This page was created for ACS 4.23.0.0 release. It contains information about the planned features and updates.

Timeline:

Until May 3rd: accept new features, bug fixes and improvements.
May 4th: freeze the main branch. From this point, we would only accept critical/blocker fixes.
May 11th: cut RC1 and start the vote (1-3 weeks to work on the next RCs if necessary).

1. New Features

No.	Summary	Description (PR link, cwiki page, etc)	Current status (stage, assignee, date)	Note
1	API key pair restructure	Allows users to have multiple key pairs with different permissions, and define valid intervals for key pairs. PR: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/9504	Code/PR is ready. Needs testing. Assignee: bernardodemarco	Requires throughout testing
2	Add support to clone existing offerings and update them	https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/12357 https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/630	QA in progress
3	Support Firewall for public IPs in VPC	https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/12706	Dev in progress
4	Add conserve mode for VPC offerings	https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/12487	Dev in progress
5	Key Management Service (KMS) with HSM Integration	https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/12711 Key Management Service (KMS) with HSM Integration	Dev in progress
6	DNS Framework and Plugins	cwiki: DNS Framework and Plugins	Dev in progress
7	Guest OS rules	https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/10098	Needs conflict fixing and testing	Depends on github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/9074
8	KVM Native Incremental Backup	https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/12758 cwiki: KVM Native Incremental Backup (KNIB)	Needs review and testing

2. Improvements

No.	Summary	Description (PR link, cwiki page, etc)	Current status (stage, assignee, date)	Note
1	Multiple Quota improvements	PRs: https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/11810 https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/11689 https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/10892 https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/10506 https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/10505 More to be opened soon	Code is ready, but some PRs still need to be opened. Some of the open PRs need updating (conflict fixing). Others need testing from the community. Assignee: to be defined	Basic testing should be enough for most of the PRs, as the changes are isolated in the Quota plugin
2	Extensions: add sync, download functionalities	https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/11814 https://github.com/apache/cloudstack-documentation/pull/624
3	CLVM enhancements and fixes	https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/12617	Dev in progress
4	CKS: Allow affinity group selection during cluster creation	https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/12386	QA in progress
5	Add Guest OS mapping for windows server 2025 on VMware	https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/12358
6	agent, server: improve packet framing and use TLS 1.3	https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/11503
7	Allow OAuth provider per domain	cwiki: Allow OAuth provider per domain
8	Isolated network with Dynamic Routing IPv6	https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/pull/12811	Ready for review
9	Incremental backup for NAS B&R		Ready for dev
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(bi-weekly / monthly update, meeting notes, etc)