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Change log

Change log

Date

Change description

March 31, 2026

New limitation added to NP7 and NP7Lite traffic shaping limitations: Changes to outbandwidth or egress shaping profiles on a physical or VLAN interface do not take effect for IPsec tunnels or sessions that are already established and offloaded by NP7 or NP7Lite (SOC5) processors. To apply the updated egress shaping settings, you must flush or reinstall the affected IPsec SAs and clear any offloaded sessions. Doing this rebuilds the IPsec tunnel and associated sessions using the new interface shaping configuration.

March 27, 2026

New section: FortiGate 3500G and 3501G fast path architecture.

February 23, 2026

The following FortiGate models are not supported by FortiOS 7.6.6 and have been removed from this document:

  • FortiGate 800D

  • FortiGate 900D

  • FortiGate 1000D

  • FortiGate 3000D

  • FortiGate 3100D

  • FortiGate 3200D

  • FortiGate 3700D

February 19, 2026

Corrected the following sections to show that interfaces 1 to 18 are connected to one ISF switch and interfaces 19 to 22 are connected to the other ISF switch:

February 18, 2026

New section: FortiGate 3000G and 3001G fast path architecture.

February 13, 2026

Added information about NP7 and NP7Lite traffic shaping to NP7 and NP7Lite traffic shaping limitations.

February 12, 2026

Added information about a hardware issue that affects the FortiGate 3000F and 3001F, see FortiGate 3000F and 3001F fast path architecture.

January 28, 2028

FortiOS 7.6.6 document release.

January 23, 2026

Information about a new FortiOS 7.6.4 feature to enable or disable using MSE OFT added to:

New section ike-port <port-number> [<port-number>].

December 19, 2025

Added some missing FortiOS 7.6.5 new features, see What's new for FortiOS 7.6.5.

December 15, 2025

DoS policy hardware acceleration is supported by NP7Lite (SOC5) processors for the following FortiGate models:

  • FortiGate 120G/121G

  • FortiGate 200G/201G

DoS policy hardware acceleration is not supported by the NP7Lite (SOC5) processors for the following FortiGate models and their rugged variations:

  • FortiGate 50G/51G

  • FortiGate 70G/71G

  • FortiGate 90G/91G

December 11, 2025

FortiOS 7.6.5 document release.

October 27, 2025

New sections:

October 24, 2025

New section: FortiGate 70G and 71G fast path architecture.

October 13, 2025

NP7 and NP7Lite processors do not support setting a priority in a traffic shaping profile. For more information, see NP7 and NP7Lite (SOC5) traffic shaping.

August 21, 2025

FortiOS 7.6.4 document release.

June 26, 2025

Added more information about NP7 and NP7Lite (SOC5) traffic shaping changes to FortiOS 7.6.1. See What's new for FortiOS 7.6.1, and NP7 and NP7Lite (SOC5) traffic shaping.

May 8, 2025

NPU port mapping and, where applicable, interface group updates to:

April 29, 2025

Added missing information about NP7 traffic shaping changes to FortiOS 7.6.3. See What's new for FortiOS 7.6.3, and NP7 and NP7Lite (SOC5) traffic shaping.

Adding missing information about new NP6 and NP7 debugging commands. See What's new for FortiOS 7.6.3, Debugging tool for NP7-offloaded IPsec VPN tunnels and Debugging tool for NP6-offloaded IPsec VPN tunnels.

April 17, 2025

FortiOS 7.6.3 document release.

April 1, 2025

Added information about how FortiOS handles NTurbo sessions after an FGCP HA failover, see NTurbo offloads flow-based processing.

February 21, 2025

Added information about NP support for offloading NAT session setup for NAT44, NAT66, NAT64 and NAT46 traffic in the following sections:

February 19, 2025

New information about NP processor packet ordering and IPsec anti-replay protection, see:

January 28, 2025

FortiOS 7.6.2 document release.

December 12, 2024

Added more information about NP7 and NP6 performance monitoring:

November 28, 2024

FortiOS 7.6.1 document release.

October 30, 2024

Added more information about VNE and GRE tunnels and NP6 and NP7 acceleration, see:

September 19, 2024

Corrections to the descriptions of how interface groups work for the following models:

  • FortiGate 1100E and 1101E

  • FortiGate 2200E and 2201E

  • FortiGate 3300E and 3301E

  • FortiGate 3400E and 3401E

  • FortiGate 3600E and 3601E

July25, 2024

FortiOS 7.6.0 document release.

Change log

Change log

Date

Change description

March 31, 2026

New limitation added to NP7 and NP7Lite traffic shaping limitations: Changes to outbandwidth or egress shaping profiles on a physical or VLAN interface do not take effect for IPsec tunnels or sessions that are already established and offloaded by NP7 or NP7Lite (SOC5) processors. To apply the updated egress shaping settings, you must flush or reinstall the affected IPsec SAs and clear any offloaded sessions. Doing this rebuilds the IPsec tunnel and associated sessions using the new interface shaping configuration.

March 27, 2026

New section: FortiGate 3500G and 3501G fast path architecture.

February 23, 2026

The following FortiGate models are not supported by FortiOS 7.6.6 and have been removed from this document:

  • FortiGate 800D

  • FortiGate 900D

  • FortiGate 1000D

  • FortiGate 3000D

  • FortiGate 3100D

  • FortiGate 3200D

  • FortiGate 3700D

February 19, 2026

Corrected the following sections to show that interfaces 1 to 18 are connected to one ISF switch and interfaces 19 to 22 are connected to the other ISF switch:

February 18, 2026

New section: FortiGate 3000G and 3001G fast path architecture.

February 13, 2026

Added information about NP7 and NP7Lite traffic shaping to NP7 and NP7Lite traffic shaping limitations.

February 12, 2026

Added information about a hardware issue that affects the FortiGate 3000F and 3001F, see FortiGate 3000F and 3001F fast path architecture.

January 28, 2028

FortiOS 7.6.6 document release.

January 23, 2026

Information about a new FortiOS 7.6.4 feature to enable or disable using MSE OFT added to:

New section ike-port <port-number> [<port-number>].

December 19, 2025

Added some missing FortiOS 7.6.5 new features, see What's new for FortiOS 7.6.5.

December 15, 2025

DoS policy hardware acceleration is supported by NP7Lite (SOC5) processors for the following FortiGate models:

  • FortiGate 120G/121G

  • FortiGate 200G/201G

DoS policy hardware acceleration is not supported by the NP7Lite (SOC5) processors for the following FortiGate models and their rugged variations:

  • FortiGate 50G/51G

  • FortiGate 70G/71G

  • FortiGate 90G/91G

December 11, 2025

FortiOS 7.6.5 document release.

October 27, 2025

New sections:

October 24, 2025

New section: FortiGate 70G and 71G fast path architecture.

October 13, 2025

NP7 and NP7Lite processors do not support setting a priority in a traffic shaping profile. For more information, see NP7 and NP7Lite (SOC5) traffic shaping.

August 21, 2025

FortiOS 7.6.4 document release.

June 26, 2025

Added more information about NP7 and NP7Lite (SOC5) traffic shaping changes to FortiOS 7.6.1. See What's new for FortiOS 7.6.1, and NP7 and NP7Lite (SOC5) traffic shaping.

May 8, 2025

NPU port mapping and, where applicable, interface group updates to:

April 29, 2025

Added missing information about NP7 traffic shaping changes to FortiOS 7.6.3. See What's new for FortiOS 7.6.3, and NP7 and NP7Lite (SOC5) traffic shaping.

Adding missing information about new NP6 and NP7 debugging commands. See What's new for FortiOS 7.6.3, Debugging tool for NP7-offloaded IPsec VPN tunnels and Debugging tool for NP6-offloaded IPsec VPN tunnels.

April 17, 2025

FortiOS 7.6.3 document release.

April 1, 2025

Added information about how FortiOS handles NTurbo sessions after an FGCP HA failover, see NTurbo offloads flow-based processing.

February 21, 2025

Added information about NP support for offloading NAT session setup for NAT44, NAT66, NAT64 and NAT46 traffic in the following sections:

February 19, 2025

New information about NP processor packet ordering and IPsec anti-replay protection, see:

January 28, 2025

FortiOS 7.6.2 document release.

December 12, 2024

Added more information about NP7 and NP6 performance monitoring:

November 28, 2024

FortiOS 7.6.1 document release.

October 30, 2024

Added more information about VNE and GRE tunnels and NP6 and NP7 acceleration, see:

September 19, 2024

Corrections to the descriptions of how interface groups work for the following models:

  • FortiGate 1100E and 1101E

  • FortiGate 2200E and 2201E

  • FortiGate 3300E and 3301E

  • FortiGate 3400E and 3401E

  • FortiGate 3600E and 3601E

July25, 2024

FortiOS 7.6.0 document release.