RouterOS 7.12 released

What's new in 7.12 (2023-Nov-09 09:45):

!) ethernet - changed "advertise" and "speed" arguments, and removed "half-duplex" setting under "/interface ethernet" menu;

!) health - removed "temperature" health entry from boards, where it was the same as "sfp-temperature";

!) sfp - convert configuration to support new link modes for SFP and QSFP type of interfaces;

*) api - fixed fetching objects with warning option from REST API;

*) bfd - fixed sessions when setting VRF;

*) bfd - improved system stability;

*) bgp - fixed "atomic-aggregate" always set in output;

*) bgp - fixed "input.filter-chain" argument selection in VPN configuration;

*) bgp - fixed local and remote port settings for BGP connections;

*) bgp - fixed typos and missing spaces in log messages;

*) bgp - implemented IGP metric sending in BGP messages;

*) bgp - improved logging;

*) bgp - increase "hold-time" limit to 65000;

*) bluetooth - added basic support for connecting to BLE peripheral devices;

*) bluetooth - use "g" units when decoding MikroTik beacon acceleration on peripheral devices menu;

*) bridge - fixed fast-path forwarding with HW offloaded vlan-filtering (introduced in v7.11);

*) bridge - fixed untagged VLAN entry disable;

*) bridge - fixed vlan-filtering stability with HW and non-HW offloaded ports (introduced in v7.10);

*) bridge - improved system stability;

*) bridge - improved vlan-filtering bridge stability with CAPsMAN (introduced in v7.11);

*) bth - added "Back To Home" VPN service for ARM, ARM64, and TILE devices;

*) calea - improved system stability when trying to add rules without the CALEA package;

*) certificate - allow to get and maintain Let's Encrypt certificate in IPv6 environment;

*) certificate - allow to remove issued certificates when CRL is not used;

*) certificate - fixed "subject-alt-name" duplicating itself when SCEP is used;

*) certificate - fixed certificate auto renewal via SCEP;

*) certificate - improved certificate validation logging error messages;

*) certificate - log CRL HTTP errors under the "error" logging topic;

*) chr - iavf updated driver to 4.9.1 version;

*) chr - increased OVA default RAM amount from 160MB to 256MB;

*) console - added ":jobname" command;

*) console - added "as-string" and "as-string-value" properties for "get" command;

*) console - added "terminal/ask" command;

*) console - added "transform" property for ":convert" command;

*) console - display "End-User License Agreement" prompt after configuration reset;

*) console - export required properties with default values;

*) console - fixed scheduler "on-event" script highlighting when editing;

*) console - improved ":totime" and ":tonum" commands and added ":tonsec" command for time value manipulation;

*) console - improved multi-argument property parsing into array;

*) console - improved randomness for ":rndstr" and ":rndnum" commands;

*) console - improved stability and responsiveness;

*) console - improved stability when editing long scripts;

*) console - improved stability when using "special-login";

*) console - improved system stability through RoMON session;

*) console - improved system stability when using autocomplete;

*) console - improved system stability;

*) console - restrict permissions to "read,write,reboot,ftp,romon,test" for scripts executed by DHCP, Hotspot, PPP and Traffic-Monitor services;

*) console - show full date and time in scheduler "next-run" property;

*) dhcp - fixed DHCP server and relay related response delays;

*) email - rename "address" property to "server";

*) ethernet - added "supported" and "sfp-supported" values for "monitor" command;

*) firewall - added "ein-snat" and "ein-dnat" connection NAT state matchers for filter and mangle rules;

*) flash - show more accurate "total-hdd-space" resource property;

*) gps - expose GPS port for Quectel EM12-G (vendor-id="0x2c7c", device-id="0x0512");

*) ike1 - fixed invalid key length on phase1 negotiation;

*) ike1 - log an error when non-RSA keys are being used;

*) ike2 - improved rekey collision handling;

*) interface - added "macvlan" interface support;

*) iot - fixed an issue where applying a script to GPIO pin caused GPIO to stop working;

*) iot - fixed behavior where GPIO output state would change on boot;

*) ipsec - fixed Diffie-Hellman public value encoding size;

*) ipsec - fixed IPSec policy when using modp3072;

*) ipsec - fixed minor typo in logs;

*) ipsec - reduce disk writes when started without active configuration;

*) ipv6 - fixed IPv6 RA delay time from 5s to 500ms according to RFC;

*) ipv6 - send RA and RA deprecate messages out three times instead of just once;

*) l3hw - fixed IPv6 route suppression;

*) l3hw - improved system stability during IPv6 route offloading;

*) l3hw - prioritize local IP addresses over the respective /32 and /128 routes;

*) led - fixed "interface-status" configuration for virtual interfaces;

*) led - fixed 5G modem mobile network category LED colours;

*) leds - added "dark-mode" functionality for RBwAPG-5HacD2HnD;

*) leds - added "wireless-status" and "wireless-signal-strength" configuration types for wifiwave2 interfaces;

*) log - improved logging for user actions;

*) lora - added LNS protocol support;

*) lte - added at-chat support and increased wait time on modem at-chat for Dell DW5821e, DW5821e-eSIM, DW5829e and DW5829e-eSIM;

*) lte - added SINR reporting for FG621-EA modem;

*) lte - changed R11e-LTE ARP behavior to NoArp;

*) lte - fixed 5G data-class reporting for Chateau 5G;

*) lte - fixed APN authentification in multi APN setup for R11e-LTE6;

*) lte - fixed FG621-EA possible timeouts during firmware upgrade;

*) lte - fixed IPv6 prefix for MBIM modems in multi-apn setup when IPv6 APN used as not first APN;

*) lte - fixed RSSI for FG621-EA modem to show the correct value;

*) lte - fixed Sierra modem detection for modems with vendor-specific USB descriptors;

*) lte - fixed Sierra modem initialization;

*) lte - fixed startup race condition when SIM card is in "up" slot for LtAP mini;

*) lte - fixed sub-interface auto-removal in multiple APN setups;

*) lte - show correct data class when connected to 5G SA network;

*) lte - use more compact logging messages;

*) modbus - added additional security settings for Modbus TCP;

*) mpls - added option to match and set MPLS EXP with bridge and mangle rules;

*) mpls - fixed "propagate-ttl=no" setting;

*) mpls - improved FastPath next-hop selection hash algorithm;

*) mqtt - added on-message feature for subscribed topics;

*) mqtt - added parallel-scripts-limit parameter to set maximum allowed number of scripts executed at the same time;

*) mqtt - added wildcard topic subscription support;

*) netinstall - added option to discard branding package;

*) netinstall - display package filename in GUI Description column if package description is not specified;

*) netinstall-cli - added empty configuration option "-e";

*) netinstall-cli - added option to discard branding package;

*) netinstall-cli - allow ".rsc" script filenames;

*) netinstall-cli - prioritise interface option over address option;

*) netinstall-cli - updated configuration option description;

*) netwatch - decreased "thr-tcp-conn-time" maximum limit to 30 seconds;

*) ospf - fixed adding ECMP routes;

*) ospf - fixed BFD on virtual-link with configured VRF;

*) ospf - fixed OSPFv3 authentication header length calculation;

*) ospf - fixed OSPFv3 not working with NSSA areas;

*) ospf - fixed parsing of opaque LSAs used by TE;

*) ospf - fixed translated NSSA routes not showing in backbone;

*) ovpn - added "tls-auth" option support for imported .ovpn profiles;

*) ovpn - improved system stability;

*) pimsm - fixed BSR update process;

*) pimsm - fixed UIB update process;

*) pimsm - improved system stability;

*) poe-out - driver optimization for AF/AT controlled boards;

*) poe-out - fixed rare CRS328 poe-out menu and poe-out port config loss after reboot;

*) poe-out - improved "auto" mode for devices with single PoE-out port;

*) poe-out - removed "auto" mode support for L009 devices;

*) port - add support for Huawei MS237h-517;

*) port - expose NMEA/DIAG ports for Dell DW5821e and DW5821e-eSIM;

*) qsfp - added 50Gbps rate support for QSFP28 interfaces;

*) qsfp - fixed incorrect QSFP temperature readings in negative temperature;

*) qsfp - improved auto link detection for AOC cables;

*) qsfp - use sub-interface configuration for establishing link (for 40Gbps and 100Gbps links, all sub-interfaces must be enabled);

*) quickset - fixed "LAN" interface list members if configuration does not contain bridge;

*) rip - added BFD support;

*) rip - fixed session not working in VRF;

*) route - added "single-process" configuration setting, enabled by default on devices with 64MB or less RAM memory;

*) route - added "suppress-hw-offload" setting for IPv6 routes;

*) route - fixed gateway after link restart;

*) route - removed deprecated "received-from" property;

*) route - reverse community "delete" and "filter" command behavior;

*) routerboard - added "reset-button" support for RB800, RB1100 and RB1100AHx2 devices;

*) routerboard - fixed "reset-button" support for wAP ac and wAP R ac devices;

*) sfp - added 5Gbps rate for SFP+ interface on 98DX224S, 98DX226S, and 98DX3236 switch chips;

*) sfp - fixed missing "rx-power" monitor with certain modules (introduced in v7.10);

*) sfp - fixed occasional bad EEPROM data reading for L009 devices;

*) sfp - improved interface stability for SFP and QSFP types of interfaces;

*) sfp - improved system stability with certain modules for 98DX224S, 98DX226S, 98DX3236, 98DX8216 and 98DX8208 switch chips;

*) snmp - changed "mtxrGaugeValue" type to integer;

*) ssh - added support for user ed25519 public keys;

*) ssh - allow to specify key owner on import;

*) ssh - fixed SSH tunnel performance (introduced in v7.10);

*) ssh - improved connection stability when pasting large chunks of text into console;

*) supout - added interface list members section;

*) supout - added LLDP power to supout.rif;

*) supout - fixed BFD section;

*) switch - improved resource allocation for 98DX224S, 98DX226S, and 98DX3236 switch chips;

*) switch - improved switch chip stability for CCR2004-16g-2s+ devices;

*) system - fixed process multithreading (introduced in v7.9);

*) system - improved system stability during booting for L009 devices;

*) system - improved system stability when MD5 checksums are used;

*) tftp - fixed empty file name matching;

*) tile - improved system stability when using queues;

*) traffic-generator - added "priority" property for "inject" command;

*) traffic-generator - fixed traffic-generator on CHR and x86;

*) usb - added support for RTL8153 USB ethernet on ARM, ARM64 and x86;

*) vrf - limit maximum VRFs to 1024;

*) vxlan - improved system stability for Tile devices;

*) webfig - fixed "Days" property configuration change under "IP/Firewall" menu;

*) webfig - fixed timezone for interface "Last Link Down/Up Time";

*) webfig - improved Webfig performance and responsiveness;

*) webfig - try to re-establish connection after disconnect;

*) wifiwave2 - added an alternative QoS priority assignment mechanism based on IP DSCP;

*) wifiwave2 - added comment property for registration-table;

*) wifiwave2 - added station-bridge interface mode;

*) wifiwave2 - correctly add interface to specified "datapath.interface-list";

*) wifiwave2 - do not show default "l2mtu" on compact export;

*) wifiwave2 - enable changing interface MTU and L2MTU;

*) wifiwave2 - fixed malformed Interworking packet elements;

*) wifiwave2 - fixed PTK renewal for interfaces in station mode;

*) wifiwave2 - fixed re-connection failures for 802.11ax interfaces in station mode;

*) wifiwave2 - fixed sniffer command not receiving any QoS null function frames when using 802.11ax radios;

*) wifiwave2 - fixed untagged VLAN 1 entry when using "vlan-id" setting together with vlan-filtering bridge;

*) wifiwave2 - fixed warning on CAP devices when radar detected;

*) wifiwave2 - implemented an option to transmit IP multicast packets as unicasts;

*) wifiwave2 - improved compliance with regulatory requirements;

*) wifiwave2 - limit L2MTU to 1560 until a fix is available for a bug causing interfaces to fail transmitting larger frames than that;

*) wifiwave2 - list APs with a higher maximum data rate as more preferable roaming candidates;

*) wifiwave2 - log more information regarding authentication failures;

*) wifiwave2 - make 4-way handshake procedure more robust when acting as supplicant (client);

*) wifiwave2 - use CAPsMAN's "datapath.vlan-id" on CAP for bridge port "pvid";

*) winbox - added "Addresses" property under "Routing/BFD/Configuration" menu;

*) winbox - added "BUS" property for USB Power Reset button for LtAP-2HnD and CCR1072;

*) winbox - added "Comment" under "Routing/BFD/Configuration" menu;

*) winbox - added "g" flag under "IPv6/Routes" menu;

*) winbox - added "Host Key Type" setting under "IP/SSH" menu;

*) winbox - added "Key Owner" setting under "System/User/SSH Keys" and "System/User/SSH Private Keys" menus;

*) winbox - added "Name Format" property under "WifiWave2/Provisioning" menu;

*) winbox - added "Remote Min Tx" parameter under "Routing/BFD/Session" menu;

*) winbox - added "Startup Delay" setting under "Tools/Netwatch" menu;

*) winbox - added "USB" button under "System/RouterBOARD" menu for LtAP-2HnD;

*) winbox - added "Use BFD" setting under "Routing/RIP/Interface-Template" menu;

*) winbox - added Enable/Disable button under "Routing/RIP/Static Neighbors" menu;

*) winbox - added missing properties under "WifiWave2" menu;

*) winbox - added MQTT subscription menu;

*) winbox - allow to change port numbers for SCTP, DCCP, and UDP-LITE protocols under "IP/Firewall" menus;

*) winbox - allow to set multiple addresses and added IPv6 support under "Interface/VETH" menu;

*) winbox - allow to specify server as DNS name under "Tools/Email" menu;

*) winbox - changed "MBR Partition Table" checkbox to unchecked by default under "System/Disks/Format-Drive" menu;

*) winbox - do not show "F" flag for disabled entries under "IP/Routes" menu;

*) winbox - fixed "Address" property under "WifiWave2/Remote-CAP" menu;

*) winbox - fixed "Do" property under "Routing/Filters/Select Rule" menu;

*) winbox - fixed "Group Key Update" maximum value under "WifiWave2/Security" menu;

*) winbox - fixed "Range" property under "Routing/Filters/Num Set" menu;

*) winbox - fixed "Switch" menu for CCR2004-16G-2S+;

*) winbox - fixed entry numbering and ordering under "WifiWave2/Provisioning" menu;

*) winbox - fixed minor typos;

*) winbox - improved support for certain properties under "WifiWave2/Interworking Profiles" menu;

*) winbox - rename "DSCP" setting to "DSCP (+ECN)" under "Tools/Traffic-Generator/Packet-Templates" menu;

*) winbox - rename "Name" setting to "List" under "IP,IPv6/Firewall/Address-List" menu;

*) winbox - rename "Password" button to "Change Now" under "System/Password" menu;

*) winbox - show "unknown" value for "FS" property under "System/Disks" menu if the data is not available;

*) wireguard - added "auto" and "none" parameter for "private-key" and "presharde-key" parameters;

*) wireguard - added "wg-export" and "wg-import" functionality (CLI only);

*) wireguard - allow to specify client settings under peer menu which will be included in configuration file and QR code;

*) wireguard - request public or private key to be specified in order to create peer;

*) wireless - added more "radius-mac-format" options (CLI only);

*) wireless - fixed malformed Interworking packet elements;

*) www - fixed allowed address setting for REST API users;

*) www - fixed fragmented POST data for SCEP service;

*) x86 - added support for Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx NIC;

*) x86 - i40e updated driver to 2.23.17 version;

*) x86 - igb updated driver to 5.14.16 version;

*) x86 - igbvf updated driver from in-tree Linux kernel;

*) x86 - igc updated driver to 5.10.194 version;

*) x86 - ixgbe updated driver to 5.19.6 version;

*) x86 - Realtek r8169 updated driver;

*) x86 - updated latest available pci.ids;