May 13, 2026 - TrueNAS Compatibility, App Install Improvements & Buddy Backup Foundations
Here is a summary of changes shipped since the HexOS 1.0 Local rollout.
Preparing for the Next Major TrueNAS Release
- Updated SMB service control to support the new job-based API while maintaining backward compatibility
- Optimized dataset property retrieval for newer TrueNAS versions
- Fixed dataset encryption and locked status reporting
Apps
- Refactored app install dialogs to properly handle curated, experimental, and not-curated flows
- Added curation request system so users can signal interest in having an app officially curated
Storage
- Pool name suggestions are now guaranteed unique
- Disks smaller than 1 GiB are excluded from pool creation
- Folder creation now continues with SMB share setup even if the dataset already exists
- Resolved slow folder loading performance issue
Server Certificates
- Continued rollout of per-server SSL certificates. Individual stored certificates are now preferred over the shared wildcard certificate.
Notifications & Health Alerts
- Reduced notification noise from HexOS app update alerts
- Fixed empty HexOS-app alerts appearing both server-side and client-side
- Added friendly, human-readable TrueNAS alert titles
- Redesigned server message dialogs and activity items
- Added friendly error mapping for common TrueNAS errors
- Added a remote launch warning badge when opening apps remotely
- Fixed alerts being dismissed on TrueNAS but still generating a local notification and email
Buddy Backups Groundwork
Behind the scenes, we are laying the foundation for Buddy Backups (HexOS 1.1). The per-server certificate infrastructure, dataset encryption improvements, and server lifecycle work in this release are all building toward peer-to-peer encrypted replication between HexOS servers.
Misc
- Fixed session date display defaulting to Unix epoch
- Fixed LAN IP not being used when overridden by the user
NOTE: All of these updates are applied automatically to your Command Deck. You may need to clear your cache. Help with clearing your cache is available here.