Re: What happened to 16?

GitHub's ZFS CI also went unhappy:
Loading 
https://download.freebsd.org/snapshots/CI-IMAGES/16.0-CURRENT/amd64/Latest/FreeBSD-16.0-CURRENT-amd64-BASIC-CI-ufs.raw.xz 
...
ERROR 404: Not Found.

Looking myself, I don't see the "Latest" directory in the "amd64".

% host download.freebsd.org
download.freebsd.org is an alias for download.geo.freebsd.org.
download.geo.freebsd.org has address 163.237.194.52
download.geo.freebsd.org has IPv6 address 2001:4978:1000:1395::15:1
download.geo.freebsd.org mail is handled by 0 .

On 08.12.2025 05:53, Thomas Schweikle wrote:
> Hmmm. If I click on this link send by me, I'll get a list of what is 
> available. Clicking on one entry starts downloading.
> 
> $ dig download.freebsd.org <http://download.freebsd.org>
> 
> ; <<>> DiG 9.20.11-1ubuntu2.1-Ubuntu <<>> download.freebsd.org <http:// 
> download.freebsd.org>
> ;; global options: +cmd
> ;; Got answer:
> ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 29834
> ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 5, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 1
> 
> ;; OPT PSEUDOSECTION:
> ; EDNS: version: 0, flags:; udp: 65494
> ;; QUESTION SECTION:
> ;download.freebsd.org <http://download.freebsd.org>.          IN      A
> 
> ;; ANSWER SECTION:
> download.freebsd.org <http://download.freebsd.org>.   2391    IN     
>   CNAME download.geo.freebsd.org <http://download.geo.freebsd.org>.
> download.geo.freebsd.org <http://download.geo.freebsd.org>. 150   IN     
>   A       151.101.65.242
> download.geo.freebsd.org <http://download.geo.freebsd.org>. 150   IN     
>   A       151.101.1.242
> download.geo.freebsd.org <http://download.geo.freebsd.org>. 150   IN     
>   A       151.101.193.242
> download.geo.freebsd.org <http://download.geo.freebsd.org>. 150   IN     
>   A       151.101.129.242
> 
> ;; Query time: 157 msec
> ;; SERVER: 127.0.0.53#53(127.0.0.53) (UDP)
> ;; WHEN: Mon Dec 08 11:52:52 CET 2025
> ;; MSG SIZE  rcvd: 140
> 
> What do you receive if digging about the address of download.freebsd.org 
> <http://download.freebsd.org>?
> 
> 
> On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 11:42 AM Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com 
> <mailto:bsd-lists@bsdforge.com>> wrote:
> 
>     On 2025-12-08 02:33, Thomas Schweikle wrote:
>      > You looked for 16-stable?
>     No. It's a releng. :-)
> 
>      > Does not exist. It is CURRENT without 16. You'll
>      > find it at:
>      >
>      > https://download.freebsd.org/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/16.0/ <https://
>     download.freebsd.org/snapshots/ISO-IMAGES/16.0/>
>     Nope. As I indicated below. All those references return 404.
>     16 no longer exists on the FreeBSD servers. :O
> 
> 
>     Thank you for taking the time to respond. :-)
> 
>      >
>      > looking for ISO-Images.
>      >
>      > On Mon, Dec 8, 2025 at 8:37 AM Chris <bsd-lists@bsdforge.com
>     <mailto:bsd-lists@bsdforge.com>> wrote:
>      >
>      >> I just got a new laptop and tried to boot 13.5,14 and 15
>      >> but it hangs at the video -- something about loosing contact
>      >> with sc. So I went to get a copy of 16. But download.freebsd.org
>     <http://download.freebsd.org>
>      >> doesn't know where it is. All the links to it from FreeBSD.org
>      >> return 404.
>      >>
>      >> So where is it?
>      >>
>      >> Thanks! :-)
>      >>
> 
>     --Chris
> 
>     -- 
>     There is no such place as the internet
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Thomas

-- 
Alexander Motin