Release Announcements
=====================

This is the first release candidate release of Samba 4.23.  This is *not*
intended for production environments and is designed for testing
purposes only.  Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting
system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/.

Samba 4.23 will be the next version of the Samba suite.


UPGRADING
=========


NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
====================

Enable SMB3 Unix Extensions by default
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todo

Add support for SMB3 over QUIC
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todo

Modern write time update logic
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todo

Initial version of smb_prometheus_endpoint
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todo

samba-tool improvements
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todo


REMOVED FEATURES
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smb.conf changes
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  Parameter Name                          Description     Default
  --------------                          -----------     -------
  smbd profiling share                    New             no
  client smb transports                   New             tcp, nbt
  server smb transports                   New             tcp, nbt
  winbind varlink service                 New             no

KNOWN ISSUES
============

https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_4.23#Release_blocking_bugs


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Reporting bugs & Development Discussion
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Please discuss this release on the samba-technical mailing list or by
joining the #samba-technical:matrix.org matrix room, or
#samba-technical IRC channel on irc.libera.chat

If you do report problems then please try to send high quality
feedback. If you don't provide vital information to help us track down
the problem then you will probably be ignored.  All bug reports should
be filed under the Samba 4.1 and newer product in the project's Bugzilla
database (https://bugzilla.samba.org/).


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== Our Code, Our Bugs, Our Responsibility.
== The Samba Team
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