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title: "VAST Block CSI Driver 2.6.0 Release Notes"
slug: "vast-block-csi-driver-260-release-notes-2-6"
updated: 2026-11-04T00:21:23Z
published: 2026-11-04T00:21:23Z
canonical: "docs.vastdata.com/vast-block-csi-driver-260-release-notes-2-6"
---

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# VAST Block CSI Driver 2.6.0 Release Notes

VAST Block CSI Driver 2.6.0 is released to General Availability as of April 2025. This is the initial release of the driver.

VAST Block CSI Driver lets you dynamically [provision](/develop/docs/provision-block-storage-with-vast-block-csi-driver-26) block volumes for your Kubernetes pods on a VAST cluster.

To let your applications use block storage on a VAST cluster, you define a [block storage class](/develop/docs/provision-block-storage-with-vast-block-csi-driver-26#add-storage-class) and reference it in the PVC. Based on the storage class definition, the driver provisions a block volume for the PVC using a [preconfigured](/develop/docs/deploy-vast-block-csi-driver-26#configure-vast-cluster-for-vast-block-csi-driver) view on the VAST cluster.

VAST Block CSI Driver can be used with Kubernetes 1.29.8 - 1.31.6 and VAST Cluster 5.3 - 5.4.x.

**Note**: This driver version is not compatible with VAST Cluster 5.5.0 or later.

VAST Block CSI Driver is deployed using a [Helm](https://helm.sh) chart. Check the deployment [requirements](/develop/docs/deploy-vast-block-csi-driver-26#vast-block-csi-driver-requirements) and follow these [steps](/docs-5-5/docs/steps-to-deploy-vast-block-csi-driver) to implement block volume provisioning with VAST Block CSI Driver.

To learn more about VAST Block CSI Driver, see the [*VAST Block CSI Driver 2.6 Administrator's Guide*](/develop/docs/block-csi-driver-administrators-guide-2-6)​​​.