Eddie Desktop Edition 2.27 beta released
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Hello!
We are glad to announce that Eddie 2.27.1 beta has been released and is now available for public testing.
Eddie 2.27.1 beta is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.
We are also continuing the larger work of modernizing Eddie Desktop, also with a new modern UI.
We know that many requested features are still waiting, including dark mode, split tunneling, Amnezia support, and more.
They are not forgotten. For this release, the focus was on fixes and updates that needed to reach users first.
Thank you for testing, and as always for your support.
Main changelog:
Kind regards & datalove
AirVPN Staff
We are glad to announce that Eddie 2.27.1 beta has been released and is now available for public testing.
This release mainly focuses on fixing several issues reported by some users in the stable 2.26.2 release.
We hope to promote 2.27.1 to stable soon, once we have confirmation that these issues have been resolved.
To test it:- Go to the download page for your operating system.
- Click “Switch to EXPERIMENTAL”.
- Download and install Eddie 2.26.0 beta.
Eddie 2.27.1 beta is available for Windows, Linux, and macOS.
We are also continuing the larger work of modernizing Eddie Desktop, also with a new modern UI.
We know that many requested features are still waiting, including dark mode, split tunneling, Amnezia support, and more.
They are not forgotten. For this release, the focus was on fixes and updates that needed to reach users first.
Thank you for testing, and as always for your support.
Main changelog:
Version 2.27.0 (Tue, 01 Sep 2026 13:00:44 +0000)
- [fix] [linux] Create service unit on systemd in some circumstances
- [fix] [windows] Use tap-windows6 when ovpn-dco cannot offload cipher
- [fix] [windows] SSH key permissions applied by SID
- [change] [all] SSH stops with error if key file is unreadable
- [fix] [windows] DNS leak: auto DNS covers all physical adapters
- [fix] [windows] Adapter install fail: match by creation id, not name
- [change] [windows] Log tapctl details on adapter creation failure
- [change] [linux] Arch Linux PKGBUILD improvements
- [change] [all] Removed legacy TCP transport of the elevated helper
- [fix] [all] Misc fixes and cleanup
Version 2.27.1 (Thu, 03 Sep 2026 11:00:44 +0000)
- [change] [all] Updated OpenVPN to 2.7.6
- [fix] [windows] DNS Lock regression
- [change] [windows] DNS Lock applied even without DNS from the VPN
- [change] [linux] Network Lock refused if nftables tables owned
- [fix] [linux] Elevated finds sbin tools under cron PATH
Kind regards & datalove
AirVPN Staff
