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Not getting the latest open source security updates ? Seeing a Forbidden License Error in your commercial modules ? Check out the blog post above ^^^ :parrot: if you are seeing the pictures below on your FreePBX Dashboard: [Screenshot2026-05-1117-03-35] [Screenshot2026-05-1117-04-06]

Help for those searching for “Module Grace Period Started” email source You may have recently received a message from your FreePBX or PBXact telephone system :frog: with the below quoted content. This could happen if your system is configured to send you important security notifications via email an…

So, these USED to be 25 year long licenses… did you really pull a 3CX and change that on us? I guess I am confused and this does didn’t help that confusion any.n

@jlizzotte04 Licenses haven’t changed. You can still use any module that you are entitled to based on the maintenance expiration date. If you’re getting this message it because there’s a version mismatch. are you getting this message?

yes, some of our systems use the Clearly IP mirror.

So Mike are you guys literally stating that after the grace period you have code in place that will literally disable a module on someone’s premise PBX. What happens when you disable a module that gets into dependency hell and now for example you break their ability to place a simple call to say 91…

@tonyclewis We’re not disabling the module- full details are available on the blog post.

yes, you effectively are disabling them, by disabling the way we access and manage them. “If no action is taken, then the user interface for these modules will be automatically disabled after the grace period ends.” Please do not follow through with this.

My experience here is if you are using the standard Sangoma mirrors, once your license expires you will not receive any further version updates on a module but it won’t be shut off. Somehow? the ClearlyIP mirrors allowed people to receive newer versions of commercial modules even after their update…

Hi @billsimon as always, I appreciate your feedback. Just to add a bit of context here, the licensing and entitlement checks around commercial modules have actually been part of FreePBX for a long time. What’s changed is that we’re giving users better visibility around version mismatches they may …

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