OpenCore
Errata Sheet
[2024.09.11]
Copyright ©2020-2024 vit9696
This document provides information on select issues discovered in the released versions of OpenCore and provides workarounds whenever possible. This document is updated after OpenCore is released and is thus not contained in the binary packages.
This document contains issues considered causing significant impact on the end-user. More details on all known issues including feature requests and development version issues can be found at Acidanthera Bugtracker.
Identifier: ERR059-1
Published: 2020-06-02 08:06 MSK
Updated: 2020-06-21 18:22 MSK
Affected versions: 0.5.9
Resolved in: 0.6.0 ( 9d5aa267)
Description:
Boot picker menu may not show when upgrading macOS with the following error:
OCUI: Entry kind 16 unsupported for Icon
OCB: ShowMenu failed - Unsupported
Halting on critical error
Possible workarounds:
Identifier: ERR059-2
Published: 2020-06-02 08:06 MSK
Updated: 2020-06-21 18:22 MSK
Affected versions: 0.5.9
Resolved in: 0.6.0 ( 670d4e0c)
Description:
Incorrect operating system may be selected as the default during macOS upgrade when Windows and macOS are installed on the same disk. Reference: acidanthera/bugtracker#948.
Possible workarounds:
Identifier: ERR059-3
Published: 2020-06-21 18:22 MSK
Updated: 2020-06-21 18:22 MSK
Affected versions: 0.5.9
Resolved in: 0.6.0 ( 2449e47c)
Description:
DEBUG builds may fail to load due to unaligned access assertion when accessing device paths. Reference: acidanthera/bugtracker#951.
Possible workarounds:
Identifier: ERR059-4
Published: 2020-06-24 21:18 MSK
Updated: 2020-07-05 23:20 MSK
Affected versions: 0.5.9
Resolved in: 0.6.0 ( d8ace476)
Description:
Driver injection into kernel collections normally used in macOS 11, and required for macOS 11 installer, is unsupported.
Possible workarounds:
Identifier: ERR059-5
Published: 2020-07-25 18:24 MSK
Updated: 2020-07-25 18:24 MSK
Affected versions: 0.0.3-0.5.9
Resolved in: 0.6.0 ( 426a5dbe)
Description:
OSXSAVE CPUID feature may not be reported to macOS release kernels when emulating the CPUID causing crashes of select programs relying on Hypervisor.framework like Docker. Reference: acidanthera/bugtracker#1035.
Possible workarounds:
Identifier: ERR060-1
Published: 2020-08-22 03:10 MSK
Updated: 2020-08-22 03:10 MSK
Affected versions: 0.0.1-0.6.0
Resolved in: 0.6.1 ( 89be8ea5)
Description:
APFS-formatted macOS Recovery (e.g. Big Sur Recovery) will not load with a boot failure error. Reference: acidanthera/bugtracker#1078.
Possible workarounds:
Identifier: ERR061-1
Published: 2020-09-11 14:55 MSK
Updated: 2020-09-11 14:55 MSK
Affected versions: 0.5.3-0.6.1
Resolved in: 0.6.2 ( d3cf117c)
Description:
APFS-formatted drives previously made available with ApfsImageLoader.efi driver are no longer visible with OpenCore builtin EnableJumpstart APFS functionality on platforms that need UnblockFsConnect quirk. Reference: acidanthera/bugtracker#1128.
Possible workarounds:
Identifier: ERR062-1
Published: 2020-10-25 01:22 MSK
Updated: 2020-11-01 13:28 MSK
Affected versions: 0.6.1-0.6.2
Resolved in: 0.6.3 ( 1b004149)
Description:
Booting Big Sur beta 10 or newer will cause a kernel panic in apfs.kext with the Rooting from the live fs of a sealed volume is not allowed on a RELEASE build message. Reference: acidanthera/bugtracker#1235.
Possible workarounds:
Note: On virtual machines ForceSecureBootScheme will also need to be enabled if SecureBootModel is different from x86legacy or Disabled.
Identifier: ERR067-1
Published: 2021-02-20 10:42 MSK
Updated: 2021-02-20 10:42 MSK
Affected versions: 0.6.6
Resolved in: 0.6.7 ( b4449f48)
Description:
Loading OpenCore via bootstrap may fail on certain Mac firmwares. Reference: acidanthera/bugtracker#1502.
Possible workarounds:
Identifier: ERR088-1
Published: 2023-01-07 21:29 MSK
Updated: 2023-01-07 21:29 MSK
Affected versions: 0.8.8
Resolved in: 0.8.9 ( 092af5d9)
Description:
Loading macOS in OpenDuet may fail. Reference: acidanthera/bugtracker#2190.
Possible workarounds:
Identifier: ERR088-2
Published: 2024-02-06 13:36 GMT
Updated: 2024-02-06 13:36 GMT
Affected versions: 0.8.8+
Resolved in: Won’t fix
Description:
Some released versions of Linux kernel 6.7 and release candidates of 6.8 fail to load when using OpenDuet. This has been acccepted as a bug in the Linux kernel, for which a fix will be released in 6.8 and backported to 6.7. Reference: acidanthera/bugtracker#2371.
Possible workarounds:
Identifier: ERR098-1
Published: 2024-02-08 09:28 GMT
Updated: 2024-02-08 09:28 GMT
Affected versions: 0.9.8
Resolved in: 0.9.9 ( 4314fb31)
Description:
ocvalidate may report that OpenVariableRuntimeDxe.efi is incompatible with FirmwareSettingsEntry.efi even when FirmwareSettingsEntry.efi is not included and active in config.plist Drivers section. Reference: acidanthera/bugtracker#2379.
Possible workarounds: