# Hosted Mender 4.2.0-saas.3 and Mender Client 6.0.0 released **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Created:** [March 20, 2026, 10:53am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/hosted-mender-4-2-0-saas-3-and-mender-client-6-0-0-released/8212 "2026-03-20T10:53:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheYoctoJester](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/theyoctojester/32/1444_2.png) [@TheYoctoJester](https://hub.mender.io/u/TheYoctoJester)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2026, 10:53am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/hosted-mender-4-2-0-saas-3-and-mender-client-6-0-0-released/8212/1 "2026-03-20T10:53:59Z")
Hello friends, users and contributors of Mender! Two fresh releases to share with you today. ### Mender Client 6.0.0 The client components bundle gets a major version bump, driven by semantic versioning related to the **mender-connect 3.0.0** component. And **mender 5.1.0** gets you a bunch of new features on top! **mender 5.1.0** introduces **device tier support** This adds a `DeviceTier` configuration option with `standard`, `micro`, and `system` tiers, and possibly more in the future. System-tier devices use `system_type` from the orchestrator’s `topology.yaml` instead of `device_type` for deployment polling and compatibility checking, the `micro` tier reflects the requirements of MCU/RTOS update scenarios such as Zephyr, and `standard`… is what you already know. 😉 On the reliability side, a segfault triggered by D-Bus restarts has been fixed, and `mender-authd` is now auto-started when called over D-Bus. **mender-connect 3.0.0** brings a behavioral change: session expiration is now enabled by default (`StopExpired: true`, `ExpireAfterIdle: 10 minutes`). The reconnection backoff has also been significantly reduced, starting at 1 second instead of 1 minute. **mender-flash 1.1.0** now supports in-kernel copying via `sendfile()`/`splice()` and adds `--write-everything` and `--fsync-interval`options. The binary is now dependency-free and under 10 KiB. Also included: **monitor-client 1.5.0** with flood detection warnings, and the first release of **mender-container-modules 1.0.0**. Full release notes: [Mender Client](https://docs.mender.io/release-information/release-notes-changelog/mender-client#mender-client-6-0-0) ### Hosted Mender 4.2.0-saas.3 The server side brings **device tier support** across the board: tiers are now available in preauthorization, the device list supports filtering by tier, and service provider tenants get tier management in their dashboards and child tenant creation. Full release notes: [Hosted Mender](https://docs.mender.io/release-information/release-notes-changelog/hosted-mender) * * * As always, feedback and questions are welcome right here on the Hub. Greetz, Josef ---
**Author:** ![nomtor0204](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/nomtor0204/32/2355_2.png) [@nomtor0204](https://hub.mender.io/u/nomtor0204)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 1:32am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/hosted-mender-4-2-0-saas-3-and-mender-client-6-0-0-released/8212/2 "2026-03-26T01:32:48Z")
@TheYoctoJester Thanks for the release! When will the next meta-mender tag be released? Will the target Yocto releases be scarthgap and wrynose? Also, will kirkstone be dropped given its upcoming EOL? ---
**Author:** ![TheYoctoJester](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/theyoctojester/32/1444_2.png) [@TheYoctoJester](https://hub.mender.io/u/TheYoctoJester)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2026, 11:40am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/hosted-mender-4-2-0-saas-3-and-mender-client-6-0-0-released/8212/3 "2026-03-26T11:40:40Z")
Hi @nomtor0204, We’re currently working on the corresponding `scarthgap` tag and plan to push it soon. Concerning `kirkstone`, it depends on required backporting effort. If it turns out to be straightforward, then you can expect a final tag release there too. Otherwise, we consider it effectively EOL by now, the Yocto Project also already had the last call for patches. `wrynose` support is already in the making and should be visible within the next two weeks. Greetz, Josef ---
**Author:** ![nomtor0204](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/nomtor0204/32/2355_2.png) [@nomtor0204](https://hub.mender.io/u/nomtor0204)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2026, 12:18am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/hosted-mender-4-2-0-saas-3-and-mender-client-6-0-0-released/8212/4 "2026-03-27T00:18:20Z")
Thank you for the update on the meta-mender release status and support plans! Looking forward to it.