pfSense Plus 26.03 – safe to update?
1 problem report and 0 positive reports found on Reddit (plus 4 other mentions). Out for 199 days; a few isolated problem posts is normal background for a product this widely used. Skim them if your setup is similar.
Newer release in this line: pfSense Plus 26.07 (2026-08-13). If you're updating now, check that one instead — it may already fix the issues reported here.
Did you install Plus 26.03?
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What's in this release
pfSense Plus 26.03, based on FreeBSD 16.0-CURRENT.
Source: Netgate docs version table
CVEs fixed
No CVEs mapped to this release.
Community reports
- Problem
NAT Forwarding Stopped working after upgrade to 26.03 · Reddit · 2026-04-04
Hi all, I knew I should have waited longer.... I upgraded to 26.03, and immediately all of my NAT forwarding stopped working. I forward SMTP, SSH, HTTPS, a few other ports to a server on my network. After upgrading to 26.03, those services became unavailable from the internet. I…
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Does pfSense 26.03 officially support DHCP DDNS yet? · Reddit · 2026-05-19
I've been using DHCP DDNS since shortly after Kea was released on the platform. I use it to update DHCP entries in Windows DNS. Obviously, it's a bit of a PITA since I have to manually modify config files in /usr/local/etc/kea and have crontab entries to keep them from being ove…
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Did anybody have VOIP issues after upgrading from 25.07.1 to 25.11.1? · Reddit · 2026-04-20
SOLVED!!!! System > Advanced > Networking - then scroll down and check the box to "Disable hardware checksum offload." Then save and reboot the box. This is on an (admittedly aging) physical Netgate SG4860. Original post below... ---------------- We're having a very strange issu…
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Errors preventing upgrade to pfSense Plus 26.03 · Reddit · 2026-04-02
I'm trying to upgrade my pfSense Plus from 25.11.1 -> 26.03 but there are errors that preventing me to do as can be seen in the console output below: ``` Architecture: amd64 Boot Devices: /dev/nda0 Boot Method: uefi Filesystem: zfs Platform: unknown hardware Updating boot code..…
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pfSense Plus 26.03 Release Now Available! · Reddit · 2026-04-01
Today, Netgate ® is pleased to announce the release of pfSense ® Plus software version 26.03. This regularly scheduled update brings over 40 improvements, bug fixes, and enhancements. We strongly encourage all pfSense Plus customers to upgrade to the latest version. Some new fea…
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← pfSense Plus 25.11.1 · pfSense Plus 26.03.1 →
Other pfSense versions
- CE 2.9.0 2026-08-20
- Plus 26.07 2026-08-13
- Plus 26.03.1 2026-05-27
- Plus 26.03 2026-04-01
- Plus 25.11.1 2026-01-26
- Plus 25.11 2025-12-11
- CE 2.8.1 2025-09-04
- Plus 25.07.1 2025-08-18
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