# Fuchsia F18 release notes

**Date:** May 3, 2024

**Version:** F18

The following changes have been implemented:

### Application Runtimes (Flutter, Starnix, and Web)

#### Starnix

The following updates have been made for Starnix:

- Added support for `strace`.
- Added support for RISC-V Vector, enabling more RISC-V tests.

### Connectivity (Bluetooth, IOT, WLAN, Netstack)

The following updates have been made for Connectivity:

#### WLAN

- Added additional detection of WLAN hardware error conditions which allows for automatic connection recovery.

#### Thread

- Added support for managing internet settings on devices.
- Added capabilities in FIDL to support lowpan for the Thread Internet Settings toggle.

#### Matter

- Added support for handling multiple IP addresses simultaneously when discovering devices.

### Developer

The following updates have been made for Developer workflows:

#### Tools

- Added schema and validation for `ffx version`.
- Added support for machine JSON to `ffx target show`.
- Added `virtuo-gpu-pci` device for QEMU builds.
- Increased the path length limits for `ffx trace`.
- Updated `ffx config` to allow host tool path overrides.

#### Command Line

- Added assembly logic for cpu manager.
- Added assembly logic for the power metrics recorder.
- Added boilerplate for `ffx net filter` command.
- Added `ffx repository package-archive`.
- Added platform resources to product size checker.
- Added support to allow overriding of test label for golden files.
- Added support to allow repeating with retry in `ffx target echo`.
- Added support in `ffx` to allow serving a repository without a device.
- Added support for subpackages in the Fuchsia repository.
- Deprecated the original `ffx net filter` command to be replaced with a new one.
- Removed `Get` and `SetMinDriverLogSeverity` from the `fdf` Controller interface.
- Removed unused route allowlist feature in `scrutiny`.
- Updated the help text of the `ffx device` and `ffx list-devices` commands.

### Diagnostics

The following updates have been made for Diagnostics:

- Removed deprecated LogSettings.RegisterInterest
- Sampler now includes power metrics related data
- Archivist can now be configured using configuration capabilities
- The contract between netstack2 and archivist was updated with explicit directory routing
- ffx log --select now takes precedence over the --severity flag
- FDF DriverBase now provides an inspector
- Log verbosity is now consistently encoded as severity

### FIDL

The following updates have been made for FIDL:

- Added update to allow dead code in traits for the rust toolchain.
- Added `fuchsia-controller` float conformance tests.
- Enabled remaining encode tests.
- Fixed type shape bugs.
- Unblocked `-Wextra-qualification`.
- Updated `fuchsia-controller` union tests for conformance.
- Refactored conversions and disallow `integer<->float` in `fidlc`.
- Removed `@transitional`.
- Removed `HasClone` and `HasCopy` from `fidlc`.
- Removed outdated tests and documentation.
- Removed `--tables` flag from `fidlc`.

### Graphics and Media

The following updates have been made for Graphics and Media:

- Added mali driver for out of tree development.

### HCI (Input, A11y, i18n, and View System)

The following updates have been made for UI:

- Fixed brightness channel overflows.

### Testing

The following updates have been made for testing:

- Added update to retrieve kernel coverage data through a new `ffx` tool.