[ANNOUNCEMENT] SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP7 PublicBeta-202502 is out

Radoslav Tsvetkov rtsvetkov at suse.com
Thu Feb 20 08:00:22 UTC 2025 

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Hi,

we are happy to announce the PublicBeta-202502 for SLE15 SP7. Please read
the limitations of the build at the end of this Email.

Main Info Page
==============
[SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7](
https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP7/SUSE+Linux+Enterprise+Server+15+SP7+Home)
- information on the project, its status and responsibilities as well as
important documents and locations.

Download Links
==============
You can get the PublicBeta-202502 ISO images from:

- [SLE-15-SP7-Full-PublicBeta-202502](
https://download.nue.suse.com/install/SLE-15-SP7-Full-PublicBeta-202502)
- [SLE-15-SP7-Online-PublicBeta-202502](
https://download.nue.suse.com/install/SLE-15-SP7-Online-PublicBeta-202502)
- [SLE-15-SP7-Minimal-PublicBeta-202502](
https://download.nue.suse.com/install/SLE-15-SP7-Minimal-PublicBeta-202502/)

Also, you'll be able to use the respective mirror sites.

Next Steps
==========
- A Snapshot
- RC1-202503 2025-03-20

Important Notice
================

SLE15 SP7 is labeled as a "Consolidation" Service Pack. To learn more about
our "Consolidation/Refresh" model, please refer to this [article](
https://www.suse.com/c/how-suse-builds-its-enterprise-linux-distribution-part-4/).
Please note that during the beta phase, our images will continue to evolve,
and we'll add new features until our Public Beta milestone.
For more details on the project roadmap please head to the [Time page of
the Project Plan](
https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP7/SLE15+SP7+Time+Line+and+Gant+Chart),
which includes more information on each project and release milestone and
their Acceptance Criteria. You can find a detailed SLE 15 SP7 schedule on
[Confluence](
https://confluence.suse.com/display/SUSELinuxEnterpriseServer15SP7/Schedule)
as well.

Build Numbers
=============
Builds from SUSE:SLE-15-SP7:GA:

* SLE-15-SP7-Full:Build66.1
* SLE-15-SP7-Online:Build66.1
* SLES15-SP7-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.0-Azure-Build1.37
* SLES15-SP7-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.0-EC2-Build1.37
* SLES15-SP7-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.0-GCE-Build1.37
* SLES15-SP7-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-Azure-Build1.37
* SLES15-SP7-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-EC2-Build1.37
* SLES15-SP7-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-GCE-Build1.37
* SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-Aliyun-Build1.5
* SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.5
* SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.5
* SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.5
* SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-GDC-Build1.5
* SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-OpenStack-Build1.5
* SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-SAP-CCloud-Build1.5
* SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Aliyun-Build1.5
* SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.5
* SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.5
* SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.5
* SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-GDC-Build1.5
* SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-OpenStack-Build1.5
* SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-SAP-CCloud-Build1.5
* SLES15-SP7-EC2-ECS-HVM.aarch64-0.9.0-Build1.8
* SLES15-SP7-EC2-ECS-HVM.x86_64-0.9.0-Build1.8
* SLES15-SP7-HPC-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.7
* SLES15-SP7-HPC-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.7
* SLES15-SP7-HPC-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.7
* SLES15-SP7-HPC-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.7
* SLES15-SP7-HPC-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.7
* SLES15-SP7-HPC-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.7
* SLES15-SP7-HPC.aarch64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.7
* SLES15-SP7-HPC.aarch64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.7
* SLES15-SP7-HPC.aarch64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.7
* SLES15-SP7-HPC.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.7
* SLES15-SP7-HPC.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.7
* SLES15-SP7-HPC.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.7
* SLES15-SP7-Hardened-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.2-Azure-Build1.9
* SLES15-SP7-Hardened-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.2-EC2-Build1.9
* SLES15-SP7-Hardened-BYOS.aarch64-0.9.2-GCE-Build1.9
* SLES15-SP7-Hardened-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.2-Azure-Build1.9
* SLES15-SP7-Hardened-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.2-EC2-Build1.9
* SLES15-SP7-Hardened-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.2-GCE-Build1.9
* SLES15-SP7-Minimal-Image.aarch64-RaspberryPi-Build1.157
* SLES15-SP7-Minimal-Image.s390x-dasd-Build2.63
* SLES15-SP7-Minimal-Image.s390x-dasd-Cloud-Build2.63
* SLES15-SP7-Minimal-Image.s390x-fba-Build2.63
* SLES15-SP7-Minimal-Image.s390x-fba-Cloud-Build2.63
* SLES15-SP7-Minimal-VM.aarch64-Cloud-Build1.157
* SLES15-SP7-Minimal-VM.aarch64-kvm-Build1.157
* SLES15-SP7-Minimal-VM.s390x-Cloud-Build2.63
* SLES15-SP7-Minimal-VM.s390x-kvm-Build2.63
* SLES15-SP7-Minimal-VM.x86_64-Cloud-Build1.157
* SLES15-SP7-Minimal-VM.x86_64-MS-HyperV-Build1.157
* SLES15-SP7-Minimal-VM.x86_64-VMware-Build1.157
* SLES15-SP7-Minimal-VM.x86_64-kvm-and-xen-Build1.157
* SLES15-SP7-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-Devel-Build1.6
* SLES15-SP7-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-Production-Build1.6
* SLES15-SP7-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-Devel-Build1.6
* SLES15-SP7-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-Production-Build1.6
* SLES15-SP7-SAP-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-Azure-Build1.26
* SLES15-SP7-SAP-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-EC2-Build1.26
* SLES15-SP7-SAP-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.0-GCE-Build1.26
* SLES15-SP7-SAP-Hardened-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.2-Azure-Build1.6
* SLES15-SP7-SAP-Hardened-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.2-EC2-Build1.6
* SLES15-SP7-SAP-Hardened-BYOS.x86_64-0.9.2-GCE-Build1.6
* SLES15-SP7-SAP-Hardened.x86_64-0.9.2-Azure-Build1.6
* SLES15-SP7-SAP-Hardened.x86_64-0.9.2-EC2-Build1.6
* SLES15-SP7-SAP-Hardened.x86_64-0.9.2-GCE-Build1.6
* SLES15-SP7-SAP.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.6
* SLES15-SP7-SAP.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.6
* SLES15-SP7-SAP.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.6
* SLES15-SP7-SAPCAL.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Build1.7
* SLES15-SP7-SAPCAL.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.7
* SLES15-SP7-SAPCAL.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.7
* SLES15-SP7.aarch64-0.9.1-Azure-Basic-Build1.9
* SLES15-SP7.aarch64-0.9.1-Azure-Standard-Build1.9
* SLES15-SP7.aarch64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.9
* SLES15-SP7.aarch64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.9
* SLES15-SP7.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Basic-Build1.9
* SLES15-SP7.x86_64-0.9.1-Azure-Standard-Build1.9
* SLES15-SP7.x86_64-0.9.1-EC2-Build1.9
* SLES15-SP7.x86_64-0.9.1-GCE-Build1.9

Complete Changelogs
-------------------
[Full Changelog on xcdchk](
http://xcdchk.suse.de/results/SLE-15-SP7-Full-Test/66.1)

Selection of Changes in this Milestone
======================================

The Selection will be available very soon [under the link](
http://xcdchk.suse.de/results/SLE-15-SP7-Full-Test/66.1)

Updated Packages since Snapshot-202502-1 (Build 59.1)
======================================
* 389-ds: 2.5.2~git27.9572c251-150700.1.29 =>
2.5.3~git36.58dc695c-150700.1.2
* accountsservice: 23.13.9-150600.1.4 => 23.13.9-150600.3.3.2
* amazon-ssm-agent: 3.1.1260.0-150000.5.17.1 => 3.3.1611.0-150000.5.20.1
* apache2-mod_php8: 8.3.15-150700.1.1 => 8.3.16-150700.1.1
* buildah: 1.35.4-150500.3.22.2 => 1.35.5-150500.3.25.1
* cloud-init: 23.3-150100.8.82.3 => 23.3-150100.8.85.4
* cross-nvptx-gcc7: 7.5.0+r278197-150000.4.41.1 =>
7.5.0+r278197-150000.4.44.1
* curl: 8.6.0-150600.4.18.1 => 8.6.0-150600.4.21.1
* findutils: 4.10.0-150700.1.3 => 4.10.0-150700.2.3
* gcc7: 7.5.0+r278197-150000.4.41.1 => 7.5.0+r278197-150000.4.44.1
* glibc: 2.38-150700.20.1 => 2.38-150700.21.1
* go1.23: 1.23.4-150000.1.15.1 => 1.23.5-150000.1.18.1
* google-guest-configs: 20241121.00-150400.13.14.1 =>
20241205.00-150400.13.17.1
* google-osconfig-agent: 20240926.03-150000.1.38.1 =>
20250115.01-150000.1.41.1
* ignition: 2.14.0-150400.9.3.1 => 2.14.0-150400.9.6.1
* java-11-openjdk: 11.0.25.0-150000.3.119.1 => 11.0.26.0-150000.3.122.1
* java-17-openjdk: 17.0.13.0-150400.3.48.2 => 17.0.14.0-150400.3.51.1
* java-21-openjdk: 21.0.5.0-150600.3.6.3 => 21.0.6.0-150600.3.9.1
* kdump: 2.0.12-150700.1.2 => 2.0.16-150700.1.1
* kernel-source: 6.4.0-150700.13.1 => 6.4.0-150700.13.3
* libguestfs: 1.55.2-150700.1.4 => 1.55.3-150700.1.3
* libica: 4.4.0-150700.1.4 => 4.4.0-150700.2.2
* libostree: 2023.7-150500.3.6.1 => 2024.10-150500.3.9.4
* libpulp: 0.3.8-150700.3.1 => 0.3.9-150700.1.1
* libreoffice: 24.8.1.2-150500.20.11.2 => 24.8.4.2-150500.20.15.1
* libstorage-ng: 4.5.201-150600.1.3 => 4.5.231-150700.1.1
* libvirt: 11.0.0-150700.1.1 => 11.0.0-150700.2.2
* libzypp: 17.35.16-150600.3.41.1 => 17.35.19-150600.3.44.1
* linux-glibc-devel: 6.4-150600.2.17 => 6.4-150700.7.1
* mcelog: 202-150700.1.2 => 202-150700.1.3
* MozillaFirefox: 128.6.0-150200.152.167.1 => 128.7.0-150200.152.170.1
* nginx: 1.21.5-150600.8.4 => 1.21.5-150600.10.3.1
* openssl1_1-ibmca: 2.4.1-150700.10.1 => 2.4.1-150700.12.1
* openssl-ibmca-engine: 2.4.1-150700.10.1 => 2.4.1-150700.12.1
* openssl-ibmca-provider: 2.4.1-150700.10.1 => 2.4.1-150700.12.1
* openssl-ibmca: 2.4.1-150700.10.1 => 2.4.1-150700.12.1
* openvpn-dco: 2.6.8-150600.3.11.1 => 2.6.8-150600.3.14.1
* openvpn: 2.6.8-150600.3.11.1 => 2.6.8-150600.3.14.1
* orc: 0.4.28-150000.3.6.1 => 0.4.28-150000.3.9.1
* osinfo-db: 1.12.0-150700.1.2 => 1.12.0-150700.1.3
* permissions: 20240826-150600.10.12.1 => 20240826-150700.14.1
* php8-embed: 8.3.15-150700.1.1 => 8.3.16-150700.1.1
* php8-fastcgi: 8.3.15-150700.1.1 => 8.3.16-150700.1.1
* php8-fpm: 8.3.15-150700.1.1 => 8.3.16-150700.1.1
* php8: 8.3.15-150700.1.1 => 8.3.16-150700.1.1
* php8-test: 8.3.15-150700.1.2 => 8.3.16-150700.1.1
* podman: 4.9.5-150500.3.28.1 => 4.9.5-150500.3.31.1
* polkit-default-privs: 13.2+20250115.aaa7e81-150700.1.1 =>
13.2+20250203.3e359e6-150700.1.1
* python-instance-billing-flavor-check: 0.0.6-150400.1.11.7 =>
0.1.1-150000.1.14.1
* qemu: 9.2.0-150700.2.1 => 9.2.0-150700.3.2
* regionServiceClientConfigAzure: 2.2.0-150000.3.22.1 => 2.2.2-150000.3.25.1
* ruby2.5: 2.5.9-150000.4.32.1 => 2.5.9-150700.22.1
* ruby-common: 2.1-3.15 => 3.2.1-150700.1.1
* s390-tools: 2.36.0-150700.3.8 => 2.37.0-150700.1.1
* saphana-checks: 2409+1.g81ed692-150600.13.3.1 =>
2501+1.g53705f6-150600.13.6.4
* sled-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 => 15.7-150700.20.1
* sle-ha-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 => 15.7-150700.20.1
* sle-module-basesystem-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 => 15.7-150700.20.1
* sle-module-containers-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 => 15.7-150700.20.1
* sle-module-desktop-applications-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 =>
15.7-150700.20.1
* sle-module-development-tools-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 => 15.7-150700.20.1
* sle-module-hpc-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 => 15.7-150700.20.1
* sle-module-legacy-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 => 15.7-150700.20.1
* sle-module-live-patching-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 => 15.7-150700.20.1
* sle-module-public-cloud-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 => 15.7-150700.20.1
* sle-module-python3-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 => 15.7-150700.20.1
* sle-module-rt-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 => 15.7-150700.20.1
* sle-module-sap-applications-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 => 15.7-150700.20.1
* sle-module-sap-business-one-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 => 15.7-150700.20.1
* sle-module-server-applications-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 =>
15.7-150700.20.1
* sle-module-systems-management-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 =>
15.7-150700.20.1
* sle-module-transactional-server-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 =>
15.7-150700.20.1
* sle-module-web-scripting-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 => 15.7-150700.20.1
* SLE_RT-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 => 15.7-150700.20.1
* SLES_SAP-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 => 15.7-150700.20.1
* sle-we-release: 15.7-150700.18.1 => 15.7-150700.20.1
* slurm: 24.11.0-150700.1.2 => 24.11.1-150700.1.1
* supportutils-plugin-ha-sap: 0.0.6+git.1727164834.7af8512-150000.1.18.2 =>
0.0.7+git.1737125956.a7079fc-150000.1.21.2
* suse-prime: 0.8.18-150700.1.1 => 0.8.18-150700.2.1
* valgrind: 3.23.0-150700.1.3 => 3.24.0-150700.1.2
* virt-manager: 5.0.0-150700.2.1 => 5.0.0-150700.3.1
* xen: 4.20.0_06-150700.1.1 => 4.20.0_06-150700.2.3
* xrdp: 0.9.13.1-150600.13.3 => 0.9.13.1-150600.15.3.1
* yast2-cluster: 4.6.1-150600.1.5 => 4.7.2-150700.1.1
* yast2-iscsi-client: 4.7.4-150700.1.1 => 4.7.5-150700.1.1
* yast2-sap-ha: 4.7.2-150700.1.1 => 4.7.3-150700.1.1
* zypper: 1.14.79-150600.10.19.1 => 1.14.81-150600.10.22.1

Added packages:
* azure-vm-utils 0.4.0
* go1.24 1.24rc2
* ruby3.4 3.4.1

Removed packages
======================================
* dummy-release-15
* go1.22
* go1.22-doc
* go1.22-openssl
* go1.22-openssl-doc
* go1.22-openssl-race
* go1.22-race
* sle-module-nonoss-release

Downgraded packages
======================================
* clamav: 1.4.2-150700.1.1 => 1.4.2-150600.18.6.1
* clamav-devel: 1.4.2-150700.1.1 => 1.4.2-150600.18.6.1
* libclamav12: 1.4.2-150700.1.1 => 1.4.2-150600.18.6.1
* libclammspack0: 1.4.2-150700.1.1 => 1.4.2-150600.18.6.1
* libfreshclam3: 1.4.2-150700.1.1 => 1.4.2-150600.18.6.1
* ppc64-diag: 2.7.10-150700.2.1 => 2.7.9-150500.3.8.1

Notable Resolved Bugs
======================
bsc#1236808 kvm host crash when creating a guest with virt-install on build

Known Bugs and Limitations
======================================
Security FIPS is not fully functional.

bsc#1235697 [Kernel/Filesystem] Segmentation fault occurs when executing
bpftrace command (llvm19)
bsc#1235704 [ppc64le] bcc test fails when executing btrfsdist
bsc#1237130 [SEV-SNP]SEV-SNP Virtual Machine Creation Fails with CPUID
Validation Error
bsc#1236138 [ppc64le]ocsf2 filesystem on top of cluster_md resource cannot
be mounted by ocf:Filesystem resource
bsc#1236003 [s390x] After upgrade from 15sp4 to sles15sp7 with ha, the
system can't bootup

For a complete list, please refer to  [bugzilla](https://bugzilla.suse.com/)


Your SUSE Linux Enterprise Team

-- 
*Radoslav Tsvetkov*
Senior Program Manager SUSE BCL Linux
<https://www.suse.com/solutions/business-critical-linux/>
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