| Area | Change | Action Required | |------|--------|------------------| | | Requires 64-bit with SSE2 | Pentium 4/Athlon 64 or newer. No 32-bit. | | Packages | Many legacy packages (e.g., squid 3.x, haproxy 1.8) removed | Switch to squid 4.x or haproxy 2.4+ from the package repo before upgrade. | | Captive Portal | RADIUS accounting formats updated | Update your RADIUS server dictionaries. | | RRD Graphs | Data format changed | Old historical data will be lost; backups of /var/db/rrd are not restorable. |
: As of late 2025, a maintenance update ( 2.8.1 ) was released to address stability and minor bug fixes from the initial 2.8.0 launch. pfsense-ce-2.8.0-release-amd64.iso.gz
If you're currently running an earlier version of pfSense CE, you can upgrade to 2.8.0 using the built-in update mechanism. Detailed instructions can be found in the [pfSense documentation](link to documentation). | Area | Change | Action Required |