Unraid OS 7.1.1 Now Available

Base distro updates vs. 7.1.0

• ovmf: version unraid202502

This minor update restores compatibility for VMs that failed to boot in 7.1 due to an upstream OVMF firmware change. If you run Fedora, Debian, Rocky, or other CentOS-based virtual machines, this patch ensures they launch correctly again.

Update now to get your VMs back online.

Key New Features and Enhancements

Storage and Networking Updates

• Import ZFS pools from other platforms including TrueNAS, Proxmox, QNAP, and Ubuntu
• Improved mover behavior
• Fixes for ZFS and btrfs device removal and replacement
• Improved DHCP handling

Wireless Networking

Unraid now supports wireless networking. While wired Ethernet is still recommended, WiFi adds flexibility for compact builds, mobile deployments, and environments without easy access to wired connections like dorm rooms, rentals, and apartments.

Key features:

• Connect via WiFi from the Network Settings → Wireless wlan0 menu
• Manual or automatic regulatory region selection
• Support for modern USB WiFi adapters using Linux in-kernel drivers
• Improved compatibility with Docker and WireGuard over wireless connections

VM Manager and Virtualization Improvements

Managing VMs is now easier and more efficient with many new options and fixes.

• User VM Templates: Save and reuse your own VM configurations for faster, repeatable setup
• Optional CPU Pinning:CPU pinning is no longer required; the OS will manage core assignment automatically
• XML View Fixes: Adjusting VM icons and editing from XML view is now more stable
• VirGL allows you to share Intel and AMD GPUs (and now Nvidia GPUs via Nouveau) between multiple Linux VMs simultaneously and provide OpenGL accelerated graphics.
• QXL Virtual GPUs: QXL is a high-performance virtual GPU option that is ideal for running lightweight desktop environments, testing Linux builds, or spinning up multiple VMs with shared graphics.
• Boot into GUI Mode: VMs using the QXL video driver can now boot directly into a graphical desktop environment

WebGUI Enhancements

A number of refinements make the web interface faster, more responsive, and more stable.

Updated CSS for future responsiveness

• Reworked underlying CSS as part of ongoing responsiveness work
• Minor visual changes (e.g., color adjustments)
• Most plugins should remain compatible
• Plugin developers can review updated styling docs

Improved handling of nchan issues

• Added automatic nginx restarts when this error is detected
• Dashboard and Main pages now auto-reload when brought into focus

Miscellaneous Improvements

Unraid 7.1 also includes a range of fixes and polish across various system components:

• New Firefox version:
  • Firefox 128.10 is now bundled via AppImage
• Improved SSH config handling:
  • Custom SSH configurations in /boot/config/ssh/ are now copied correctly on boot
• Enhanced diagnostics:
  • Better anonymization of usernames in configuration files
  • Improved handling of multibyte characters in syslogs
  • Errors during diagnostics are now logged to logs/diagnostics.error.log
• File Manager improvements:
  • Can now copy files from a User Share to an Unassigned Devices mount

Kernel and Core Component Updates

Unraid 7.1.1 ships with Linux kernel version 6.12.24-Unraid, introducing expanded hardware support and improved system-level capabilities.

• New kernel configuration options:
  • Pressure Stall Information (PSI) support
    • Disabled by default; enable with psi=1 boot parameter
  • Enclosure Services and SCSI Enclosure support
  • Compute Acceleration Framework (DRM_ACCEL)
    • HabanaLabs AI accelerator support
    • Intel Neural Processing Unit (NPU) support
    • Qualcomm Cloud AI hardware support
• Updated packages and components include:
  • glib2, ncurses, ethtool, kernel-firmware, libgpg-error
  • Core libraries, diagnostic tools, file system utilities, and more