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DHCPv4 Vendor-Specific options are incorrectly constructed
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Description

Currently, the Kea DHCP configuration file generates the option definition and option data in a non-compliant manner.

Specifically, per Kea documentation, the option spaces to carry vendor specific option (code 43) should be among the two predfined ones dhcpv4 or vendor-encapsulated-options-space. Additionally, the vendor specific information is carried through the name, not space.

The effect of this is noticed in missing unifi-controller option in DHCP response.

The structure of option-def and option-data needs to be adjusted to fix this.

Details

Version
1.5
Is it a breaking change?
Perfectly compatible
Issue type
Bug (incorrect behavior)

Event Timeline

indrajitr triaged this task as Normal priority.
indrajitr created this object in space S1 VyOS Public.
indrajitr changed the task status from Open to Needs testing.May 10 2026, 9:19 PM

Nightly build 2026.05.09-0042 is supposed to have this change per the changelog. But somehow the changes aren't there in the image.

Thanks @indrajitr
Our developers are looking at the mirrors. It will be fixed soon.
thanks.

Viacheslav moved this task from Need Triage to Completed on the VyOS Rolling board.