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NAS-125176 Status: Feature Request / Suggestion Platform: TrueNAS SCALE / CORE 🔍 Executive Summary

Until this is fully integrated as a "toggle" in the UI, include a Boot Pool Snapshot as a standard step in your maintenance checklist.

This request proposes a safety mechanism within the TrueNAS update utility. Before a system applies a major operating system upgrade (e.g., moving from Bluefin to Dragonfish), it would automatically trigger a ZFS snapshot of the boot pool. This ensures that if the new update fails or causes hardware incompatibility, the user can instantly roll back to a known-working state. ✨ Key Benefits 125176

The number refers to a specific issue tracker entry for TrueNAS , the popular open-source storage operating system. Specifically, it is a suggestion to automatically create a snapshot as part of an OS upgrade (NAS-125176).

While this specific automation is a popular suggestion among the community ( TrueNAS Community Forums ), it is not always enabled by default in every version. This ensures that if the new update fails

Removes the human error of forgetting to manual backup before an update.

Updates to storage OS can sometimes break specialized network drivers or plugin configurations; snapshots allow for "one-click" restoration. While this specific automation is a popular suggestion

Users are currently advised to manually snapshot the freenas-boot or boot-pool via the System > Boot menu.