Patch Package: OTP 28.1
Git Tag: OTP-28.1
Date: 2025-09-17
Trouble Report Id: OTP-16607, OTP-19552, OTP-19619, OTP-19642,
OTP-19646, OTP-19647, OTP-19648, OTP-19649,
OTP-19651, OTP-19655, OTP-19657, OTP-19659,
OTP-19660, OTP-19666, OTP-19667, OTP-19669,
OTP-19671, OTP-19677, OTP-19681, OTP-19685,
OTP-19686, OTP-19688, OTP-19689, OTP-19693,
OTP-19694, OTP-19696, OTP-19698, OTP-19704,
OTP-19706, OTP-19714, OTP-19719, OTP-19721,
OTP-19722, OTP-19723, OTP-19724, OTP-19725,
OTP-19726, OTP-19727, OTP-19728, OTP-19730,
OTP-19731, OTP-19733, OTP-19735, OTP-19736,
OTP-19737, OTP-19739, OTP-19745, OTP-19749,
OTP-19752, OTP-19754, OTP-19756, OTP-19757,
OTP-19758, OTP-19759, OTP-19760
Seq num: ERIERL-1209, ERIERL-1231, GH-10002, GH-10020,
GH-10057, GH-10061, GH-10065, GH-10072,
GH-10077, GH-10079, GH-10097, GH-10102,
GH-5697, GH-5756, GH-9631, GH-9638, GH-9771,
GH-9816, GH-9875, GH-9901, GH-9903, GH-9972,
GH-9987, OTP-16608, PR-10004, PR-10009,
PR-10011, PR-10014, PR-10019, PR-10034,
PR-10046, PR-10051, PR-10066, PR-10076,
PR-10084, PR-10085, PR-10087, PR-10090,
PR-10091, PR-10093, PR-10094, PR-10104,
PR-10106, PR-10108, PR-10112, PR-10113,
PR-10120, PR-10121, PR-10140, PR-10142,
PR-10146, PR-10147, PR-10153, PR-9589,
PR-9721, PR-9796, PR-9815, PR-9832, PR-9843,
PR-9853, PR-9862, PR-9869, PR-9876, PR-9879,
PR-9896, PR-9897, PR-9898, PR-9900, PR-9906,
PR-9909, PR-9912, PR-9927, PR-9949, PR-9954,
PR-9969, PR-9976, PR-9982, PR-9990
System: OTP
Release: 28
Application: asn1-5.4.2, common_test-1.29, compiler-9.0.2,
crypto-5.7, debugger-6.0.3, edoc-1.4.1,
erl_interface-5.6.1, erts-16.1, inets-9.4.2,
kernel-10.4, megaco-4.8.1, mnesia-4.24.1,
observer-2.18.1, os_mon-2.11.1,
public_key-1.18.3, runtime_tools-2.3,
snmp-5.19.1, ssl-11.4, stdlib-7.1,
syntax_tools-4.0.1, tools-4.1.3, wx-2.5.2,
xmerl-2.1.6
Predecessor: OTP 28.0.4
Check out the git tag OTP-28.1, and build a full OTP system including documentation. Apply one or more applications from this build as patches to your installation using the 'otp_patch_apply' tool. For information on install requirements, see descriptions for each application version below.
HIGHLIGHTS
-
Added support for quantum crypto signature algorithm ML-DSA (ssl and public_key) and key exchange algorithm ML-KEM (ssl).
Own Id: OTP-19552
Application(s): public_key, ssl
Related Id(s): PR-10004 -
A User's Guide to
dbg
is now available in the documentation.Own Id: OTP-19655
Application(s): runtime_tools
Related Id(s): PR-9853 -
Support for ML-DSA and ML-KEM provided by OpenSSL 3.5.
Algorithms
mldsa44
,mldsa65
andmldsa87
can be passed tocrypto:sign/4
andcrypto:verify/5
.New functions
crypto:encapsulate_key/2
andcrypto:decapsulate_key/3
can be used withmlkem512
,mlkem768
andmlkem1024
to safely generate and communicate an encapsulated shared secret.Own Id: OTP-19657
Application(s): crypto
Related Id(s): PR-9900 -
TLS server now fails early for supplied PEM file issues, such as the file not being found.
Own Id: OTP-19706
Application(s): ssl
Related Id(s): GH-9631, PR-10046
POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITIES
-
The internal
inet_dns_tsig
andinet_res
modules have been fixed to TSIG verify the correct timestamp.In the process two undocumented error code atoms have been corrected to
notauth
andnotzone
to adhere to the DNS RFCs. Code that relied on the previous incorrect values may have to be corrected.Own Id: OTP-19756
Application(s): kernel
Related Id(s): PR-10146
OTP-28.1
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
When any Erlang/OTP application has been disabled by
configure
, warnings fromex_doc
when building the documentation are now disabled. -
./otp_build
now respectsTYPE
andFLAVOR
to when set.Own Id: OTP-19677
Related Id(s): PR-9954 -
Rendering of some tables in the documentation has been improved.
Own Id: OTP-19752
Related Id(s): PR-10142
Improvements and New Features
-
In Efficiency Guide, the section about
setelement/3
in Common Caveats has been updated.Own Id: OTP-19749
Related Id(s): PR-10140
asn1-5.4.2
The asn1-5.4.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
Decoding a constrained BIT STRING using JER was broken.
Own Id: OTP-19681
Related Id(s): PR-9949 -
NIFs and linked-in drivers are now loadable when running in an Erlang source tree on Windows.
Own Id: OTP-19686
Related Id(s): PR-9969
Full runtime dependencies of asn1-5.4.2
erts-14.0, kernel-9.0, stdlib-5.0
common_test-1.29
The common_test-1.29 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Improvements and New Features
-
Improved printing of maps. Map keys are now printed in the same order as
maps:iterator(Map, ordered)
would sort them.Own Id: OTP-19642
Related Id(s): ERIERL-1231, PR-9862 -
ct:print
will now suppress printing of timestamp and heading when the heading option is set to the empty string.Own Id: OTP-19714
Related Id(s): PR-10051
Full runtime dependencies of common_test-1.29
compiler-6.0, crypto-4.5, debugger-4.1, erts-7.0, ftp-1.0, inets-6.0, kernel-8.4, observer-2.1, runtime_tools-1.8.16, sasl-2.5, snmp-5.1.2, ssh-4.0, stdlib-4.0, syntax_tools-1.7, tools-3.2, xmerl-1.3.8
compiler-9.0.2
The compiler-9.0.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
Fixed a compiler crash caused by patch order in destructive update.
-
Fixed a compiler crash in
beam_ssa_pre_codegen
caused by wrong handling of multiple phi patches in the destructive update pass. -
Fixed a crash when a zip generator contains a map pattern.
-
In rare circumstances, the compiler could crash when compiling code using bit syntax construction.
-
A few minor bugs that could affect the
beam_debug_info
option were fixed.Own Id: OTP-19758
Related Id(s): PR-10153
Full runtime dependencies of compiler-9.0.2
crypto-5.1, erts-13.0, kernel-8.4, stdlib-6.0
crypto-5.7
The crypto-5.7 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
NIFs and linked-in drivers are now loadable when running in an Erlang source tree on Windows.
Own Id: OTP-19686
Related Id(s): PR-9969 -
Fixed bug seen to cause beam crash when doing
init:restart()
withcrypto
statically linked to OpenSSL (--disable-dynamic-ssl-lib
). Bug exists since OTP 28.0. -
Fixed
crypto:strong_rand_bytes
failing afterinit:restart
on MacOS with statically linked OpenSSL. -
Fixed
crypto:hash(shake128 | shake256)
for OpenSSL 3.4 and newer. -
Rendering of some tables in the documentation has been improved.
Own Id: OTP-19752
Related Id(s): PR-10142
Improvements and New Features
-
Support for ML-DSA and ML-KEM provided by OpenSSL 3.5.
Algorithms
mldsa44
,mldsa65
andmldsa87
can be passed tocrypto:sign/4
andcrypto:verify/5
.New functions
crypto:encapsulate_key/2
andcrypto:decapsulate_key/3
can be used withmlkem512
,mlkem768
andmlkem1024
to safely generate and communicate an encapsulated shared secret.Own Id: OTP-19657
Related Id(s): PR-9900*** HIGHLIGHT ***
-
Added support for SHA2 512/224 and SHA2 512/256 truncated hashes.
Own Id: OTP-19666
Related Id(s): PR-9721
Full runtime dependencies of crypto-5.7
erts-9.0, kernel-6.0, stdlib-3.9
debugger-6.0.3
The debugger-6.0.3 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
Full runtime dependencies of debugger-6.0.3
compiler-8.0, erts-15.0, kernel-10.0, stdlib-7.0, wx-2.0
edoc-1.4.1
The edoc-1.4.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
Rendering of some tables in the documentation has been improved.
Own Id: OTP-19752
Related Id(s): PR-10142
Full runtime dependencies of edoc-1.4.1
erts-11.0, inets-5.10, kernel-7.0, stdlib-4.0, syntax_tools-2.0, xmerl-1.3.7
erl_interface-5.6.1
The erl_interface-5.6.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Improvements and New Features
-
Fixed C compiler warnings generated by codechecker.
Own Id: OTP-19671
Related Id(s): PR-9832
Known Bugs and Problems
-
The
ei
API for decoding/encoding terms is not fully 64-bit compatible since terms that have a representation on the external term format larger than 2 GB cannot be handled.Own Id: OTP-16607
Related Id(s): OTP-16608
erts-16.1
The erts-16.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
Made sure to not set any terminal settings when they have not been changed. Doing so can trigger a SIGTTOU signal which would terminate Erlang when it should not.
Own Id: OTP-19685
Related Id(s): PR-9906 -
As an optimization, when the
unicode:characters_to_binary/3
was used to convert fromlatin1
toutf8
or vice versa, it would return the original binary unchanged if it only contained 7-bit ASCII characters. That otpimization was broken in Erlang/OTP 27, and has now been mended.
Improvements and New Features
-
Fixed C compiler warnings generated by codechecker.
Own Id: OTP-19671
Related Id(s): PR-9832 -
Added support in module
re
for export and import of compiled regular expression in order to safely move them between Erlang node instances.Own Id: OTP-19730
Related Id(s): PR-9976 -
Added new
erl
command line flag+Mumadtn <bool>
causingMADV_DONTNEED
to be passed tomadvise()
instead ofMADV_FREE
.Own Id: OTP-19739
Related Id(s): PR-10113
Full runtime dependencies of erts-16.1
kernel-9.0, sasl-3.3, stdlib-4.1
inets-9.4.2
The inets-9.4.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
Fixed a RFC 2616 violation, where a http request, made by httpc, without providing any options, would be sent with an empty TE header, without also having a TE value in the connection header. Now the default request doesn't send a TE header at all.
Full runtime dependencies of inets-9.4.2
erts-14.0, kernel-9.0, mnesia-4.12, public_key-1.13, runtime_tools-1.8.14, ssl-9.0, stdlib-5.0, stdlib-6.0
kernel-10.4
The kernel-10.4 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
A remote shell can now exit by closing the input stream, without terminating the remote node.
Own Id: OTP-19667
Related Id(s): PR-9912 -
The internal
inet_dns_tsig
andinet_res
modules have been fixed to TSIG verify the correct timestamp.In the process two undocumented error code atoms have been corrected to
notauth
andnotzone
to adhere to the DNS RFCs. Code that relied on the previous incorrect values may have to be corrected.Own Id: OTP-19756
Related Id(s): PR-10146*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***
Improvements and New Features
-
The rudimentary DNS resolver
inet_res
has aqcuired 3 new functionsinet_res:gethostbyname/4
,inet_res;getbyname/4
andinet_res:gethostbyaddr/3
, that all take an option list argument.This option list can be used to override the Kernel application's resolver options when calling the
inet_res
function directly.Own Id: OTP-19737
Related Id(s): ERIERL-1209, PR-10112
Full runtime dependencies of kernel-10.4
crypto-5.0, erts-15.2.5, sasl-3.0, stdlib-6.0
megaco-4.8.1
The megaco-4.8.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
Documentation improvements.
Own Id: OTP-19669
Related Id(s): PR-9927 -
Rendering of some tables in the documentation has been improved.
Own Id: OTP-19752
Related Id(s): PR-10142
Full runtime dependencies of megaco-4.8.1
asn1-3.0, debugger-4.0, erts-12.0, et-1.5, kernel-8.0, runtime_tools-1.8.14, stdlib-2.5
mnesia-4.24.1
The mnesia-4.24.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
Mnesia no longer crashes when the node name is used as a table name.
Own Id: OTP-19745
Related Id(s): PR-10147
Full runtime dependencies of mnesia-4.24.1
erts-9.0, kernel-5.3, stdlib-5.0
observer-2.18.1
The observer-2.18.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
etop
will now fully stop before returning frometop:stop/0
.Own Id: OTP-19754
Related Id(s): PR-9815
Full runtime dependencies of observer-2.18.1
erts-15.0, et-1.5, kernel-10.0, runtime_tools-2.1, stdlib-5.0, wx-2.3
os_mon-2.11.1
The os_mon-2.11.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
NIFs and linked-in drivers are now loadable when running in an Erlang source tree on Windows.
Own Id: OTP-19686
Related Id(s): PR-9969
Full runtime dependencies of os_mon-2.11.1
erts-14.0, kernel-9.0, sasl-4.2.1, stdlib-5.0
public_key-1.18.3
Note! The public_key-1.18.3 application cannot be applied independently of other applications on an arbitrary OTP 28 installation.
On a full OTP 28 installation, also the following runtime
dependency has to be satisfied:
-- crypto-5.7 (first satisfied in OTP 28.1)
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
NIFs and linked-in drivers are now loadable when running in an Erlang source tree on Windows.
Own Id: OTP-19686
Related Id(s): PR-9969 -
Added missing reference to
SignedAttributes
so that it now works with theder_encode
andder_decode
functions.Own Id: OTP-19727
Related Id(s): PR-10091
Improvements and New Features
-
Added support for quantum crypto signature algorithm ML-DSA (ssl and public_key) and key exchange algorithm ML-KEM (ssl).
Own Id: OTP-19552
Related Id(s): PR-10004*** HIGHLIGHT ***
Full runtime dependencies of public_key-1.18.3
asn1-5.0, crypto-5.7, erts-13.0, kernel-8.0, stdlib-4.0
runtime_tools-2.3
The runtime_tools-2.3 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
NIFs and linked-in drivers are now loadable when running in an Erlang source tree on Windows.
Own Id: OTP-19686
Related Id(s): PR-9969
Improvements and New Features
-
The default tracer is now aware that it is started by a remote shell (
-remsh
), in which case the traces will be sent to the remote group_leader to make the traces visible in the remote shell.Own Id: OTP-19648
Related Id(s): PR-9589 -
A User's Guide to
dbg
is now available in the documentation.Own Id: OTP-19655
Related Id(s): PR-9853*** HIGHLIGHT ***
Full runtime dependencies of runtime_tools-2.3
erts-16.0, kernel-10.0, mnesia-4.12, stdlib-6.0
snmp-5.19.1
The snmp-5.19.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
Using ASN.1 generated code for decode/encode of basic types, starting with Counter64.
Improvements and New Features
-
Reworked the timer handling of the (SNMP) manager start notification feature.
Own Id: OTP-19696
Related Id(s): PR-10014 -
Added missing specs to already documented functions.
Own Id: OTP-19723
Related Id(s): PR-10087
Full runtime dependencies of snmp-5.19.1
asn1-5.4, crypto-4.6, erts-12.0, kernel-8.0, mnesia-4.12, runtime_tools-1.8.14, stdlib-5.0
ssl-11.4
Note! The ssl-11.4 application cannot be applied independently of other applications on an arbitrary OTP 28 installation.
On a full OTP 28 installation, also the following runtime
dependencies have to be satisfied:
-- crypto-5.7 (first satisfied in OTP 28.1)
-- public_key-1.18.3 (first satisfied in OTP 28.1)
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
The sender side is now closed if an error occurs on the socket.
Own Id: OTP-19694
Related Id(s): PR-10011 -
The PEM cache process no longer crashes when a configured file has been deleted before it could be read.
-
Corrected handling of
ssl:sockname/1
for DTLS, so that it now will return the correct result in all situations. -
Rendering of some tables in the documentation has been improved.
Own Id: OTP-19752
Related Id(s): PR-10142
Improvements and New Features
-
Added support for quantum crypto signature algorithm ML-DSA (ssl and public_key) and key exchange algorithm ML-KEM (ssl).
Own Id: OTP-19552
Related Id(s): PR-10004*** HIGHLIGHT ***
-
Now allowing
send/2
to buffer data when using sockets backend. Use 'high_watermark' and 'low_watermark' to steer buffering as gen_tcp does.Own Id: OTP-19651
Related Id(s): PR-9879 -
Now allowing the PSK identity to be the empty string in TLS-1.2 for compatibility reasons. It is allowed according to the spec, although providing a proper value makes more sense.
Own Id: OTP-19688
Related Id(s): PR-9843 -
TLS server now fails early for supplied PEM file issues, such as the file not being found.
Own Id: OTP-19706
Related Id(s): GH-9631, PR-10046*** HIGHLIGHT ***
Full runtime dependencies of ssl-11.4
crypto-5.7, erts-16.0, inets-5.10.7, kernel-10.3, public_key-1.18.3, runtime_tools-1.15.1, stdlib-7.0
stdlib-7.1
Note! The stdlib-7.1 application cannot be applied independently of other applications on an arbitrary OTP 28 installation.
On a full OTP 28 installation, also the following runtime
dependency has to be satisfied:
-- erts-16.0.3 (first satisfied in OTP 28.0.3)
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
The
save_module/1
command in the shell now saves both the locally defined records and the imported records using therr/1
command. -
It's now possible to write
lists:map(fun is_atom/1, [])
orlists:map(fun my_func/1, [])
in the shell, instead oflists:map(fun erlang:is_atom/1, [])
orlists:map(fun shell_default:my_func/1, [])
. -
The shell no longer crashes when requesting to auto-complete map keys containing non-atoms.
Own Id: OTP-19659
Related Id(s): PR-9896 -
A remote shell can now exit by closing the input stream, without terminating the remote node.
Own Id: OTP-19667
Related Id(s): PR-9912 -
Fixed guard check for
is_record/2
in the linter.
Improvements and New Features
-
Added a flag option
shell_hints
and functionshell:hints/1
. You can now disable the warning in the shell when a command is taking longer than 5 seconds.Own Id: OTP-19759
Related Id(s): PR-10121
Full runtime dependencies of stdlib-7.1
compiler-5.0, crypto-4.5, erts-16.0.3, kernel-10.0, sasl-3.0, syntax_tools-3.2.1
syntax_tools-4.0.1
The syntax_tools-4.0.1 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
Fixed zip generator crash in
annotate_bindings/1
Full runtime dependencies of syntax_tools-4.0.1
compiler-9.0, erts-16.0, kernel-10.3, stdlib-7.0
tools-4.1.3
The tools-4.1.3 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Improvements and New Features
-
Fixed some deprecations for newer emacs versions.
Own Id: OTP-19726
Related Id(s): PR-10106
Full runtime dependencies of tools-4.1.3
compiler-8.5, erts-15.0, erts-15.0, kernel-10.0, runtime_tools-2.1, stdlib-6.0
wx-2.5.2
The wx-2.5.2 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
NIFs and linked-in drivers are now loadable when running in an Erlang source tree on Windows.
Own Id: OTP-19686
Related Id(s): PR-9969 -
Now avoiding that wx crashes the VM when running on OTP28+ due to one of the new compiler hardening options.
Improvements and New Features
-
wx
was missing licenses that come from OpenGL documentation and wxWidgets documentation.Own Id: OTP-19735
Related Id(s): PR-10094
Full runtime dependencies of wx-2.5.2
erts-12.0, kernel-8.0, stdlib-5.0
xmerl-2.1.6
The xmerl-2.1.6 application can be applied independently of other applications on a full OTP 28 installation.
Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions
-
Corrected the bug that comments couldn't be exported.
#xmlComment
elements is now exported when callingexport/3
orexport_simple/3
and similar functions. Top level comments will only be exported if one creates and export elements as a document.
Full runtime dependencies of xmerl-2.1.6
erts-6.0, kernel-8.4, stdlib-2.5
Thanks to
Alberto Sartori, Alexander Clouter, ausimian, Danil Zagoskin, dependabot[bot], Dmytro Lytovchenko, Dunya Kokoschka, Håkan Stenholm, Hans Svensson, Jan Uhlig, Magnus Henoch, Mend Renovate, Paulo Tomé, Rodolfo Carvalho, Savvas Nicholas, Simon Oulevay, Tomas Abrahamsson, Tom Schuster, Yaroslav Maslennikov