XenServer

Early Access channel updates

The following features, preview features, improvements, and bug fixes are available in the Early Access update channel. Some of the latest listed entries might not be available in the Normal channel yet.

Note:

This article doesn’t list all changes in the Early Access channel, just a subset. For the full and up-to-date set of changes available, see the information in the XenCenter® Updates view.

File based licensing system EOL notification

License Activation Service (LAS) is the next generation technology for product activations across the suite of Citrix® products.

Note:

File based licensing system, traditionally used for activating various on-premises components, will be End of Life (EOL) on April 15, 2026.

LAS will be the only way to activate and license Citrix on-premises components after April 15, 2026. To remain supported, your XenServer® deployment must be on a LAS compatible version.

Requirement

Should you have questions or concerns, contact Customer Care. Citrix may limit or suspend your Citrix Maintenance for non-compliance with these requirements without liability in addition to any other remedies Citrix may have at law or equity. These requirements don’t apply where prohibited by law or regulation.

Mar 11, 2026

Checksum: eab08fa137afaa1f005206692ca767087817f9e475cd99aa7836cc07ba1b53c3

These updates include the following improvements:

  • Add qlogic-qla2xxx driver.
  • Optimizations to VM migration process to reduce migration time for heavily loaded VMs on systems using AMD processors.

These updates include upstream code changes for the following issues:

  • CVE-2024-12243
  • CVE-2025-32990
  • CVE-2025-32988
  • CVE-2025-32989
  • CVE-2025-6395
  • CVE-2025-9820
  • CVE-2025-14831
  • CVE-2026-1584

Mar 2, 2026

Checksum: fcdc08d17f088b98e6326f8b1173b15803b5135e5759c3f34c3f631157607358

These updates contain foundational changes.

Feb 23, 2026

Checksum: bb6f87ab348e9bb0ce519aac852952f13bf9e59231f67447d41511a77c69dc02

These updates include fixes for the following issues:

  • In some situations, a VM export operation can fail to complete.
  • A VDI copy operation initiated by a user with the “VM Power Admin” role may incorrectly result in a permissions error.
Early Access channel updates