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Compatibility is a measured result. These reports show what FreeCORE preserves from TrueNAS® CORE 13.3, the exact release tested, and where the evidence stops.

CORE compatibility

FreeCORE 15.0-U1.3

Compared with TrueNAS CORE 13.3-U1.2

Release notes ↗

VM comparison

Passed

Inherited CORE behavior, compared against the reference in a virtual machine.

Preserved
1,729of 1,729 reference passes
Regressions
0within this comparison

1,730 cases · 74 API modules · 1 excluded

VM test detailsCoverage, module results and exclusions
Platform
AMD64 virtual machine
Tests completed

10 areas of inherited behavior, compared case by case. Open an area to inspect the module results. Counts describe the API checks performed, not every capability of a feature.

AreaPreservedExcluded
Storage 10 modulesPreserved: 227Excluded: —

Pools, disks, datasets, encryption, quotas and scrub configuration.

Storage: VM compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
Pool7—
Disk30—
Filesystem9—
Pool ACL mode25—
Pool datasets38—
Encrypted pool datasets94—
Dataset quota alerts2—
Pool import15—
Pool scrubs5—
SMART2—

No regressions in this area.

File sharing 12 modulesPreserved: 501Excluded: —

SMB, NFS, AFP, FTP, TFTP and WebDAV, including access controls.

File sharing: VM compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
AFP26—
FTP6—
NFS35—
NFSv4 ACL92—
SMB86—
SMB protocol38—
SMB ACLs9—
SMB share security53—
SMB registry100—
SMB snapshots25—
TFTP10—
WebDAV21—

No regressions in this area.

Data protection 3 modulesPreserved: 48Excluded: —

Replication, rsync and cloud synchronization APIs.

Data protection: VM compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
Cloud synchronization12—
Replication22—
Rsync14—

No regressions in this area.

Identity 6 modulesPreserved: 112Excluded: —

Users, groups, authentication and certificate management.

Identity: VM compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
User63—
Account2—
Authentication10—
Certificate5—
Certificate authorities1—
Group31—

No regressions in this area.

Directory services 7 modulesPreserved: 230Excluded: —

Active Directory, Kerberos, identity mapping, LDAP and NIS.

Directory services: VM compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
Active Directory100—
Active Directory Kerberos44—
Active Directory identity mapping26—
Active Directory identity cache13—
NIS1—
Identity mapping3—
LDAP43—

No regressions in this area.

Networking 3 modulesPreserved: 64Excluded: —

Network configuration, static routes and tunables.

Networking: VM compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
Network29—
Static routes6—
Tunable29—

No regressions in this area.

Block sharing 1 modulePreserved: 60Excluded: —

iSCSI configuration and lifecycle APIs.

Block sharing: VM compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
iSCSI60—

No regressions in this area.

System 30 modulesPreserved: 468Excluded: 1

System settings, boot environments, services, alerts and reporting.

System: VM compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
SSH10—
Interface35—
System dataset13—
Alert24—
Alert classes3—
Alert services28—
Boot4—
Boot environments15—
Core9—
Scheduled tasks8—
Device9—
Dynamic DNS8—
Init and shutdown tasks12—
IPMI7—
LLDP7—
Mail8—
POSIX permissions58—
Reporting1—
Service21—
SNMP91
Stats71—
System5—
Advanced system settings10—
General system settings10—
NTP servers6—
UPS54—
SSH host keys11—
Interface removal10—
User removal1—
API documentation1—

No regressions in this area.

Jails 1 modulePreserved: 18Excluded: —

Inherited jail-management API behavior.

Jails: VM compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
Jail18—

No regressions in this area.

Virtual machines 1 modulePreserved: 1Excluded: —

One VMware-integration API check; not a guest-lifecycle test.

Virtual machines: VM compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
VMware integration1—

No regressions in this area.

VM comparison total1,7291

One SNMP check needs a high-availability pair and is excluded on both platforms. Exclusions count as neither passes nor failures.

Four SMART lifecycle checks need physical disks and are omitted from the VM collection. They run in the physical comparison.

Test cleanup passed separately and is not included in these totals.

Physical comparison

Passed

The same suite on real hardware, with results reported separately from the VM tests.

Preserved
1,749of 1,749 reference passes
Regressions
0within this comparison

1,750 cases · 74 API modules · 1 excluded

Physical test detailsCoverage, module results and exclusions
Platform
AMD64 physical system
Tests completed

10 areas of inherited behavior, compared case by case. Open an area to inspect the module results. Counts describe the API checks performed, not every capability of a feature.

AreaPreservedExcluded
Storage 10 modulesPreserved: 225Excluded: —

Pools, disks, datasets, encryption, quotas and scrub configuration.

Storage: Physical compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
Pool7—
Disk22—
Filesystem9—
Pool ACL mode25—
Pool datasets38—
Encrypted pool datasets94—
Dataset quota alerts2—
Pool import15—
Pool scrubs5—
SMART8—

No regressions in this area.

File sharing 12 modulesPreserved: 501Excluded: —

SMB, NFS, AFP, FTP, TFTP and WebDAV, including access controls.

File sharing: Physical compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
AFP26—
FTP6—
NFS35—
NFSv4 ACL92—
SMB86—
SMB protocol38—
SMB ACLs9—
SMB share security53—
SMB registry100—
SMB snapshots25—
TFTP10—
WebDAV21—

No regressions in this area.

Data protection 3 modulesPreserved: 48Excluded: —

Replication, rsync and cloud synchronization APIs.

Data protection: Physical compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
Cloud synchronization12—
Replication22—
Rsync14—

No regressions in this area.

Identity 6 modulesPreserved: 112Excluded: —

Users, groups, authentication and certificate management.

Identity: Physical compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
User63—
Account2—
Authentication10—
Certificate5—
Certificate authorities1—
Group31—

No regressions in this area.

Directory services 7 modulesPreserved: 230Excluded: —

Active Directory, Kerberos, identity mapping, LDAP and NIS.

Directory services: Physical compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
Active Directory100—
Active Directory Kerberos44—
Active Directory identity mapping26—
Active Directory identity cache13—
NIS1—
Identity mapping3—
LDAP43—

No regressions in this area.

Networking 3 modulesPreserved: 64Excluded: —

Network configuration, static routes and tunables.

Networking: Physical compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
Network29—
Static routes6—
Tunable29—

No regressions in this area.

Block sharing 1 modulePreserved: 60Excluded: —

iSCSI configuration and lifecycle APIs.

Block sharing: Physical compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
iSCSI60—

No regressions in this area.

System 30 modulesPreserved: 490Excluded: 1

System settings, boot environments, services, alerts and reporting.

System: Physical compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
SSH10—
Interface35—
System dataset13—
Alert24—
Alert classes3—
Alert services28—
Boot4—
Boot environments15—
Core9—
Scheduled tasks8—
Device7—
Dynamic DNS8—
Init and shutdown tasks12—
IPMI7—
LLDP7—
Mail8—
POSIX permissions58—
Reporting1—
Service21—
SNMP91
Stats95—
System5—
Advanced system settings10—
General system settings10—
NTP servers6—
UPS54—
SSH host keys11—
Interface removal10—
User removal1—
API documentation1—

No regressions in this area.

Jails 1 modulePreserved: 18Excluded: —

Inherited jail-management API behavior.

Jails: Physical compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
Jail18—

No regressions in this area.

Virtual machines 1 modulePreserved: 1Excluded: —

One VMware-integration API check; not a guest-lifecycle test.

Virtual machines: Physical compatibility module results
API modulePreservedExcluded
VMware integration1—

No regressions in this area.

Physical comparison total1,7491

One SNMP check needs a high-availability pair and is excluded on both platforms. Exclusions count as neither passes nor failures.

SMART lifecycle checks run here. Device, Disk, SMART and Stats counts reflect the physical machine’s disks.

Test cleanup passed separately and is not included in these totals.

These comparisons overlap; their totals are never added together. Full test results and a signed report are available under Test evidence.

Feature tests

FreeCORE feature checks15 of 15 passed · 216 test cases · 24 test runs

These checks cover FreeCORE’s additions and changes, including installation, updates, storage and networking. FreeCORE 15.0-U1.3 passed 15 of 15 feature checks across 24 test runs covering 216 test cases.

FreeCORE feature test results for 15.0-U1.3
AreaCheckStatus
InstallationFresh installation and first bootPassed
ReleaseProduct identity and license noticesPassed
UpdatesSigned update, boot environment, and rollbackPassed
RuntimePython 3.11 runtime and middleware startupPassed
SystemService roster and removed-surface integrityPassed
Boot environment lifecyclePassed
StorageRAR filesystem opt-in lifecyclePassed
RAID-Z expansion and data preservationPassed
SMB dataset defaults and permission transitionsPassed
ZFS tunable translation and ARC limitPassed
FAT import failure safety on FreeBSD 15Passed
File sharingSMB Time Machine server behaviorPassed
NetworkingWireGuard server lifecycle and key protectionPassed
WireGuard client isolation and lifecyclePassed
JailsLegacy plugin migration bridgePassed

Detailed results are included in the signed test report.

How we compare

Comparison methodReference, matched tests and result classifications

Compatibility tests compare inherited CORE behavior with the reference release. Feature tests cover FreeCORE’s own additions and changes.

  1. Reference release

    Compare stock TrueNAS CORE 13.3 with FreeCORE using specific release images. Their versions and SHA-256 hashes are included in the report.

  2. Equivalent conditions

    Run the same test suite on both systems under equivalent conditions. Each comparison comes from a complete test run.

  3. Case-by-case results

    Compare each FreeCORE result with the reference result. Report preserved behavior, regressions, exclusions and additional passes separately.

Reading the result classifications
Preserved
Pass on the reference release and on FreeCORE.
Regression
Pass on the reference release; fail or skip on FreeCORE.
Excluded
A test skipped on both systems for a reason documented before testing. Counted as neither pass nor failure.
Expanded
A documented reference skip that passes on FreeCORE. Reported separately from preserved behavior.

Test evidence

Report and downloadsSigned test report · checksums · verification guide

The signed bundle contains the test report, individual results and coverage notes for FreeCORE 15.0-U1.3, with SHA-256 checksums and digital signatures.

Download bundle (ZIP)SHA-256Read the report ↗
Verify the signature

Follow the guide with Python 3.11+ and GnuPG to check the signatures and file checksums. The report identifies the tested image by its SHA-256 hash. The installation image has a separate release signature.

Verification guide ↗VerifierPublic keyTrust policyRelease identityFile checksums
Release and test details
Release image
FreeCORE-15.0-U1.3.iso
Image SHA-256
5e6f3a05b9525f2df8b275cace1b15ca1ee5ae106b989720f2bbd9a8429ef407
Image size
1,388,097,536 bytes
Installed version
FreeCORE-15.0-U1.3 (ff586a3508)
Release train
FreeCORE-15.0-STABLE
Source manifest SHA-256
ec2b09f46433e7b13d3e93c1cb6e2681c9bf4c79578f78b3d0b83c8a68322772
Reference installed version
TrueNAS-13.3-U1.2 (2147134704)
Reference image SHA-256
9810e0a64c0460485a3150e90660bfc1442033ca88b9f00d3d761b1bd7848db1
Compatibility suite
core-parity-13.3-v1
Test suite revision
41d5fdd76934432c53d7ce8cecd7e96a66765323
VM test tooling revision
8f4b428edaea04a39c277fc71dfd49e0e5df2001
VM report generator revision
f5f29d10ad8d5cf617a196ecded1eec1d640359f
VM test set SHA-256
f56032a61ee549fbda0db6f42333532ea18433a6a79cd0d3961f6fccffed1870
VM tests completed
2026-09-05 10:30:53 UTC
VM report generated
2026-09-05 21:43:11 UTC
Physical test tooling revision
8f4b428edaea04a39c277fc71dfd49e0e5df2001
Physical report generator revision
f5f29d10ad8d5cf617a196ecded1eec1d640359f
Physical test set SHA-256
9a92ea12198bc94ea17dd7fbbc6dce3b8c3d1c777eeaa2f343ec489ace818954
Physical tests completed
2026-09-05 11:12:54 UTC
Physical report generated
2026-09-05 21:43:13 UTC
Evidence bundle completed
2026-09-05 21:43:26 UTC
SHA256SUMS file SHA-256
10baa189b16f58a91283dfe4da086e42e1240fe164946d0e2a9bc268ae8ef286
Signed bundle SHA-256
e00c3e91c584558dbcd9b71cb2b6919184c3b0456bb2affcd8f17d5e5ed7fc2e
Signed bundle size
1,085,836 bytes
Validation key fingerprint
8D90EB4143D32348A521C1F33C331BC814BA9AE7
Validation signing subkey
C1C2185247E1F5036F21277EE8DB645116ED3682

Scope & limitations

A passing comparison establishes compatibility within its recorded scope. It is not a performance benchmark, a security audit or a guarantee for every workload, device and configuration.

Virtual and physical results are separate, overlapping comparisons. Physical tests add coverage on real hardware; the totals are never added together. API coverage does not replace installer testing, visual review or validation on a specific hardware model. The test machines and hardware needs are described on the Hardware page.

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