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== Yocto Project Weekly Status January 10th, 2023 ==
== Yocto Project Weekly Status Jan. 27th, 2026 ==
Current Dev Position: YP 4.2 M2<br/>
Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M1<br/>
Next Deadline: 23rd January 2023 YP 4.2 M2 Build<br/>
Next Deadline: YP 6.0 M2 Build Date 2026-02-02<br/>
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'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
*Bug Triage meeting - Thursday 29th Jan. 7:30am (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
*Weekly Project Engineering Sync - Tuesday 27th Jan. 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Yocto Project Patch Review - Thursday 29th Jan. 10am GMT and Monday 2nd Feb. 9am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/97762397148?pwd=1xkiC9hp9SjEonaTaONwTb6iWry4Eb.1)


'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
'''Project data dashboard: https://dashboard.yoctoproject.org/'''<br/>
*Bug Triage meeting Thursday January 12th 7:30 am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
*Weekly Engineering Sync Tuesday January 10th 8 am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Twitch -  See https://www.twitch.tv/theyoctojester


'''Key Status/Updates:'''<br/>
'''Key Status/Updates:'''<br/>
*YP 4.2 M1 and YP 4.0.6 were released.
* YP 5.0.15 was released
*Builds on the autobuilder are problematic at present due to connection losses with the controller machine. We understand the cause and will be migrating the controller to a new server/location in the next maintenance window to address this.
* YP 5.3.1 is under review
*A number of invasive bitbake changes have merged including a change to add threading to bitbake’s server/cooker. This will allow us to attempt to resolve various UI/server hang related open bugs and to improve the user experience, e.g. Ctrl+C handling. If people do see issues with hangs, please report them and include the tail end of the bitbake-cookerdaemon.log file.
* YP 6.0 M1 is in QA
*The bitbake cache changes to optionally include more hash debugging information did merge. This currently triggers only for the bitbake -S operations but once that mode is triggered for memory resident bitbake, it is “sticky” and will remain set until it unloads. We have seen some OOM issues on autobuilder workers which may be related to this, more debugging is needed to check on bitbake’s memory usage.
* YP 4.0.33 is queued for QA after 6.0 M1
*Automatic bitbake function library dependency code has also merged and is active. This should let us migrate class code to become library code for performance improvements.
* YP 6.0 M2 is due next week!
*A bug in the layer.conf variable changes was identified which was causing re-parsing when it wasn’t necessary. A fix has been merged to address that.
* Good progress has been made with the autobuilder issues and an M1 build is in QA but we still don’t have the stability in builds we need for reliable project operations.
*The OE TSC decided in favour of adding export flag expansion despite the performance impact so that patch will be queued.
* There are currently 6 high open bugs, which will block M2:
*We merged a number of neat rust improvements which add on target cargo support and added automated QA tests for this functionality so we can ensure it continues to work and doesn’t regress. Thanks Alex Kiernan, we hope to see more series like this one!
** Issues reusing binaries from fedora 43 (and maybe ubuntu 25.10) on older systems (patchelf triggered?) (#16074, #16087)
*CVE levels in master have improved but still need a little work
** x86 kvm broken on Fedora 43 (#16074)
*The autobuilder maintenance window is moving from Friday to Monday.
** AB-INT: build-sysroots: useradd command did not succeed (#16135)
*We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.
** Hangs of the autobuilder controller (database locking?) (#16129)
** Generation of releases.json needs updating (#16138)
* The number of intermittent failures affecting builds, both stable and development, continues to be problematic. Any given build is now statistically likely to hit one or more of them and we often don’t have successful builds. Since we struggle to get help in addressing these, we need to change and start potentially blocking releases (including stable/LTS) until these get addressed in some way. We are holding some dedicated meetings to triage these and find ways of removing the failures from our builds which may include reducing testing.
* Patches are merging again but there is a backlog and we’ve had to prioritize simpler changes. We continue to struggle for bandwidth for changes needing in depth review/feedback. This could impact features making it into the LTS.
 


'''Ways to contribute:'''<br/>
'''Ways to contribute:'''<br/>
*As people are likely aware, the project has a number of components which are either unmaintained, or have people with little to no time trying to keep them alive. These components include: patchtest, layerindex, devtool, toaster, wic, oeqa, autobuilder, CROPs containers, pseudo and more. Many have open bugs. Help is welcome in trying to better look after these components!
*We have several open issues for pseudo and limited maintainer time to work on them. Help from someone familiar with systems programming in C would be greatly appreciated. https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/buglist.cgi?list_id=661406&priority=High&priority=Medium%2B&product=Pseudo&query_format=advanced&resolution=---
*There are bugs identified as possible for newcomers to the project: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Newcomers
*There are a large number of intermittent failures on our autobuilder, any help with investigating, reproducing or solving these issues would be welcome! https://valkyrie.yocto.io/pub/non-release/abint/
*There are bugs that are currently unassigned for YP 4.2 See: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Bug_Triage#Medium.2B_4.2_Unassigned_Enhancements.2FBugs
*Many recipes in openembedded-core would benefit from a new recipe maintainer. Please look at https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/tree/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc and see if you can adopt any of the unassigned recipes.
*We’d welcome new maintainers for recipes in OE-Core. Please see the list at: http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit.cgi/poky/tree/meta/conf/distro/include/maintainers.inc and discuss with the existing maintainer, or ask on the OE-Core mailing list. We will likely move a chunk of these to “Unassigned” soon to help facilitate this.
*For more ways to contribute, see https://docs.google.com/document/d/18oxKWxLorfF813h82mK6yKTIHeBp_-9owFuCWbzgjOk/edit?usp=sharing
*Help is very much welcome in trying to resolve our autobuilder intermittent issues. You can see the list of failures we’re continuing to see by searching for the “AB-INT” tag in bugzilla: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=AB-INT.
 
*Help us resolve CVE issues: CVE metrics https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vRgNISmH0Ditf0bRtSezeR2XsgKIiSFJKF6KJUHpnzocNGzvKZbuSDKfmV3n64BFXDRqElBSJnhHtG4/pubchart?oid=1993375488&format=interactive
'''New to the project?'''<br/>
*We have a list of issues we think are good places to start contributing: https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=NEWCOMER
 
'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
* WDD 2978 (last week 3041) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
* OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics
** Total patches found: 1097 (last week 1099)
** Patches in the Pending State: 152 (14%) [last week 152 (14%)]
* https://valkyrie.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/
 
 
'''YP 6.0 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
*YP 6.0 M2 Build Date 2026-02-02
*YP 6.0 M2 Release Date 2026-02-13
*YP 6.0 M3 Build Date 2026-03-02
*YP 6.0 M3 Release Date 2026-03-13
*YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-03-30
*YP 6.0 M4 Release Date 2026-04-26


'''YP 4.2 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
*YP 4.2 M2 build date 2023/01/23
*YP 4.2 M2 Release date 2023/02/03
*YP 4.2 M3 build date 2023/02/20
*YP 4.2 M3 Release date 2023/03/03
*YP 4.2 M4 build date 2023/04/03
*YP 4.2 M4 Release date 2023/04/28


'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
*YP 4.1.2 built and in QA
*YP 5.3.1 is under review.
*YP 4.1.2 Release date 2023/01/20
*YP 4.0.33 is queued for QA after 6.0 M1.
*YP 3.1.22 build date 2023/01/16
*YP 5.0.16 Build Date 2026-02-09
*YP 3.1.22 Release date 2023/01/27
*YP 5.0.16 Release Date 2026-02-20
*YP 4.0.7 build date 2023/01/30
*YP 5.3.2 Build Date 2026-02-16
*YP 4.0.7 Release date 2023/02/10
*YP 5.3.2 Release Date 2026-02-27
*YP 3.1.23 build date 2023/02/13
*YP 4.0.34 Build Date 2026-02-23
*YP 3.1.23 Release date 2023/02/24
*YP 4.0.34 Release Date 2026-03-06
*YP 4.0.8 build date 2023/02/27
*YP 5.3.3 Build Date 2026-03-09
*YP 4.0.8 Release date 2023/03/10
*YP 5.3.3 Release Date 2026-03-20
*YP 4.1.3 build date 2023/03/06
*YP 5.0.17 Build Date 2026-03-16
*YP 4.1.3 Release date 2023/03/17
*YP 5.0.17 Release Date 2026-03-23
*YP 3.1.24 build date 2023/03/20
*YP 4.0.35 Build Date 2026-04-06
*YP 3.1.24 Release date 2023/03/31
*YP 4.0.35 Release Date 2026-04-17
*YP 4.0.9 build date 2023/04/10
*YP 5.3.4 Build Date 2026-04-13
*YP 4.0.9 Release date 2023/04/21
*YP 5.3.4 Release Date 2026-04-24
*YP 4.1.4 build date 2023/05/01
*YP 5.0.18 Build Date 2026-04-20
*YP 4.1.4 Release date 2023/05/13
*YP 5.0.18 Release Date 2026-05-01
*YP 3.1.25 build date 2023/05/08
*YP 5.0.19 Build Date 2026-05-26
*YP 3.1.25 Release date 2023/05/19
*YP 5.0.19 Release Date 2026-06-05
*YP 4.0.10 build date 2023/05/15
*YP 4.0.10 Release date 2023/05/26
 
'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
*WDD 2447 (last week 2457) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics
**Total patches found: 1176 (last week 1189)
**Patches in the Pending State: 281 (24%) [last week 282 (24%)]
*https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/


'''The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:'''<br/>
'''The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:'''<br/>
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== Archives ==
== Archives ==
*[[2026 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2025 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2024 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2023 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2023 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2022 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2022 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]

Latest revision as of 14:24, 27 January 2026

Yocto Project Weekly Status Jan. 27th, 2026

Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M1
Next Deadline: YP 6.0 M2 Build Date 2026-02-02
6 Next Team Meetings:

Project data dashboard: https://dashboard.yoctoproject.org/

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 5.0.15 was released
  • YP 5.3.1 is under review
  • YP 6.0 M1 is in QA
  • YP 4.0.33 is queued for QA after 6.0 M1
  • YP 6.0 M2 is due next week!
  • Good progress has been made with the autobuilder issues and an M1 build is in QA but we still don’t have the stability in builds we need for reliable project operations.
  • There are currently 6 high open bugs, which will block M2:
    • Issues reusing binaries from fedora 43 (and maybe ubuntu 25.10) on older systems (patchelf triggered?) (#16074, #16087)
    • x86 kvm broken on Fedora 43 (#16074)
    • AB-INT: build-sysroots: useradd command did not succeed (#16135)
    • Hangs of the autobuilder controller (database locking?) (#16129)
    • Generation of releases.json needs updating (#16138)
  • The number of intermittent failures affecting builds, both stable and development, continues to be problematic. Any given build is now statistically likely to hit one or more of them and we often don’t have successful builds. Since we struggle to get help in addressing these, we need to change and start potentially blocking releases (including stable/LTS) until these get addressed in some way. We are holding some dedicated meetings to triage these and find ways of removing the failures from our builds which may include reducing testing.
  • Patches are merging again but there is a backlog and we’ve had to prioritize simpler changes. We continue to struggle for bandwidth for changes needing in depth review/feedback. This could impact features making it into the LTS.


Ways to contribute:

New to the project?

Tracking Metrics:


YP 6.0 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 6.0 M2 Build Date 2026-02-02
  • YP 6.0 M2 Release Date 2026-02-13
  • YP 6.0 M3 Build Date 2026-03-02
  • YP 6.0 M3 Release Date 2026-03-13
  • YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-03-30
  • YP 6.0 M4 Release Date 2026-04-26


Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 5.3.1 is under review.
  • YP 4.0.33 is queued for QA after 6.0 M1.
  • YP 5.0.16 Build Date 2026-02-09
  • YP 5.0.16 Release Date 2026-02-20
  • YP 5.3.2 Build Date 2026-02-16
  • YP 5.3.2 Release Date 2026-02-27
  • YP 4.0.34 Build Date 2026-02-23
  • YP 4.0.34 Release Date 2026-03-06
  • YP 5.3.3 Build Date 2026-03-09
  • YP 5.3.3 Release Date 2026-03-20
  • YP 5.0.17 Build Date 2026-03-16
  • YP 5.0.17 Release Date 2026-03-23
  • YP 4.0.35 Build Date 2026-04-06
  • YP 4.0.35 Release Date 2026-04-17
  • YP 5.3.4 Build Date 2026-04-13
  • YP 5.3.4 Release Date 2026-04-24
  • YP 5.0.18 Build Date 2026-04-20
  • YP 5.0.18 Release Date 2026-05-01
  • YP 5.0.19 Build Date 2026-05-26
  • YP 5.0.19 Release Date 2026-06-05

The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:
https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/TSC

Archives