Re: [PATCH v3 10/10] news: mention internal snapshot changes

Signed-off-by: Peter Krempa <pkrempa(a)redhat.com&gt; --- NEWS.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst index 437e032b90..7efc440202 100644 --- a/NEWS.rst +++ b/NEWS.rst @@ -19,6 +19,22 @@ v10.9.0 (unreleased) * **Improvements** + * qemu: internal snapshot improvements + + The qemu internal snapshot handling code was updated to use modern commands + which avoid the problems the old ones had, preventing use of internal + snapshots on VMs with UEFI NVRAM. Internal snapshots of VMs using UEFI are + now possible provided that the NVRAM is in ``qcow2`` format. + + The new code also allows better control when deleting snapshots. To prevent + possible regressions no strict checking is done, but in case a inconsistent

+ state is encountered a log message is added:: + + warning : qemuSnapshotActiveInternalDeleteGetDevices:3841 : inconsistent internal snapshot state (deletion): VM='snap' snapshot='1727959843' missing='vda ' unexpected='' extra='' + + Users are encouraged to report any occurence of the above message along + with steps they took to the upstream tracker. + * **Bug fixes** -- 2.46.0