The release of FreeBSD13.5Beta1 last week kicked off the next minor version of FreeBSD13 and will also end the series of releases. Although FreeBSD13 will end in more than a year, FreeBSD13.5Beta2 has extended support for the UFS1 file system to 2106.
FreeBSD13's UFS file system support was plagued by the "Y2038" problem and was unable to correctly handle dates after January 19, 2038. But now, in the latest code of FreeBSD13.5, the file system's date handling has been reworked and now supports file dates up to February 7, 2106. Details in this submission are available for those interested:
In turn, the problem in 2106 is that unsigned 32-bit binary integers roll over UnixEpoch time, while the problem in 2038 is with signed 32-bit integers.
FreeBSD 13.5 Beta 2 also now updates the pkg repository database so that newly generated cloud images are not obsolete; "makedelete-old" can now delete obsolete Clang/AArch64 files; the rate limit of ICMP responses can now be individually jittered; and various other bug fixes.
You can download FreeBSD13.5Beta2, released this weekend, and learn more details via FreeBSD.org.