1.8.0

Multipass version 1.8.0

A new Multipass release!

There's a couple of significant additions in this one:

1. Support for Apple M1 Silicon in new Macs (relevant project)
   We know of an intermittent networking issue (#2265) - if you get a timeout launching, try rebooting your host.

   Note: Because it's a universal package now, and with an additional driver, the installed size is now significantly bigger.

2. multipass aliases, allowing for command shortcuts into instances (#1986)

Windows and macOS installers are available below, and the Snap in the stable snap channel:

snap refresh multipass --channel stable
# or
snap install multipass

More highlights

• LXD now the default backend on Linux, except for amd64 (#2080)
• version --format support (thanks @surahman! - #2077)
• disabling primary instance (thanks @surahman again! - #2102)
• using XFCE Terminal for a better GUI experience (thanks @AlanGriffiths! - #2208)
• workflows runs-on support (#2274)

Notable bugfixes

• Info reports ten-fold memory for older ubuntu instances (#2168)
• Multiplicating update notifications (thanks @surahman - #2188)
• Spamming logs with failed stats (@surahman - #2203)
• Wrong parameter parsing (#2224)
• Daemon bails on start when starting an instance fails (#2197)
• Fix bash completions for old versions (#2238)
• Wrong tray icon on MATE desktop environment (#2258)
• snapcraft remote should be disabled outisde of amd64 (#2268)
• Timed out waiting for instance to respond on Windows (#706)
• Disk Size flag is being ignored in Windows (#1870)
• Unexpected partitioning and rootfs size on Windows (#2049)

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You can find the full list of changes since v1.7.0 in our v1.8.0 milestone and even more detailed in the full commit log.

Feedback

Please file issues here for problems and feature requests, or come to our discourse to chat. We're also on #multipass on Libera Chat. See you there :)