Upgrade recommendations ?

[FredFresh]

Is it recommended to perform a clean installation and restore the latest config backup when installing major updates like this?
thank you

[turipriv]

Well, in my experience, I have always upgraded between major releases directly via GUI, and it always went smoothly.

Given the arrival of the new rule interfaces, I was thinking about a clean install for 26.1, but being a couch potato (and not wanting to climb up to the rack cabinet to take the firewall out), I proceeded with a direct upgrade as usual.

It went fine, as usual.

All that being said, everything depends on your specific needs.

Sooner or later, I will perform a clean install, mostly because I want to switch from UFS to ZFS; apart from that, I would probably go with a direct upgrade all the time.