Summary
According to https://github.com/vyos/vyos-build/blob/rolling/data/defaults.toml VyOS is currently using Debian 12 (bookworm) as base instead of Debian 13 (trixie) who was released August 9, 2025. Current point release 13.6 was released at July 11, 2026.
By upgrading the base issues such as https://vyos.dev/T7142 (HAPROXY- update current version to 3.0) would be resolved automagically.
Use case
Use case is to by default have access to newer binaries where old issues have been resolved and new have been added.
Also Debian 13 (bookworm) is End-of-Life as of 2026-07-11 (currently known as "oldstable") even if the LTS support continues to 2028-06-30 and ELTS to 2033-06-30. The dates for Debian 13 (trixie) are 2028-08-09 as EoL, 2030-06-30 as LTS and 2035-06-30 as ELTS.
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