2.8.x

Issues

• DCO: feature negotiation with kernel

  DCOenhancementFreeBSDlinuxWindows
  OpenVPN/openvpn#865 · Filter by author cron2 opened on Oct 11, 2025 · 2.8.x
  

• Merge openvpnserv2 into openvpnserv

  Windows
  Feature

  OpenVPN/openvpn#877 · Filter by author flichtenheld opened on Oct 25, 2025 · 2.8.x
  

• Remove all privileged operations from Windows openvpn.exe

  Windows
  Feature

  OpenVPN/openvpn#878 · Filter by author flichtenheld opened on Oct 25, 2025 · 2.8.x
  

• Get rid of --ip-win32 and --route-method

  outdated codeWindows
  OpenVPN/openvpn#251 · Filter by author cron2 opened on Feb 13, 2023 · 2.8.x
  2

  

• replace --fast-io with something fast

  enhancement
  OpenVPN/openvpn#934 · Filter by author cron2 opened on Dec 10, 2025 · 2.8.x
  

• Feature Request: make multihome on-by-default

  enhancementnon-trivial change
  OpenVPN/openvpn#316 · Filter by author cron2 opened on Apr 13, 2023 · 2.8.x
  1

• Internal routing precedence of broad iroute overshadowing a server’s own local subnet within OpenVPN’s internal routing algorithm

  enhancementnon-trivial change
  OpenVPN/openvpn#956 · Filter by author Zrin opened on Jan 13, 2026 · 2.8.x
  9

• plugin_auth_pam: change default sync/async operation

  enhancement
  OpenVPN/openvpn#893 · Filter by author cron2 opened on Nov 3, 2025 · 2.8.x
  1

• Verify error for SAN only TLS certificates

  enhancementfeaturenon-trivial change
  OpenVPN/openvpn#1019 · Filter by author jouir opened on Apr 21, 2026 · 2.8.x
  10

  

• clean up GCs in use around options

  enhancement
  OpenVPN/openvpn#1061 · Filter by author cron2 opened on Jun 22, 2026 · 2.8.x

• warn on use of dhcp-option and dns on a server config

  DNSenhancement
  OpenVPN/openvpn#1062 · Filter by author cron2 opened on Jun 22, 2026 · 2.8.x