[GH-ISSUE #6994] Remove overlayfs support/--overlay commands #3445

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opened 2026-05-05 10:00:20 -06:00 by gitea-mirror · 0 comments

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Originally created by @kmk3 on GitHub (Dec 19, 2025).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/6994

Issue created to track the removal of overlayfs support, --overlay commands
and the --enable-overlayfs configure option.

Commands:

--overlay
--overlay-named=
--overlay-clean
--overlay-tmpfs

firejail.config:

overlayfs

Related commits:

489cc25c2 ("cleaned up old overlayfs code; the feature was disabled by
default in 2021 because of security problems", 2025-12-16).
b537aa57b ("fixed /sys mounting broken during overlayfs cleanup",
2025-12-18)

Relates to:

Previous removal:

#6984

Originally created by @kmk3 on GitHub (Dec 19, 2025). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/netblue30/firejail/issues/6994 Issue created to track the removal of overlayfs support, `--overlay` commands and the `--enable-overlayfs` configure option. Commands: * `--overlay` * `--overlay-named=` * `--overlay-clean` * `--overlay-tmpfs` firejail.config: * `overlayfs` Related commits: * 489cc25c2 ("cleaned up old overlayfs code; the feature was disabled by default in 2021 because of security problems", 2025-12-16). * b537aa57b ("fixed /sys mounting broken during overlayfs cleanup", 2025-12-18) Relates to: * #2799 * #4178 * #6041 * #6632 Previous removal: * #6984

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[PR #3445] [MERGED] man: minor clarifications to man pages #4766

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