TrueNAS fans have released something new to test out. The developer has released the public beta of TrueNAS 25.10 “Goldeye,” the next version of the Community Edition that first unified TrueNAS CORE and SCALE earlier this year. That earlier release, TrueNAS 25.04 “Fangtooth,” has already been adopted by more than 130,000 systems, making it the most popular TrueNAS release to date.
The new beta is packed with dozens of fresh features, bug fixes, and architectural changes that will shape the October 2025 release. Testers are encouraged to dive in, kick the tires, and share feedback before Goldeye goes stable.
One of the biggest under-the-hood updates is the jump from Linux kernel 6.12.15 to 6.12.33, bringing stronger hardware compatibility and smoother performance. NVIDIA users will also notice changes. TrueNAS now ships with the company’s open source GPU kernel modules and the 570.172.08 driver. That means support for the latest RTX 50-series and Blackwell-based GPUs, but older GTX cards are no longer supported.
On the storage side, Goldeye ships with OpenZFS 2.3.3 and a TrueNAS-specific extension called ZFS File Rewrite. This allows datasets and files to be rewritten to pools when compression, deduplication, or vdev layout changes are introduced. In plain English, it lets advanced users rebalance data without downtime or breaking file attributes. ARC caching also gets faster with more parallelism, while DirectIO can skip ARC entirely for workloads that only need to read data once. That will be especially useful for high performance computing setups with plenty of cores and NVMe devices.
Integration options are also taking a leap forward. The old REST API is being phased out in favor of a faster JSON-RPC 2.0 over WebSocket system. It is fully versioned, documented, and already works with Kubernetes CSI, Proxmox, VMware, and Incus. The Web UI benefits too, with more responsive reporting and smoother statistics displays.
Goldeye also cleans up the virtualization story. Linux containers (LXC) and KVM virtual machines now have their own separate tabs with easier navigation and access to a TrueNAS-managed catalog of templates. VM migration has been improved, though production workloads are better off waiting until the October release. TrueNAS Enterprise users will eventually get a “Petabyte Hypervisor” option for running VMs right on storage appliances with high availability.
Networking gets its share of love as well. Alongside iSCSI and Fibre Channel, TrueNAS 25.10 now supports NVMe over Fabrics. NVMe/TCP is broadly supported across client operating systems, while NVMe/RDMA is reserved for Enterprise hardware with the right NICs and switch configurations.
Other highlights include smarter update profiles, improved pool migration for apps, a cleaner Web UI layout, and automatic SMART test scheduling that reduces false positives. The iXsystems branding is officially gone too, with everything unified under the TrueNAS name.
Enterprise appliances running early builds of Goldeye are already showing support for higher capacities, STIG security, and 400GbE networking. Additional enhancements are expected before release.
So should you install it today? If you are running a production system, stick with TrueNAS 25.04.2.1 until Goldeye matures. But if you like testing new tech and do not mind a few rough edges, the beta is ready for download. The stable release is scheduled for October, with Enterprise adoption likely in early 2026.
