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OpenBSD top(1) adds flag to show chroot, pledge and unveil status

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#12Rank now –
#6Peak rank
2Days on list
254Score · 7d
Nov 7, 2026First seen
Rank · 7 days

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mairo
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undeadly.org

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Trending history

OpenBSD top(1) adds flag to show chroot, pledge and unveil status was first seen on Lobsters · Hottest on Nov 7, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 42 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #6 of 25, reached on Nov 7, 21:21 UTC. It is #12 right now, slipping from #10 to #12 over the last 6 checks.

Rank history

Position on Lobsters · Hottest at every check (lower is better).

#1#9#17#25 18:5123:5805:0610:1315:21 Nov 7, 18:51 UTC · #12Nov 7, 19:21 UTC · #9Nov 7, 19:51 UTC · #8Nov 7, 20:21 UTC · #8Nov 7, 20:51 UTC · #7Nov 7, 21:21 UTC · #6Nov 7, 21:51 UTC · #6Nov 7, 22:21 UTC · #7Nov 7, 22:51 UTC · #6Nov 7, 23:21 UTC · #6Nov 7, 23:51 UTC · #6Nov 8, 00:21 UTC · #6Nov 8, 00:51 UTC · #7Nov 8, 01:21 UTC · #7Nov 8, 01:51 UTC · #7Nov 8, 02:21 UTC · #7Nov 8, 02:51 UTC · #7Nov 8, 03:21 UTC · #7Nov 8, 03:51 UTC · #7Nov 8, 04:21 UTC · #7Nov 8, 04:51 UTC · #7Nov 8, 05:21 UTC · #7Nov 8, 05:51 UTC · #7Nov 8, 06:21 UTC · #7Nov 8, 06:51 UTC · #7Nov 8, 07:21 UTC · #7Nov 8, 07:51 UTC · #6Nov 8, 08:21 UTC · #6Nov 8, 08:51 UTC · #8Nov 8, 09:21 UTC · #8Nov 8, 09:51 UTC · #9Nov 8, 10:21 UTC · #9Nov 8, 10:51 UTC · #10Nov 8, 11:21 UTC · #10Nov 8, 11:51 UTC · #10Nov 8, 12:21 UTC · #10Nov 8, 12:51 UTC · #10Nov 8, 13:21 UTC · #10Nov 8, 13:51 UTC · #10Nov 8, 14:21 UTC · #12Nov 8, 14:51 UTC · #12Nov 8, 15:21 UTC · #12

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

Oct 26today

Metric history

▲ as reported by Lobsters.

081725 18:5123:5805:0610:1315:21 Nov 7, 18:51 UTC · 2Nov 7, 19:21 UTC · 5Nov 7, 19:51 UTC · 7Nov 7, 20:21 UTC · 7Nov 7, 20:51 UTC · 10Nov 7, 21:21 UTC · 12Nov 7, 21:51 UTC · 12Nov 7, 22:21 UTC · 13Nov 7, 22:51 UTC · 14Nov 7, 23:21 UTC · 15Nov 7, 23:51 UTC · 15Nov 8, 00:21 UTC · 16Nov 8, 00:51 UTC · 16Nov 8, 01:21 UTC · 16Nov 8, 01:51 UTC · 16Nov 8, 02:21 UTC · 16Nov 8, 02:51 UTC · 17Nov 8, 03:21 UTC · 17Nov 8, 03:51 UTC · 18Nov 8, 04:21 UTC · 19Nov 8, 04:51 UTC · 19Nov 8, 05:21 UTC · 20Nov 8, 05:51 UTC · 20Nov 8, 06:21 UTC · 20Nov 8, 06:51 UTC · 21Nov 8, 07:21 UTC · 21Nov 8, 07:51 UTC · 22Nov 8, 08:21 UTC · 22Nov 8, 08:51 UTC · 22Nov 8, 09:21 UTC · 22Nov 8, 09:51 UTC · 22Nov 8, 10:21 UTC · 22Nov 8, 10:51 UTC · 22Nov 8, 11:21 UTC · 22Nov 8, 11:51 UTC · 22Nov 8, 12:21 UTC · 23Nov 8, 12:51 UTC · 23Nov 8, 13:21 UTC · 24Nov 8, 13:51 UTC · 25Nov 8, 14:21 UTC · 25Nov 8, 14:51 UTC · 25Nov 8, 15:21 UTC · 25

From the discussion

A few top-level comments from Lobsters, shortened. Read the full thread on Lobsters.

I used this to find a bug in one of my tools, where the initial pledge wasn't reduced on a certain code path. Then I did some basic checking in C, Go, and Rust, and all three functioned as expected. With sleep() between pledge reductions, top showed the pledge updates as they happened. Awesome, thanks, OpenBSD devs!

Questions

Is OpenBSD top(1) adds flag to show chroot, pledge and unveil status trending on Lobsters right now?

Yes. As of Nov 8, 15:21 UTC it is #12, slipping from #10 to #12 over the last 6 checks.

What is the highest rank OpenBSD top(1) adds flag to show chroot, pledge and unveil status reached?

#6 on Lobsters · Hottest, on Nov 7, 21:21 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 30 minutes.

How long has OpenBSD top(1) adds flag to show chroot, pledge and unveil status been trending?

It was first seen on Nov 7, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (42 checks) since.