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Multipass 1.16.2 download

A lightweight VM Manager that supports cloud-deployment simulation

Canonical, Ltd Virtualisation #8 Virtualisation
This is an older version. The current version is 1.16.4. Multipass 1.16.4 · Released:

Installer files 1.16.2

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Release notes

This Multipass 1.16.2 patch release fixes usage on the latest macOS 26, supports the new LXD backend, fixes backend issues in QEMU and HyperV, and improves process handling in Linux.
Bug fixes
- Fix Qt object lifetime during VM creation (#4772)
- Make image pruning resilient when last_used_at is missing and avoid timestamp overflow (#4336)
- Fix MacOS Tahoe 26 subnet collision in vmnet (#4383)
- Fix transition of suspended instances on change of snap revision (#4708)
- Refresh management IP on VM reboot in Windows (#4207)
- Allow signal propagation to dnsmasq in Ubuntu (#4237)
- Improve shutdown behavior of dnsmasq in Ubuntu (#4236)
New features & improvements
- Add inter-process locking + retry/backoff for transactional JSON writes (#4294)
- Support the new LXD 6/stable backend (#4725)
- Provide a stable UUID per VM (#4733)
New contributors
- @tobe2098's first PR
- @jimporter's first PR
Changes
See also the v1.16.2 milestone and the full diff: v1.16.1...v1.16.2.
Feedback
Please file issues on the Multipass GitHub for problems and feature requests, or join the Multipass Discourse forum to chat. You can also find us in the Multipass room on Matrix.

https://github.com/canonical/multipass/releases/tag/v1.16.2

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