Dear BIRD users, we are releasing BIRD versions 3.3.0 and 2.19.0. Both versions include all relevant fixes applied in versions 3.2.1, 3.1.6, 2.18.1 and 2.17.4. Downloads are possible at <https://bird.nic.cz/get-bird/> and in our upstream repositories. We have merged BGP autospawn based on received router advertisements. Also, we changed the disabled BGP protocol behavior in 3.3.0 to align with BIRD 2, so that disabled protocol actively blocks incoming connections for that peer. These versions contain BGP/EVPN/VXLAN support. Please check, and if you find anything weird, please tell us. We also did an EVPN tutorial at RIPE 92: <https://ripe92.ripe.net/programme/meeting-plan/sessions/59/7JB8K9/> We have reworked BGP export tables in BIRD 3, so that they eat significantly less memory. We have fixed `show route for` in BIRD 3 to do the longest prefix match again. There are also some more minor changes and fixes. There are some outstanding bugs (in all versions) reported, and we're working on fixing them. Some of these involve crashes in corner cases, and therefore, in filters, we recommend to sanity-check lengths of the data you are working with before running more complex operations. This applies mostly to community lists and bgp paths, and it's a good practice anyway to drop routes with enormously long paths or community lists. Officially supported versions are now: - 3.3.0 and 2.19.0 until 6 months after 3.4.0 and 2.20.0 get released - 3.2.x and 2.18.x until end of November 2026 - LTS 3.1.x and 2.17.x tracking Debian Trixie Also, on commercial note, we offer BIRD Support, so that you can get help with configuration, priority access to critical bug fixes, and better influence the overall development directions. It's the users paying for these services, who keep the development running. More on that at our website: <https://bird.nic.cz/commercial-services/> Happy routing! Maria and the BIRD Team -- Maria Matejka (she/her) | BIRD Team Leader | CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o.