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Yocto Project Release Checklist

2026-04-24T09:49:57Z

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	** docs.yoctoproject.org updated correct dropdown version.		** docs.yoctoproject.org updated correct dropdown version.
	** Files to update in yocto-docs:		** Files to update in yocto-docs:
	*** Create new release note templates in documentation/migration-guides/		*** Create new release note templates in documentation/migration-guides/ (e.g. https://lore.kernel.org/yocto-docs/20251218-release-notes-templates-6-0-v1-1-61690583cef2@bootlin.com/)
	*** Update documentation/ref-manual/svg/releases.svg		*** Update documentation/ref-manual/svg/releases.svg (e.g. https://lore.kernel.org/yocto-docs/20251204-release-updates-v2-2-04ca6c26ddd5@bootlin.com/)
	** Files to update in yocto-autobuilder2:		** Files to update in yocto-autobuilder2:
	*** update workers_prev_releases in config.py		*** update workers_prev_releases in config.py (e.g. https://lore.kernel.org/yocto-patches/20251217-add-whinlatter-to-config-v1-1-9aeb42d212bd@bootlin.com/)
	** Files to update in yocto-autobuilder-helper:		** Files to update in yocto-autobuilder-helper:
	*** Update scripts/release-parser.py		*** Update scripts/release-parser.py
	** Files to update in yocto-metrics:		** Files to update in yocto-metrics:
	*** Update patch-status/releases.csv		*** Update patch-status/releases.csv

Yocto Project Release Checklist

2026-04-24T09:17:13Z

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	* Prior to build of the first release candidate		* Prior to build of the first release candidate
	** Is DISTRO_VERSION updated in poky.conf?		** Is DISTRO_VERSION updated in poky.conf? (e.g. https://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-yocto/commit/?h=wrynose&id=904846ae078ee20de073040ebb77c86e19250f56)
	** Is ~~SDK_VERSION~~ updated in poky.conf?		** Is SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS updated in poky.conf? (e.g. see above)
	** Is ~~SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS~~ updated ~~in poky~~.~~conf~~?		** Is bitbake version updated? (e.g. https://git.openembedded.org/bitbake/commit/?h=2.18&id=33581c84f3a85008239acbd940501a35de48dc91)
	** Are yocto-docs merged to the release branch?		** Are yocto-docs merged to the release branch?
	** Has bitbake -f -c distrodata universe been run?		** Has bitbake -f -c distrodata universe been run?
	** Add a new bitbake-setup configuration file in BitBake's registry (create a new one, do not delete old ones)		** Add a new bitbake-setup configuration file in BitBake's registry (create a new one, do not delete old ones, e.g. https://lore.kernel.org/bitbake-devel/20260422095624.241708-1-richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org/T/)
			** Add branch selectors and scheduled jobs to autobuilder configuration (e.g. https://lore.kernel.org/yocto-patches/20260423214412.2387367-2-richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org/T/)
			** Update Toaster fixtures files
			** Update SRCREVs in build-appliance-image (e.g. https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/commit/?h=wrynose&id=42fa856a00ac16b2a7a83d7ecfa60a5be192b16c)

	* After the final release candidate has returned from QA and is approved, verify the following:		* After the final release candidate has returned from QA and is approved, verify the following:

Yocto Project Release Checklist

2026-04-24T07:46:27Z

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	Major Release		Major Release

	- Week prior to build of release candidate		* Week prior to build of release candidate
	- Updates to the following packages will have occurred. DO NO PANIC, these come late in the release cycle		** Updates to the following packages will have occurred. DO NO PANIC, these come late in the release cycle
	- wic		*** wic
	- meta-yocto-bsp		*** meta-yocto-bsp
	- meta-yocto		*** meta-yocto
	- linux-firmware		*** linux-firmware
	- bootloaders (grub, syslinux, u-boot, gummiboot, etc..)		*** bootloaders (grub, syslinux, u-boot, gummiboot, etc..)
	- hwdata		*** hwdata
	- pciutils		*** pciutils
	- util-linux		*** util-linux
	- i2c-tools		*** i2c-tools
	- alsa		*** alsa
	- graphics drivers		*** graphics drivers
	- cryptodev		*** cryptodev
	- systemtap		*** systemtap
	- perf		*** perf
	- linux-yocto		*** linux-yocto

	- Prior to build of the first release candidate		* Prior to build of the first release candidate
	- Is DISTRO_VERSION updated in poky.conf?		** Is DISTRO_VERSION updated in poky.conf?
	- Is SDK_VERSION updated in poky.conf?		** Is SDK_VERSION updated in poky.conf?
	- Is SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS updated in poky.conf?		** Is SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS updated in poky.conf?
	- Are yocto-docs merged to the release branch?		** Are yocto-docs merged to the release branch?
	- Has bitbake -f -c distrodata universe been run?		** Has bitbake -f -c distrodata universe been run?
	- ~~Has an updated distro_alias.inc patch been accepted?~~		** Add a new bitbake-setup configuration file in BitBake's registry (create a new one, do not delete old ones)

	- After the final release candidate has returned from QA and is approved, verify the following:		* After the final release candidate has returned from QA and is approved, verify the following:
	- BSP tarballs have been generated.		** BSP tarballs have been generated.
	- Release Notes have been created, finalized, and approved.		** Release Notes have been created, finalized, and approved.
	- Release Notes have been signed.		** Release Notes have been signed.
	- Repos have been tagged with correct commit and signature.		** Repos have been tagged with correct commit and signature.
	- The README for each BSP has been checked and updated if necessary.		** The README for each BSP has been checked and updated if necessary.
	- Artifacts correctly moved to https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/.		** Artifacts correctly moved to https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/.
	- The kernel.org mirror sync has been triggered and completed successfully.		** The kernel.org mirror sync has been triggered and completed successfully.
	- The release announcement has been sent to the appropriate mailing lists. (yocto and yocto-announce)		** The release announcement has been sent to the appropriate mailing lists. (yocto and yocto-announce)
	- docs.yoctoproject.org updated correct dropdown version.		** docs.yoctoproject.org updated correct dropdown version.
			** Files to update in yocto-docs:
			*** Create new release note templates in documentation/migration-guides/
			*** Update documentation/ref-manual/svg/releases.svg
			** Files to update in yocto-autobuilder2:
			*** update workers_prev_releases in config.py
			** Files to update in yocto-autobuilder-helper:
			*** Update scripts/release-parser.py
			** Files to update in yocto-metrics:
			*** Update patch-status/releases.csv

Project Users

2026-04-23T14:37:03Z

Products that use the Yocto Project

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	* Lightyear 0 solar EV (Telematics Control Unit)		* Lightyear 0 solar EV (Telematics Control Unit)
	* Mellanox Bluefield SmartNIC		* Mellanox Bluefield SmartNIC
			* Pod Point EV chargers
	* [https://new.siemens.com/global/en/products/buildings.html Siemens Smart Infrastructure]: Products for sustainable, efficient and safe buildings		* [https://new.siemens.com/global/en/products/buildings.html Siemens Smart Infrastructure]: Products for sustainable, efficient and safe buildings
	* Sky Glass (clear from sources tarball [http://oss.sky.com/SkyHD/SkyGlass/skyglass_spk.tar.bz2])		* Sky Glass (clear from sources tarball [http://oss.sky.com/SkyHD/SkyGlass/skyglass_spk.tar.bz2])

Contribute to Toaster

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	<pre>		<pre>
	$ git clone https://git.openembedded.org/bitbake/		$ git clone https://git.openembedded.org/bitbake/
	$ ./bitbake/bin/bitbake-setup settings set global top-dir-prefix $PWD		$ ./bitbake/bin/bitbake-setup settings set --global default top-dir-prefix $PWD
	$ ./bitbake/bin/bitbake-setup init --non-interactive poky-master poky distro/poky machine/qemux86-64		$ ./bitbake/bin/bitbake-setup init --non-interactive poky-master poky distro/poky machine/qemux86-64
	$ cd bitbake-builds/poky-master-poky-distro_poky-machine_qemux86-64		$ cd bitbake-builds/poky-master-poky-distro_poky-machine_qemux86-64

2026 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive

2026-04-21T14:47:17Z

Yocto Project Status 14 April 2026

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 == Yocto Project Status 14 April 2026 ==
 Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M4<br/>
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 '''The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:'''<br/>
 https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC<br/>
 == Yocto Project Status 7 April 2026 ==
 Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M3<br/>

Weekly Status

2026-04-21T14:47:01Z

Yocto Project Status 14 April 2026

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	== Yocto Project Status 14 April 2026 ==		== Yocto Project Status 21 April 2026 ==
	Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M4<br/>		Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M4<br/>
	Next Deadline: YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-04-20<br/>		Next Deadline: YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-04-20<br/>

	'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>		'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
	*Bug Triage meeting - Thursday Apr. ~~16th~~ 7:30am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)		*Bug Triage meeting - Thursday Apr. 23rd 7:30am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
	*Weekly Project Engineering Sync - Tuesday Apr. ~~14th~~ 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)		*Weekly Project Engineering Sync - Tuesday Apr. 21st 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
	*Yocto Project Patch Review - Thursday Apr. ~~16th~~ 10am GMT and Monday Apr. ~~20th~~ 9am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/97762397148?pwd=1xk0iC9hp9SjEonaTaONwTb6iWry4Eb.1)		*Yocto Project Patch Review - Thursday Apr. 23rd 10am GMT and Monday Apr. 27th 9am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/97762397148?pwd=1xk0iC9hp9SjEonaTaONwTb6iWry4Eb.1)

	'''Project data dashboard: https://dashboard.yoctoproject.org/'''<br/>		'''Project data dashboard: https://dashboard.yoctoproject.org/'''<br/>

	'''Key Status/Updates:'''<br/>		'''Key Status/Updates:'''<br/>
	*YP 5.0.17 ~~is due to be~~ released		*YP 5.0.17 was released
	*YP 6.0 M3 ~~is in QA~~		*YP 6.0 M3 was released
	*YP 4.0.35 is ~~queued for~~ QA		*YP 4.0.35 is in QA
	*We have ~~converted over~~ to ~~sbom~~-~~cve~~-~~check and dropped~~ cve-check~~. This has caused a significant increase in CVEs reported, these are being triaged.~~		*YP 6.0 M4 is due to build
	*Issues ~~with~~ pending ~~work needed~~:		*We continue to triage the CVEs being reported by the new tooling.
			*Various fixes have merged or are planned to merge before the M4 release build:
			**Various CVE issue resolutions from CVE triage
			**Reproducibility issues with strace/apr-util
			**Make race in groff
			**Shadow-native tallylog issue fix
			**Upgrade of barebox to align with an LTS release
			**Implementation of a wrapper for openat2, fixing Fedora 44 beta build failures
			**Sbom-cve-check upgrade (along with dependencies)
			*Issues still pending:
	**32bit x86 kvm seemingly broken with certain CPU features (#16074)		**32bit x86 kvm seemingly broken with certain CPU features (#16074)
	**Reports of pseudo errors on Fedora 44 beta related to openat2()
	**Intermittent qemu boot failures of qemuarmv5 (and possibly qemuarm) since the last kernel upgrade		**Intermittent qemu boot failures of qemuarmv5 (and possibly qemuarm) since the last kernel upgrade
	**~~Meta-oe cve layer filtering under new tooling (metrics script tweak?)~~		**Intermittent wic failures on the autobuilder
	**Reprodicubility issues ~~with strace/apr-util after gnulib macro changes (patches in testing)~~		*At this point we will likely run the release build as the remaining issues aren’t critical to end users and we have no clear timeframe for resolution of them
	*There was disruption to ~~git services last week due to scraping attacks against the servers. This resulted in connection issues whilst those were mitigated, particularly the git protocol access.~~
	git:// protocol access to git.yoctoproject.org and git.openembeded.org is deprecated and going forward https:// URLs should be used to access git repositories. We are aiming to discontinue git protocol use.		git:// protocol access to git.yoctoproject.org and git.openembeded.org is deprecated and going forward https:// URLs should be used to access git repositories. We are aiming to discontinue git protocol use.
	*The recent wic changes will need wic support files to be placed in files/wic within layers going forwards.		*We’re working through the backlog of patches and intermittent build failures are still problematic. We continue to struggle for bandwidth for changes needing in depth review/feedback. This could impact features making it into the LTS.
	*We’re working through the backlog of patches and intermittent build failures are still problematic~~, including the emergence of new issues (newer kernel version?)~~. We continue to struggle for bandwidth for changes needing in depth review/feedback. This could impact features making it into the LTS.		*The final whinlatter build is happening this week.
	*The final ~~kirkstone~~ build ~~has taken place and we’re no longer planning to merge patches on~~ this ~~branch.~~
	*If you have any final patches for whinlatter, please get these sent to the list ASAP.

	'''Ways to contribute:'''<br/>		'''Ways to contribute:'''<br/>
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	'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>		'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
	*WDD ~~2777~~ (last week ~~2797~~) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)		*WDD 2790 (last week 2777) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
	*OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics		*OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics
	**Total patches found: ~~1072~~ (last week ~~1060~~)		**Total patches found: 1078 (last week 1072)
	**Patches in the Pending State: ~~147~~ (14%) [last week ~~148~~ (14%)]		**Patches in the Pending State: 146 (14%) [last week 147 (14%)]
	**https://valkyrie.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/		**https://valkyrie.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/

	~~'''YP 6.0 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>~~
	*YP 6.0 M3 in QA.
	*YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-04-13
	*YP 6.0 M4 Release Date 2026-05-04

	'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>		'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
	*YP 5.0.17 ~~is in review~~.		*YP 5.0.17 was released.
	*YP 4.0.35 is in QA.		*YP 4.0.35 is in QA.
	*YP 5.3.4		*YP 5.3.4