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Unraid Digest #081
Hey Unraiders,
July was a security-focused month, with two releases, a summer sale, and plenty of community activity. Here's everything you need to know.
Unraid 7.3.2 is out now.
 | A security and bugfix release we recommend for all users. It patches a critical WebGUI vulnerability (CVE-2026-3838), upgrades the Linux kernel to 6.18.38, and updates 73 base packages for CVE coverage. Docker tab performance also got faster, thanks to a community contribution from TSpader. |
Unraid 7.2.8 is also out.
 | A stable, security-focused update for anyone still on the 7.2.X branch. It addresses CVEs across bind, curl, dnsmasq, nginx, OpenSSH, OpenSSL, Samba, and more, upgrades the Linux kernel to 6.12.98, and updates 182 base distro packages. We recommend upgrading for the security fixes. |
The Summer Sale wrapped July 19, and wow!
 | Over 5,000 of you took advantage of the discounts this year, with another 550 adding a second license to build out backups or a second box. Thank you for building with us. Whether it's your first Starter license or your third Unleashed box, we see you, and we're glad you're here. |
Also new in Community Apps: CI Runner Farm.
 | Your server sits idle between media tasks, so put those cores to work! CI Runner Farm turns your Unraid box into a fleet of GitHub Actions self-hosted runners: parallel builds, warm caches, and queue-aware autoscaling, all from a single WebGUI page. No VM, zero cost per CI minute. |
Scroll on for the latest Unraid videos, top forum threads, App/Merch of the month, and more! ⬇️
Community Content
The Uncast Show, Ed & Stefano Unleashed
The Container You Couldn't Live Without, Emby vs Jellyfin & Steam Headless.
This NAS Includes Unraid... But Should You Buy It?
AlienTech42 puts the LincStation N1, a compact NAS with an Unraid Starter license included, through its paces: setup, Plex transcoding, power, and noise. A useful watch for anyone weighing a prebuilt box against building their own.
Migrating From Overseer to Seer on Unraid!
Caddac shows how to migrate from Overseer (now merged with Jellyseerr into a single project, Seer) without losing your data or configs.
Unraid Gaming VM Setup: Clean GPU Passthrough With CachyOS and RTX 4060
Zack turns the 45HomeLab X15 into a gaming rig via RTX 4060 passthrough and a CachyOS VM, all while Unraid keeps running ZFS, Jellyfin, and Docker workloads in the background.
Backup Your Appdata Automatically on Unraid!
Caddac walks through setting up automatic appdata backups, so a bad update or config change doesn't cost you everything.
Build a Persistent Unraid Toolbox Container and Push It to Docker Hub
A walkthrough of building a custom Docker container with the Linux tools missing from Unraid by default (btop and others), then pushing it to Docker Hub so it persists.
Plex in Unraid: Using SpaceinvaderOne's new Transcoding GPU Benchmark for Unraid
A new open-source benchmark tool was released for transcoding. Let’s use it to test how many simultaneous 4K transcodes your GPU can sustain, across Intel, AMD, Nvidia, and CPU, with a community leaderboard to compare results.
Merch of the Month
 | Why go to therapy when you can just expand your array? Upgrade your workspace with the official Unraid “Schematic” desk mat, built for anyone who finds their peace of mind in spinning drives and cooling fans. |
Featured Unraid Threads
Unraid OS 7.3.2 Now Available. The official release announcement thread.
Unraid has become boring... A user reflects on 4.5 years of Unraid uptime with zero major issues. A nice, community-first pick.
Unraid OS 7.2.8 Now Available. The official release announcement thread.
I was warned this would happen and I didn't listen. Started as a movie and gameplay storage box. Now it's a gaming VM plus a second GPU for local LLMs, classic homelab scope creep.
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