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1.16.5¶

This Multipass 1.16.5 patch release fixes an issue related to QEMU crashes due to null symbols in older macOS versions.

Bug fixes¶

  • [qemu] Fix strchrnul detection on macOS (#5348)

Changes¶

See also the full diff: v1.16.4...v1.16.5.

Feedback¶

Please file issues on the Multipass GitHub for problems and feature requests, or join the Multipass Discourse forum to chat. You can also find us in the Multipass room on Matrix.

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Last updated on Oct 04, 2026
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    • Bug fixes
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