liken 2026.10.21-001

Catalog it

Add this entry to your cluster's spec.releases.catalog, then set spec.version to the same version. The digest is the sha256 of the release document's exact bytes, and the document gives the digest of every artifact below.

  - version: 2026.10.21-001
    digest: sha256:7f5f6a9b9c118e31bb0264fba5cc46b4cd87dd18ecde86d97c13ebb1637b365b

The upgrade guide gives the rest of the steps. See release 2026.10.21-001 on GitHub.

What changed

Changes since 2026.10.20-001:

- Pin the lab's OVMF to a build that survives a warm reset
- Start a lab guest from a fresh QEMU process at each reboot
- Keep the CLI's plugin tests from running a plugin on the workstation
- Record the reboot hang on the release from before milestone 88
- Record that the lab's reboot hang is OVMF's DXE phase after a warm reset
- Regenerate the remove-nodes skill from its guide
- Add Disruptions and machine disruption budgets to every reboot turn
- Correct plan 88's download hold and the grant across releases
- Hold every Disruption, a person's included, while its machine downloads
- Plan Disruption and MachineDisruptionBudget as the one way a machine goes out of service
- Split firmware updates into OS capabilities and firmware-operator plans that use them
- Approve one firmware release per component, pinned to its cabinet
- Close firmware-operator plan 03 after the component-grouping drill

Artifacts

release.yaml is the document that lists them. LICENSES.md carries the third-party notices, and the source mirror serves the corresponding source for the components that require it.

What is inside