Workshop 0.9.6 release notes¶

1 September 2026¶

These release notes cover new features and changes in Workshop 0.9.6 and SDKcraft 0.9.3.

Requirements and compatibility¶

Workshop relies on Snap and LXD:

See the Tutorial for setup instructions.
Refer to the Contribution Guide for development prerequisites.

What’s new in 0.9.6¶

Workshop 0.9.6 adds support for the riscv64 architecture, hardens DNS stability by disabling DNSSEC and DNS-over-TLD for the Workshop bridge and retrying the configure-DNS service on unexpected exits, protects against unsupported downgrades with a workshop format check, and allows old system SDKs to be cleaned up automatically.

Workshop¶

Repository: https://github.com/canonical/workshop

Added riscv64 architecture support.
Disabled DNSSEC and DNS-over-TLD on workshopbr0 and made the configure-dns service retry automatically if killed by LXD, improving DNS reliability.
Old system SDKs are now cleaned up automatically.
Add shell completion for workshop exec --env.

SDKcraft 0.9.3 (unchanged)¶

Repository: https://github.com/canonical/sdkcraft

No changes in this release.

Full Changelog:

Workshop: https://github.com/canonical/workshop/compare/v0.9.5…v0.9.6