open-vm-tools 13.0.10 Release Notes

Updated on: 20 Jan 2026

open-vm-tools | 20 JAN 2026 | Build 25056151

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Please see the Resolved Issues and Known Issues sections below.
A complete list of the granular changes in the open-vm-tools 13.0.10 release is available at:

open-vm-tools ChangeLog

open-vm-tools 13.0.10 is available in the following languages:

The Broadcom Guest OS Compatibility Guide (filtered for Guest Customization) provides details about the guest operating systems supported for customization.

The Broadcom Product Interoperability Matrix provides details about the compatibility of current and earlier versions of VMware Products.

During Linux guest customization, open-vm-tools may reboot the VM without waiting for cloud-init execution to complete if cloud-init encounters a recoverable error

Issue #768 Make GetCloudinitStatus() more robust

Starting with cloud-init version 23.4, an error code was introduced to signal a recoverable error. open-vm-tools interprets this error code as a cloud-init execution failure, so continues executing guest customization with a VM reboot in the end.

This issue is resolved in this release. During Linux guest customization, open-vm-tools now correctly waits for cloud-init execution to complete, even when cloud-init encounters recoverable errors.

Shared Folders mount is unavailable on Linux VM.

If the Shared Folders feature is enabled on a Linux VM while it is powered off, the shared folders mount is not available on restart.

Note: This issue is applicable to open-vm-tools running on VMware Workstation and VMware Fusion.

Workaround:

If the VM is powered on, disable and enable the Shared Folders feature from the interface. For resolving the issue permanently, edit /etc/fstab and add an entry to mount the Shared Folders automatically on boot. For example, add the line:

vmhgfs-fuse /mnt/hgfs fuse defaults,allow_other 0 0

For more information on how to configure open-vm-tools Shared Folders, see KB 60262.