Talos Linux v1.13.7 released on 21-07-2026
Talos Linux v1.13.7 is out now. The release upgrades the platform kernel and core components to improve device passthrough, container runtime stability and networking behaviour.
Read the full release notes and download binaries on the project GitHub: https://github.com/siderolabs/talos/releases/tag/v1.13.7
What’s in this release
- Linux kernel bumped to 6.18.39; CONFIG_IOMMUFD and CONFIG_VFIO_DEVICE_CDEV enabled and iommufd plus ifb.ko provided as loadable modules.
- Core components updated: containerd 2.2.6, Flannel 0.28.7 and CoreDNS 1.14.4. Talos is built with Go 1.26.5 and the release publishes the usual set of container images (kube components, talos, installer, overlays, etc.).
- Operational and UX fixes including CA certificates added to talosctl, proper backoff for NTP Kiss‑of‑Death responses, improved OOM podruntime protection, restartable auditing, avoidance of image cache mount churn and a new –no-reboot flag on the upgrade command.
Upgrade notes
- No breaking changes are documented in the release notes; review the GitHub release details and test upgrades before rolling out to production.
- If you need to roll back, the previous release is v1.13.6 — revert to those images and open an issue on the repository if you encounter problems.
Share your experience and any issues on the project’s GitHub issue tracker so others can benefit from what you find.
