I’d like to suggest—or encourage—the release of an alpha version of v4. I mean rela github release. Not just a Git branch, or just a tag. An alpha release, complete with notes on known issues (e.g., RadSec, as you mentioned) and so on. It might seem silly, or like I’m asking too much. But I believe that publishing it as an official release would encourage more people to get hands-on with this version. That would generate more feedback regarding potential edge cases. It might even help reveal that what initially seemed like an edge case is actually something more significant. I’ve had my share of attempts. I was excited at first. But I got stuck, and when I tried sharing my questions and problems with people known for their FreeRadius expertise, the responses were quite discouraging: - "Give it up, that’s never going to happen!" And things like that. I have no idea how much extra effort is involved in creating a v4 alpha release on GitHub. I’m sure there *would* be extra work due to the resulting impact— —more users getting stuck on things like "How do I do X in v4 when I used to do it this way in v3?" and so forth. But perhaps that’s exactly what’s needed to strengthen the case for v4. Thanks for your time! Em qui., 17 de set. de 2026 às 17:24, Alan DeKok via Freeradius-Users < freeradius-users@lists.freeradius.org> escreveu:
Yes, it's still ongoing. Anyone who checks the commits on GitHub will see a lot of activity.
The main blocker is still RadSec. We're working on it, but are actively making progress. Unfortunately, other things keep getting in the way.
One thing which is slowing down progress on RadSec in v4 is the status of RadSec in v3. Anyone who checks the commits on GitHub will see a lot of activity in the v3.2.x branch, too.
There have been many fixes to odd corner cases, and more test cases added. I'd like to thank Paul Dekkers for his ongoing assistance with testing the changes. That effort makes a big difference.
I'll go back now to worrying abut the ongoing AI takeover of almost everything. :(
Alan DeKok.
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