125176 May 2026

Until this is fully integrated as a "toggle" in the UI, include a Boot Pool Snapshot as a standard step in your maintenance checklist.

While this specific automation is a popular suggestion among the community ( TrueNAS Community Forums ), it is not always enabled by default in every version. 125176

You can view and vote for this suggestion on the iXsystems JIRA. Until this is fully integrated as a "toggle"

Removes the human error of forgetting to manual backup before an update. 125176

NAS-125176 Status: Feature Request / Suggestion Platform: TrueNAS SCALE / CORE 🔍 Executive Summary

If you are managing a TrueNAS system and want to support this feature:

Users are currently advised to manually snapshot the freenas-boot or boot-pool via the System > Boot menu.