Proxmox VE 9.2 released with Dynamic Load Balancer, Linux kernel 7.0, and expanded SDN

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Proxmox Virtual Environment 9.2 was released in May 2026, based on Debian 13.5 “Trixie” with Linux kernel 7.0 as the new default. Key component versions: QEMU 11.0, LXC 7.0, ZFS 2.4, Ceph Tentacle 20.2.1, Ceph Squid 19.2.3.

Dynamic Load Balancer (headline feature)

  • New dynamic Cluster Resource Scheduler (CRS) monitors node and guest resource utilisation in real time
  • Automatically live-migrates HA-managed guests to balance cluster load while respecting HA rules
  • Configurable aggressiveness and sensitivity; replaces manual balancing scripts

Expanded Software-Defined Networking (SDN)

  • Native WireGuard VPN and BGP dynamic routing integration
  • BGP/EVPN filtering via route maps and prefix lists
  • OSPF route redistribution, EVPN controller options, and IPv6 underlay support
  • SDN dry-run mode for safe network configuration testing

HA cluster management

  • New disarm-ha / arm-ha commands to temporarily disable and re-enable HA cluster-wide during maintenance windows while preserving resource state

Custom CPU model management

  • Web UI now supports creating, editing, and deleting custom CPU profiles from the Datacenter section
  • Cluster-wide visibility into supported CPU flags

VM and container improvements

  • Live snapshots with TPM on supported storages; TPM support extended to iSCSI and ZFS-over-iSCSI
  • Improved VNC support and extended aarch64 architecture support
  • Containers: new mount point options, seccomp filtering, OCI User property support; cgroup v1 deprecation warning added

Security

  • Mitigations for Crackarmor, copy.fail, DirtyFrag, Fragnesia, ssh-keysign-pwn, and pintheft
  • Enhanced VNC session protections and privilege checks on VM actions

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