Quote: "Synology is collaborating with drive manufacturers to expand the range of certified storage media, delivering more reliable options. In the meantime, 2025 model-year DiskStation Plus, Value, and J Series running DSM 7.3 will support installation and storage pool creation with third-party drives."

So, finally, they're upgrading PHP from a version that was EOLed 3 years ago. Although they're leaving versions for example, 8.1) that are going to EOL in two months.

Similarly with Node.js, they've removed versions EOLed years ago, but they haven't talked about removing newer versions that were also EOLed months ago...

Not to talk about their kernel versions.

  > Node.js v14, Node.js v16, PHP7.3, PHP7.4, and PHP8.0 are no longer supported.
  > To ensure compatibility, the following packages will be automatically updated or will require a manual update to a compatible version:
  > Active Backup for Business 3.1.0, Active Backup for Google Workspace 2.2.6, Active Backup for Microsoft 365 2.6.1, Advanced Media Extensions, Antivirus by McAfee, Antivirus Essential, Cloud Sync, Container Manager, Download Station, File Station, Hyper Backup, Hyper Backup Vault, Log Center, Media Server, Note Station, PACS, Presto File Server, Snapshot Replication, Storage Analyzer, Surveillance Station 9.2.0 or below, Synology Chat Server, Synology Drive, Synology Mail Server, Synology MailPlus Server, Synology Photos, Universal Search, and Web Station.

Edit: OMG, they're fixing CVEs from 2020. The "we use older versions but we backport every security fix" is obviously getting out of hand for them.