0.26.0-beta.1

feat!: dfx start uses --pocketic by default

As announced dfx start now runs PocketIC by default.
Running a local replica is still possible with --replica, but this option will be removed in the near future.

feat: dfx will now report telemetry by default

dfx will now record information about each dfx command executed, and periodically send
this information to a DFINITY server, by default.

For more information or to comment, please see https://forum.dfinity.org/t/dfx-telemetry-proposal-2025/41569.

You can see what data dfx collects by inspecting the file at dfx info telemetry-log-path.

You can disable this entirely with dfx config telemetry off or configure it to only collect
locally with dfx config telemetry local.

feat: dfx info telemetry-log-path

Displays the path of the telemetry log file.

fix: Warning and error messages now correctly suggest dfx info security-policy when suboptimal security policies get used

chore: updated the canister creation fee to 500B cycles

Updated the canister creation fee to 500B cycles as documented.

chore: improve the dfx build output

Improve the ouput of dfx build with the canister names that were built, example as below.

$ dfx build
Building canister 'hello_backend'.
Building canister 'hello_frontend'.
Finished building canisters.

feat: Add dfx ledger approve and dfx ledger transfer-from subcommands

Implement dfx ledger approve and dfx ledger transfer-from subcommands that comply with the ICRC-2 standard.

feat: Add dfx ledger allowance subcommand

Implement dfx ledger allowance subcommand that complies with the ICRC-2 standard.

feat: Enable VetKD for use with --replica

• Add VetKD types and methods to management canister IDL
• The VetKD test key id Bls12_381_G2:dfx_test_key is now enabled when starting dfx with --replica.

Dependencies

Motoko

Updated Motoko to 0.14.4

Replica

Updated replica to elected commit f6f5e0927d14886e4bd67f776ee889f31cec2364.
This incorporates the following executed proposals:

• 135836
• 135697
• 135696
• 135600
• 135601