# wasmCloud v2.12.0

> Orchestration & Management · 2026-11-04

A broad release with changes across NATS, memory management, storage, and runtime behavior. It also updates dependencies and includes security fixes for NATS TLS, PostgreSQL arrays, and S3 reads.

## Action needed
- **[security]** The `zstd-sys` dependency update
  - The `zstd-sys` dependency is updated past `RUSTSEC-2026-0410`, and unreachable zstd advisories are ignored.
- **[security]** Dependencies with open advisories
  - Dependencies with open advisories are updated in this release.

## Check if affected
- **[security]** Pre-release `wash-runtime` security fixes
  - Applies if you use NATS TLS, postgres arrays, or S3 reads.
  - Pre-release security fixes ship in `wash-runtime` for NATS TLS, PostgreSQL arrays, and S3 reads.
- **[breaking]** The `wash` dev egress default
  - Applies if you use dev egress.
  - The `wash` dev egress default changes to allow all traffic.

## Other recorded changes
- 52 (defect_corrected 24, added 15, value_changed 12, constraint_changed 1)

[Full analysis](https://ratatosk.io/en/releases/wasmcloud/v2.12.0)

[Original release notes](https://github.com/wasmCloud/wasmCloud/releases/tag/v2.12.0)
