# ReactOS 0.4.9 released

DevFeed: [ReactOS 0.4.9 released](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/reactos-0-4-9-released-33203.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://reactos.org/project-news/reactos-049-released/>)

Published: 2018-07-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Front Page on ReactOS Website](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/front-page-on-reactos-website.md>)

Topics: [ReactOS](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/reactos.md>), [Operating system](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/operating-system.md>), [Self-hosted](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/self-hosted.md>), [Kernel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/kernel.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

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## AI overview

The ReactOS Project announces version 0.4.9, highlighting quality-of-life improvements, greater system stability and consistency, and the return of self-hosting after filesystem-related changes. The release also addresses instability caused by resource leakage in the FastFAT driver.

## Source excerpt

The ReactOS Project is pleased to announce the release of version 0.4.9, the latest in our accelerated cadence targeting a release every three months. While a consequence of this faster cycle might mean fewer headliner changes, much of the visible effort nowadays comes in the form of quality-of-life improvements in how ReactOS functions. At the same time work continues on the underlying systems which provide more subtle improvements such as greater system stability and general consistency.