Hi everyone! We’re excited to share some updates about NGINX 1.29.6 and 1.29.7 releases. Full details in our blog post.
Overview
NGINX 1.29.6 and 1.29.7 introduce significant updates and mark the first in a planned series to add capabilities to NGINX Open Source formerly limited to NGINX Plus. With updates to core runtime behavior and network support, these releases ensure that NGINX can continue to meet the needs of modern applications and AI workloads.
Highlights of these releases include:
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Open sourced sticky cookie session persistence
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Upstream proxy connections now default to HTTP/1.1 and no longer require explicitly configured keep-alives and connection headers
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Multipath TCP (MPTCP) support
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Several important security-related fixes
Together, these changes expand what operators can do with NGINX Open Source while simplifying configurations for optimizing performance to proxied services.
A Deliberate Direction
NGINX 1.29.6 and 1.29.7 represent our continued effort to align NGINX Open Source more closely with modern application requirements. Over the next several months, we will continue to release more commercial features as open source and, while subject to change, we have made these and other plans public in our new Github roadmap.
Capabilities made available in NGINX 1.29.6 and 1.29.7, along with several bug and security fixes, mean that NGINX Open Source is now even more performant and production-ready. We encourage you to upgrade to NGINX 1.29.7 to take advantage of all the new features and ensure that you’re protected by all the latest security patches.
View all updates and fixes in GitHub:
1.29.6 → Release release-1.29.6 · nginx/nginx · GitHub
1.29.7 → Release release-1.29.7 · nginx/nginx · GitHub
Download NGINX and view the full changelog.