QuTS hero h6.0.0.3397 build 20260206 Public Beta 3 released

QuTS hero h6.0.0.3397 build 20260206 Public Beta 3

2026-02-10

Applicable Models

  • TS-h2490FU/TS-h1090FU

  • TS-h1290FX

  • TDS-h2489FU/ TDS-h2489FU R2

  • TS-h3088XU-RP

  • TVS-h1288X/TVS-h1688X

  • TS-h1886XU-RP/TS-1886XU-RP/TS-h1886XU-RP R2

  • TS-h686/TS-h886

  • TNS-h1083X,TNS-h1083X (A Side),TNS-h1083X (B Side)

  • TS-883XU/TS-883XU-RP/TS-1283XU-RP/S-1683XU-RP/TS-983XU/TS-983XU-RP/TS-2483XU-RP/TS-h1283XU-RP/TS-h2483XU-RP/TS-h1683XU-RP

  • TS-h977XU-RP/TS-h1277XU-RP/TS-h1677XU-RP/TS-h2477XU-RP

  • TS-h1277AXU-RP/TS-h1677AXU-RP/TS-h2477AXU-RP/TS-h3077AFU

  • TVS-h1675U-RP/TVS-h1275U-RP/TVS-h875U-RP/TVS-h875U

  • TVS-675

  • TVS-h474/TVS-h674/TVS-h874/TVS-h874X/TVS-h674T/TVS-h874T

  • TBS-h574TX

  • TS-873AU/TS-873AU-RP/TS-1273AU-RP/TS-1673AU-RP/TS-873AeU/TS-873AeU-RP

  • TS-h973AX/TS-473A/TS-673A/TS-873A

  • TVS-672X/TVS872X/TVS-672N/TVS-872N/TVS-472XT/TVS-672XT/TVS-872XT

  • TS-1655/TS-855X

  • TS-855eU/TS-855eU-RP/TS-h1655XeU-RP

  • TS-253E/TS-453E

  • HS-264/TBS-464/TS-364/TS-464/TS-664/TS-264/TS-464C2

  • TS-466C

  • TS-464U/TS-464U-RP/TS-1264U-RP/TS-464eU/TS-864eU/TS-864eU-RP

  • TS-i410X/TS-410E

  • TS-h765eU

  • TS-h1277AFX

  • Qu805/Qu605/Qu405

  • TVS-AIh1688ATX

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Important Notes

  • The following expansion card models have reached end of support starting in QuTS hero h6.0.0: Mustang-200-C-8G-R10, Mustang-200-i5-1T-32G-R10, Mustang-200-i7-1T-32G-R10, Mustang-F100, Mustang-V100, QM2-2P10G1T, QM2-2S10G1T

  • Certain applications and utilities are temporarily unavailable in QuTS hero h6.0.0. For the full support list, see: https://www.qnap.com/go/app-center?os=quts_hero

  • The following applications will no longer be supported in QuTS hero h6.0.0: CAYIN CMS-WS Lite and CAYIN MediaSign Player (replaced by CAYIN Media Viewer), IDrive, JRE, Mustang Card Manager, Mustang Card User Driver, Python, Python3, QButton, Qmiix Agent, QVR Elite (replaced by QVR Surveillance), Skype

New Features

Domain Controller
  • When the NAS is configured as a domain controller, users can now set the domain functional level up to Windows Server 2016.

Enhancement

ACL
  • When configuring shared folder permissions in Control Panel, the system now checks the ACL version and prevents applying settings that exceed the configurable ACL entry limit.
Desktop & Login
  • Improved app update notifications. The App Center icon on the desktop now displays a badge with the number of updatable apps, and opening an updatable app triggers a guided update prompt, ensuring your apps stay current.
iSCSI & Fibre Channel
  • Improved FC NPIV status checks and error handling. If NPIV creation fails or connection issues occur, the system now sets the FC port to offline and clearly displays the service status on relevant UI pages.

  • When a storage pool enters an error state, users are now only allowed to unmap LUNs from their targets. All other LUN operations are disabled to ensure system stability.

Network & Virtual Switch
  • When replacing a network card in an HA cluster, the new card can now inherit the original network settings of the old card. To further ensure HA stability, users cannot remove external network cards used for the cluster and heartbeat interfaces.

  • When removing a network card, the option to reset the network is no longer provided. To manually reset the network, please go to the menu in the upper-right corner. Note: Resetting the network is not possible when the system is in an HA cluster.

Snapshot Manager
  • A dedicated “Snapshot Replica” page is now available for creating and managing snapshot replication jobs.

  • A dedicated “Snapshot Vault” page is now available for managing snapshot vaults containing replicated snapshots from Snapshot Replica jobs.

Storage Manager
  • Adjusted the activation logic for the “Optimize performance” setting during pool creation, allowing the system to skip unnecessary tuning steps to reduce pool creation time.

  • Added a feature tour to guide users on how to use Storage Manager.

QuTS hero h6.0.0.3397 build 20260206 Public Beta 3 | Release Notes | QNAP

I’m highly concerned about the statement that ‘The following expansion card models have reached end of support starting in QuTS hero h6.0.0: QM2-2P10G1T’. That means no upgrade for me, unless QNAP revises plans and reconsiders support for perfectly well working components.

That’s interesting as they don’t show it as an EOL device on their website. Wonder why they are saying that.

I see one thing that will prevent me from upgrading. iDrive is no longer supported. I use that all the time. They are bowing to iDrive’s pressure as iDrive now has a “NAS Backup” feature that is about 5x as expensive as iDrive’s normal backup.

So given that, I don’t think I’ll be upgrading any time soon myself…