# Release notes for Tape Gateway appliance software
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These release notes describe the new and updated features, improvements, and fixes that are included with each version of the Tape Gateway appliance. Each software version is identified by its release date and a unique version number.

You can determine a gateway's software version number by checking its **Details** page in the Storage Gateway console, or by calling the [DescribeGatewayInformation](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeGatewayInformation.html) API action using an AWS CLI command similar to the following:

```
aws storagegateway describe-gateway-information --gateway-arn "{{arn:aws:storagegateway:us-west-2:123456789012:gateway/sgw-12A3456B}}"
```

The version number is returned in the `SoftwareVersion` field of the API response.

**Note**  
A gateway won't report software version information under the following circumstances:  
The gateway is offline.
The gateway is running older software that doesn't support version reporting.
The gateway type is FSx File Gateway.

For more information about Tape Gateway updates, including how to modify the default automatic maintenance and update schedule for a gateway, see [Managing Gateway Updates Using the AWS Storage Gateway Console](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/storagegateway/latest/tgw/MaintenanceManagingUpdate-common.html).

For more information about migrating Tape Gateway from Amazon Linux 2 to AL2023, see [Storage Gateway AL2 to AL2023 Migration Campaign](al2-to-al2023-migration.md).

**Amazon Linux 2023 (AL2023) based gateways**  
The following table lists the release notes for gateways based on AL2023.

**Note**  
Gateway versions 2.x.x can't be updated to 3.x.x.


| Release Date | Software Version | Release Notes | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
| 2026-06-30 | 3.2.7 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways <br />+  Added support for PrivateLink FIPS endpoints   | 
| 2026-05-28 | 3.2.6 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways <br />+  Made improvements for 2.x to 3.x (AL2 to AL2023) migration   | 
| 2026-05-04 | 3.2.5 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways <br />+  Addressed issue with default network MTU setting affecting HyperV-based gateways   | 
| 2026-04-01 | 3.2.4 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways   | 
| 2026-03-02 | 3.2.3 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways <br />+  Addressed issue with gateway logs on some gateways   | 
| 2026-02-12 | 3.2.2 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways <br />+  Addressed issue with software updates on AL2023 gateways configured with VPC endpoints (VPCE) set to static IP addresses  | 
| 2026-02-02 | 3.2.0 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2026-01-06 | 3.1.0 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2025-12-04 | 3.0.6 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2025-11-06 | 3.0.5 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2025-10-10 | 3.0.4 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2025-09-12 | 3.0.3 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2025-08-29 | 3.0.2 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways <br />+  Addressed issues with static IP configuration  | 
| 2025-08-18 | 3.0.1 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways <br />+  Added CloudWatch Logs event to help administrators monitor when virtual tapes enter `IRRECOVERABLE` state  | 
| 2025-07-16 | 3.0.0 |  +  Initial release of new operating system <br />+  Added IPv6 support  | 

**Amazon Linux 2 (AL2) based gateways**  
The following table lists the release notes for gateways based on AL2.


| Release Date | Software Version | Release Notes | 
| --- | --- | --- | 
| 2026-06-30 | 2.14.6 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways   | 
| 2026-05-28 | 2.14.5 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways   | 
| 2026-05-04 | 2.14.4 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways   | 
| 2026-04-01 | 2.14.3 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways   | 
| 2026-03-02 | 2.14.2 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2026-02-02 | 2.14.1 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2026-01-05 | 2.14.0 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2025-12-05 | 2.13.0 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2025-11-03 | 2.12.15 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2025-10-01 | 2.12.14 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2025-09-02 | 2.12.13 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways <br />+  Added CloudWatch Logs event to help administrators monitor when virtual tapes enter `IRRECOVERABLE` state  | 
| 2025-07-31 | 2.12.12 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2025-07-01 | 2.12.11 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2025-06-02 | 2.12.10 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2025-05-01 | 2.12.9 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2025-05-01 | 2.12.8 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2025-04-01 | 2.12.7 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2025-03-04 | 2.12.6 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2025-02-04 | 2.12.5 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways <br />+  Addressed an issue where gateways could get stuck in shutdown state after a software update  | 
| 2025-01-07 | 2.12.3 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2024-12-06 | 2.12.2 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2024-11-06 | 2.12.1 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2024-10-03 | 2.12.0 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2024-08-30 | 2.11.0 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2024-07-29 | 2.10.0 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways <br />+  Miscellaneous bug fixes and enhancements  | 
| 2024-06-17 | 2.9.2 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new and existing gateways  | 
| 2024-05-28 | 2.9.0 |  +  Reduced gateway restart time during software updates <br />+  Reduced the amount of data transferred for estimating network bandwidth  | 
| 2024-05-08 | 2.8.3 |  +  Addressed cloud connectivity issue when using SOCKS5 proxy <br />+  Addressed upload performance degradation issue under certain conditions (such as a high number of tape erasure operations)  | 
| 2024-04-10 | 2.8.1 |  +  Addressed a memory usage issue introduced in 2.8.0 <br />+  Security patch updates <br />+  Improved software update process <br />+  Addressed missing Network Time Protocol (NTP) component for new gateways  | 
| 2024-03-06 | 2.8.0 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new gateways <br />+  Security patch updates <br />+  Improved performance for concurrent Backup and Restore workloads  | 
| 2023-12-19 | 2.7.0 |  +  Updated operating system and software elements to improve security and performance for new gateways  | 
| 2023-12-14 | 2.6.6 |  +  Fixed an issue with relative positioning on larger than 5 TiB tapes  | 
| 2023-10-19 | 2.6.5 |  +  Added safeguards against tape overwrites by clients after a gateway restart  |