OpenBSD 8.0: released Oct 20, 2026

OpenBSD 8.0 was released on October 20, 2026, marking the project's 61st release and continuing its strong security record of over thirty years with only two remote holes in the default installation. The release includes significant improvements across multiple platforms including expanded virtual address space on amd64, hibernate support on arm64, RISC-V vector extension support, and enhanced suspend/resume capabilities. Key improvements also encompass kernel enhancements, memory management optimizations, and architectural updates including the retirement of loongson architecture support and the switch of sparc64 to the LLVM toolchain.