Before initiating an upgrade, it is vital to review the outstanding bugs documented in the Fortinet release notes. Depending on your topology, certain known issues might require workarounds.

If you prefer the command line, you can trigger reports or check status with these commands: : execute report run .

: Resolves a bug (Bug ID 805703) where the FortiGate firewall fails to distribute client sessions evenly across multiple servers when using the least-session load-balancing method ( ldb-method ).

While memory leaks are heavily mitigated, highly customized web filtering profiles with deep proxy inspection may still cause occasional WAD process restarts, leading to brief user-auth prompts. Recommended Upgrade Path to FortiGate 7.0.9

: Disabling insecure legacy protocols (like Telnet or HTTP) in favor of SSH and HTTPS enforced with strong TLS ciphers.

If you need a "feature" that performs a specific task automatically (like a daily backup), you can create an via the CLI:

When a firmware version receives the "Mature" designation, it indicates that the underlying branch has reached an optimal baseline for production deployments.