From: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>

There are some features/improvements/bug fixes I've either
contributed or reviewed/merged. Document them for upcoming
release.

Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
---
 NEWS.rst | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+)

diff --git a/NEWS.rst b/NEWS.rst
index 71f1f21472..11d0ebf28b 100644
--- a/NEWS.rst
+++ b/NEWS.rst
@@ -43,8 +43,61 @@ v12.1.0 (unreleased)
 
 * **Improvements**
 
+  * Introduce granule attribute for virtio-iommu
+
+    In case when guest page size doesn't match the host page size (typically
+    aarch64) the ``virtio-iommu`` needs to know the guest page size so it can
+    allocate memory aligned to guest page size.
+
+  * hyperv: Implement virDomainInterfaceAddresses()
+
+    Libvirt can now report IP address of domains running under Hyper-V
+    hypervisor.
+
+  * Parse hyperv features even for host-model
+
+    Two releases ago, in v11.9.0 new ``host-model`` mode for Hyper-V
+    enlightenments was introduced. Starting with this release, users can
+    additionally override the defaults that are picked when domain is started
+    and features are expanded.
+
 * **Bug fixes**
 
+  * Fix build with remote driver disabled
+
+    Some parts of code were wrongly annotated as depended on remote driver.
+    But they were used even from client side drivers. This is now fixed and
+    libvirt builds properly even with remote driver disabled.
+
+  * Various fixes to libvirt-guests.sh
+
+    Firstly, the exit code of various commands was ignored (which may lead the
+    script to wrongly determine persistent/transient domain state, for
+    instance). Secondly, due to logical error, the script might have
+    incorrectly asses state a domain is in.
+
+  * AppArmor: Ask for no deny rule for readonly disk elements
+
+    For read only disks, libvirt created an AppArmor profile which disallowed
+    any future write rules. But when doing a blockcommit, libvirt needs to
+    allow hypervisor to write to even readonly disks. The rule in the profile
+    was changed so that future write rules can be added, temporarily.
+
+  * esx: Allow connecting to IPv6 server
+
+    Due to a bug in our code, if an IPv6 address was provided in connection
+    URI, libvirt would fail to connect to VMWare server. This is now fixed.
+
+  * qemu: Use device alias if interface has no name
+
+    The ``virDomainInterfaceAddresses()`` API (or ``virsh domifaddr``) returns
+    an array interfaces among with their addresses. But some interface names
+    might be unknown, for instance if the API is told to parse host's ARP table
+    then PCI assigned NICs or slirp/passt lack interface name. If that's the
+    case, let the API return domain's ``<interface/>`` alias.
+
+  * bhyve: hyperv: Various memory leak fixes
+
 
 v12.0.0 (2026-01-15)
 ====================
-- 
2.52.0

On a Friday in 2026, Michal Privoznik via Devel wrote:
>From: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
>
>There are some features/improvements/bug fixes I've either
>contributed or reviewed/merged. Document them for upcoming
>release.
>
>Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
>---
> NEWS.rst | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+)
>

Reviewed-by: Ján Tomko <jtomko@redhat.com>

Jano

On 2/27/26 13:36, Michal Privoznik via Devel wrote:
> From: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
> 
> There are some features/improvements/bug fixes I've either
> contributed or reviewed/merged. Document them for upcoming
> release.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Privoznik <mprivozn@redhat.com>
> ---
>  NEWS.rst | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 53 insertions(+)
> 

> +  * hyperv: Implement virDomainInterfaceAddresses()
> +
> +    Libvirt can now report IP address of domains running under Hyper-V
> +    hypervisor.
> +

This ^^ will be removed, because Jonathon posted more comprehensive entry:

https://lists.libvirt.org/archives/list/devel@lists.libvirt.org/thread/QJI2PVKW3KPYRQC2CP22MVMZE6HHWCD2/

Michal