125176 May 2026
Users are currently advised to manually snapshot the freenas-boot or boot-pool via the System > Boot menu.
You can view and vote for this suggestion on the iXsystems JIRA. 125176
While this specific automation is a popular suggestion among the community ( TrueNAS Community Forums ), it is not always enabled by default in every version. Users are currently advised to manually snapshot the
If you are managing a TrueNAS system and want to support this feature: 125176
TrueNAS already utilizes "Boot Environments," which act similarly to snapshots but require a reboot to switch between different OS versions. 🚀 Recommended Next Steps