smolvm

v0.7.1 Feature

This release adds 2 notable features for engineering teams evaluating rollout.

Published 16d Virtualization

✓ No known CVEs patched

✓ No known CVEs patched in this version

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Summary

AI summary

Improved GPU polling and VM contention handling reduce orphaned ephemeral VMs.

Type	Severity	Summary	CVE
Feature
Feature	Medium	gates GPU polling unconditionally, fixes ephemeral VM orphans, optimizes boot time gates GPU polling unconditionally, fixes ephemeral VM orphans, optimizes boot time Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-19 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Medium	addresses VM contention when spun up at scale addresses VM contention when spun up at scale Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-19 Confidence: high	—
Feature	Medium	improves disk resizing during Linux bootups improves disk resizing during Linux bootups Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-19 Confidence: low	—
Bugfix
Bugfix	Medium	addresses short names to use real sha-256 hash addresses short names to use real sha-256 hash Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-19 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	resolves Fedora pack failures due to unhandled characters resolves Fedora pack failures due to unhandled characters Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-19 Confidence: high	—
Bugfix	Medium	applies additional patches to prevent panics on pack and extraction applies additional patches to prevent panics on pack and extraction Source: granite4.1:8b-q6_K@2026-05-19 Confidence: high	—

Full changelog

fix: addressing short names to use real sha-256 hash by @BinSquare in https://github.com/smol-machines/smolvm/pull/279
fix: fedora pack failures due to unhandling of chars by @BinSquare in https://github.com/smol-machines/smolvm/pull/280
feat: gate GPU polling unconditionally, fixes ephemeral vm oprhans, optimizations for boot time by @BinSquare in https://github.com/smol-machines/smolvm/pull/281
feat: vm contention when spun up at scale by @BinSquare in https://github.com/smol-machines/smolvm/pull/282
fixes: additional patches to address panics on pack & extraction by @BinSquare in https://github.com/smol-machines/smolvm/pull/283
feat: improve disk resizing on linux bootups by @BinSquare in https://github.com/smol-machines/smolvm/pull/284

Full Changelog: https://github.com/smol-machines/smolvm/compare/v0.7.0...v0.7.1

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Tool to build & run portable, lightweight, self-contained virtual machines.