17-rc
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2021-11-18
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=163724233607275&w=2 nftables 1.0.1]
| 5.16-rc1
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2021-08-19
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=162939459210790&w=2 nftables 1.0.0]
| 5.13
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2021-05-25
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=162197756905358&w=2 nftables 0.9.9]
| 5.13-rc1
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2021-01-15
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=161074809318720&w=2 nftables 0.9.8]
| 5.11-rc1
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2020-10-27
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=160379555303808&w=2 nftables 0.9.7]
| 5.10-rc1
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2020-06-15
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=159225380419197&w=2 nftables 0.9.6]
| 5.7
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2020-06-06
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=159144250132190&w=2 nftables 0.9.5]
| 5.7
| This release broke ''vmap'' support, this is fixed in 0.9.6.

|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2020-04-01
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=158575148505527&w=2 nftables 0.9.4]
| 5.6
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2019-12-02
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=157532146917292&w=2 nftables 0.9.3]
| 5.5-rc
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2019-08-19
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=156621590113089&w=2 nftables 0.9.2]
| 5.3-rc1
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2019-06-24
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=156139496810281&w=2 nftables 0.9.1]
| 5.2
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2019-06-08
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=152849974510956&w=2 nftables 0.9.0]
| 4.18
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2018-05-10
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=152595594524056&w=2 nftables 0.8.5]
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2018-05-01
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=152521206028754&w=2 nftables 0.8.4]
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2018-03-03
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=152009279821556&w=2 nftables 0.8.3]
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2018-02-02
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=151759567102838&w=2 nftables 0.8.2]
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2018-01-16
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=151610774011377&w=2 nftables 0.8.1]
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2017-10-12
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=150785219810541&w=2 nftables 0.8]
| 4.14
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2016-12-20
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=148226682025890&w=2 nftables 0.7]
| 4.10-rc1
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2016-06-02
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=146488681521497&w=2 nftables 0.6]
| 4.7-rc1
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2015-09-17
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=144251853500774&w=2 nftables 0.5]
| 4.2
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2014-12-16
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=141869063212230&w=2 nftables 0.4]
| 3.18
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2014-06-25
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=140371155009356&w=2 nftables 0.3]
| 3.15
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2014-04-14
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=139747559724664&w=2 nftables 0.2]
| 3.14
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|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2014-01-20
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter&m=139022350623824&w=2 nftables 0.099]
| 3.13
| The first release intended for users.

|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| 2009-03-18
| [https://marc.info/?l=netfilter-devel&m=123735060518576&w=2 nftables first alpha]
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| First full public release, alpha quality not meant for users.
Release notes include design summary, with differences from iptables. 

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