- The OpenBSD project published a release notice for 8.0. The notice says it was released on October 20, 2026, and is OpenBSD release number 61.
- According to the original list, the qwx-family wireless LAN driver fixes roaming problems between access points, adds support for 40MHz channels, and adds support for 802.11n. These changes may change how wireless connections behave.
- Several sleep and hibernate fixes are included. The original mentions a change so that laptops do not fail to wake after the lid is closed, and a change that checks disk image size when resuming from hibernate.
- Many security fixes are also included. The original says vulnerabilities and memory errors were fixed in perl, libexpat, the pf firewall, the httpd web server, dhcpd and others, as stated in the project notice. The actual scope of impact is outside the original text and has not been confirmed.
O: Administrators running OpenBSD firewalls or servers may find this useful when deciding on an upgrade timing, by reading the 8.0 errata page and the full changelog and then trying the update on a test machine first.
X: The original article itself says it is a partial list, so the listed items are not the full set of changes, and differences in behavior between machines cannot be judged from the original text alone.