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OpenBSD 7.9 released

[Posted May 21, 2026 by corbet]

The OpenBSD 7.9 release is<br>out, right on schedule. There is the usual long list of new features,<br>including improved architecture support, CPU scheduling on heterogeneous<br>systems, the ability to hibernate a suspended system after a configurable<br>delay, socket splicing, a<br>__pledge_open()<br>system call giving special access to the C library, and much more. See the<br>announcement and the full<br>changelog for details.

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