Re: [PATCH] Add NEWS item for auto-shutdown feature

On 3/20/25 10:57 AM, Daniel P. Berrangé via Devel wrote: > From: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange(a)redhat.com&gt; > > Signed-off-by: Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange(a)redhat.com&gt; > --- > NEWS.rst | 17 +++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst > index 98ca838642..45d48c1485 100644 > --- a/NEWS.rst > +++ b/NEWS.rst > @@ -35,6 +35,23 @@ v11.2.0 (unreleased) > or even map them to specific virtqueues similarly to the ``virtio-blk`` > device allowing for better performance in certain scenarios. > > + * qemu: integrate support for VM shutdown on host shutdown > + > + It is now possible to instruct the QEMU driver to automatically perform > + managed save, graceful shutdown, or hard poweroff on running VMs, when a > + host shutdown is requested. This feature is intended to eventually replace > + usage of the libvirt-guests script. The new approach improves on the > + libvirt-guests script, by proactively monitor logind for a signal that a s/monitor/monitoring/ :-) > + host shutdown has been requested. It will initiate the chosen action on > + running guests immediately, allowing shutdown inhibitors to be released > + sooner. The new solution is also able to iteratively try multiple actions > + until one of them succeeeds in shutting down the VM. > + > + Since it must be mutually exclusive with the libvirt-guests script, this > + feature currently requires an manual opt-in through editting of the