-Release Announcements
-=====================
+ ==============================
+ Release Notes for Samba 4.23.0
+ September 12, 2025
+ ==============================
-This is the fourth release candidate release of Samba 4.23. This is *not*
-intended for production environments and is designed for testing
-purposes only. Please report any defects via the Samba bug reporting
-system at https://bugzilla.samba.org/.
-Samba 4.23 will be the next version of the Samba suite.
-
-
-UPGRADING
-=========
+This is the first stable release of the Samba 4.22 release series.
+Please read the release notes carefully before upgrading.
NEW FEATURES/CHANGES
winbind varlink service New no
+CHANGES SINCE 4.23.0rc4
+=======================
+
+o Douglas Bagnall <douglas.bagnall@catalyst.net.nz>
+ * BUG 15911: samba.tests.safe_tarfile fails on Python 3.13 with additional
+ security fixes for tarfile support.
+
+o Alexander Bokovoy <ab@samba.org>
+ * BUG 15904: CTDB does not support PCP 7.0.0.
+
+o Pavel Filipenský <pfilipensky@samba.org>
+ * BUG 15905: samba-4.21 fails to join AD when multiple DCs are returned.
+
+o Volker Lendecke <vl@samba.org>
+ * BUG 15908: Uninitialized read leads to hanging rpcd_spoolss.
+
+o Andreas Schneider <asn@samba.org>
+ * BUG 15905: samba-4.21 fails to join AD when multiple DCs are returned.
+ * BUG 15907: Stack buffer overflow in samba3.smb2.dirlease.fileserver.
+
+
CHANGES SINCE 4.23.0rc3
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