Start Disconnected - Virtual Device Serial0 Will

Here’s a draft feature covering the behavior where virtual device serial0 will start disconnected. You can use this in release notes, documentation, or a changelog.

For VMware Workstation / Player (Windows & Linux): virtual device serial0 will start disconnected

, support for "ThinPrint" (a virtual printing technology) has been discontinued. VMs created in older versions often still have a serial port configured to use this driver, which now triggers the "invalid value" warning. Resource Conflicts Here’s a draft feature covering the behavior where

Typical configurations that produce this

• libvirt XML with a element lacking a target or source
• QEMU command line using -serial none or specifying a device without an active backend
• VirtualBox with an enabled serial port but set to "Disconnected" or no host pipe/file
• Cloud images expecting a serial console but host not exposing it