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== Yocto Project Weekly Status Jan. 13th, 2026 ==
== Yocto Project Status 11 August 2026 ==
Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M1<br/>
Current Dev Position: YP 6.1 M3<br/>
Next Deadline: YP 6.0 M1 Build Date 2026-01-05<br/>
Next Deadline: YP 6.1 M3: w/c 2026-08-31<br/>
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'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
*Bug Triage meeting - Thursday 15th Jan. 7:30am (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
*Bug Triage meeting - Thursday 13rd Aug. 7:30am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
*Weekly Project Engineering Sync - Tuesday 13th Jan. 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Weekly Project Engineering Sync - Tuesday 11th Aug. 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Yocto Project Patch Review - Thursday 15th Jan. 10am GMT and Monday 19th Jan. 9am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/97762397148?pwd=1xkiC9hp9SjEonaTaONwTb6iWry4Eb.1)  
*Yocto Project Patch Review - Thursday 13rd Aug. 10am GMT and Monday 17th Aug. 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 5.0.15 is under review.
*YP 6.1 M2 has been released
*YP 5.3.1 is in QA
*YP 6.1 M3 is due in three weeks and this will be the feature freeze point for YP 6.1.
*YP 6.0 M1 will build when the 5 open high bugs are resolved.
*We would like to remind everyone that AI-generated code submitted to Yocto Project must include disclosure of the use of AI tools, in line with our policy in the contributor guide (https://docs.yoctoproject.org/contributor-guide/submit-changes.html#acceptance-of-ai-generated-code). Joshua has sent patches adding AGENTS.md files to bitbake and openembedded-core to prompt agents to follow this policy. We are discussing further updates to our policy on AI assisted submissions as this is a rapidly evolving area.
*There are also 4 high bugs open for 6.0 M2.
*Alex Stewart is stepping down as maintainer of opkg - huge thanks to him for his work on the project over the last 5 years, and thanks to National Instruments/Emerson for their continued support of opkg. Maintainership is being handed over to Erick Shepherd (also from NI/Emerson), there is also a call for input and anyone interested in being a co-maintainer: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/opkg/topic/120687514
*We are seeing multiple serious issues blocking 6.0 M1 from building:
*The NPM fetcher has been re-enabled in bitbake with security improvements and additional test cases
**A glibc test causing builds to hang (a buffer overflow SIGABRT in unfs3 triggered by host compiler + fortify source) (#16113)
*The upgrade to sbom-cve-check 1.3.3 has more correct handling of Ubuntu/Red Hat specific CVEs, which may require new patches or CVE_STATUS assignments. The fallout in OE-core has been handled, other layers may see an uptick in reported CVEs.
**Hangs of the autobuilder controller (database locking, should be fixed) (#16129)
*The SDK_TOOLCHAIN_LANGS variable has been replaced with a more general SDK_FEATURES variable to support improved SDK configurability. Uses of the old variable will need to be updated, `go` and `rust` langs are still supported as SDK features.
**Issues with a CVE patch applied to tar in rocky9/alma9/centos-stream using the openat2 syscall which pseudo doesn’t wrap (#16117)
*There are two AB-INT issues which are in a position where others could now help, as detailed in https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/242105:
**Issues reusing binaries from fedora 43 (and maybe ubuntu 25.10) on older systems (patchelf triggered?) (#16074, #16087)
**Matchbox-wm segfault/xserver restart
**still need to disable the npm fetcher (#16105)
**aarch64/x86-64 build host contamination/reproducibility issue
*We have not had this number of high bugs blocking releases in several years
*We get a lot of comments about these being hard to reproduce or work on, in both cases, these have specific well defined things which need to be done and a basic understanding of what the issue relates to, if not the actual fix.
*The number of intermittent failures affecting stable release builds is becoming problematic. Any given build is now statistically likely to hit one or more of them and we 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 plan to form a dedicated team to investigate these and find ways of removing the failures from our builds which may include reducing testing.
Remaining intermittent build failures of concern:
*To be clear, due to the problems above, most patch testing is now stalled as the autobuilder is currently inoperable and we can’t test anything.
**other qemu ‘hang’ type issues on ARM
*The project is exploring the idea of applying for funding for security related work. If anyone (individual or consultancies) has ideas, please talk to Paul/Richard/TSC. This is an opportunity to work on those issues you never have time/funding for!
**sometimes yocto-check-layer is showing checksum mismatch issues
**intermittent ptest failures in many recipes


'''Ways to contribute:'''<br/>
'''Ways to contribute:'''<br/>
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'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
*WDD 3026 (last week 3011) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*WDD 2694 (last week 2694) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics
*OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics
**Total patches found: 1089 (last week 1092)
**Total patches found: 1028 (last week 1029)
**Patches in the Pending State: 151 (14%) [last week 151 (14%)]
**Patches in the Pending State: 139 (14%) [last week 141 (14%)]
*https://autobuilder.yocto.io/-release/patchmetrics/
**https://valkyrie.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/


'''YP 6.0 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
'''Upcoming development releases:'''<br/>
*YP 6.0 M1 Build Date 2026-01-05
*6.1 M2: was released.
*YP 6.0 M1 Release Date 2026-01-16
*6.1 M3:
*YP 6.0 M2 Build Date 2026-02-02
**Build Date: w/c 2026-08-31
*YP 6.0 M2 Release Date 2026-02-13
**Release Date: w/c 2026-09-14
*YP 6.0 M3 Build Date 2026-03-02
*6.1.0:
*YP 6.0 M3 Release Date 2026-03-13
**Build Date (M4): w/c 2026-10-12
*YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-03-30
**Release Date: w/c 2026-11-02
*YP 6.0 M4 Release Date 2026-04-26


'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
*YP 6.0.3 due to release
**Release Date w/c 2026-08-24
*YP 5.0.20
**Build Date w/c 2026-08-17
**Release Date w/c 2026-08-31


'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
*For future release dates, see https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Release_calendar
*YP 5.0.15 is under review.
*YP 5.3.1 in QA.
*YP 4.0.33 Build Date 2026-01-26
*YP 4.0.33 Release Date 2026-01-30
*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:'''<br/>
'''The Yocto Project’s technical governance is through its Technical Steering Committee, more information is available at:'''<br/>

Revision as of 14:46, 11 August 2026

Yocto Project Status 11 August 2026

Current Dev Position: YP 6.1 M3
Next Deadline: YP 6.1 M3: w/c 2026-08-31

Next Team Meetings:

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

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 6.1 M2 has been released
  • YP 6.1 M3 is due in three weeks and this will be the feature freeze point for YP 6.1.
  • We would like to remind everyone that AI-generated code submitted to Yocto Project must include disclosure of the use of AI tools, in line with our policy in the contributor guide (https://docs.yoctoproject.org/contributor-guide/submit-changes.html#acceptance-of-ai-generated-code). Joshua has sent patches adding AGENTS.md files to bitbake and openembedded-core to prompt agents to follow this policy. We are discussing further updates to our policy on AI assisted submissions as this is a rapidly evolving area.
  • Alex Stewart is stepping down as maintainer of opkg - huge thanks to him for his work on the project over the last 5 years, and thanks to National Instruments/Emerson for their continued support of opkg. Maintainership is being handed over to Erick Shepherd (also from NI/Emerson), there is also a call for input and anyone interested in being a co-maintainer: https://lists.yoctoproject.org/g/opkg/topic/120687514
  • The NPM fetcher has been re-enabled in bitbake with security improvements and additional test cases
  • The upgrade to sbom-cve-check 1.3.3 has more correct handling of Ubuntu/Red Hat specific CVEs, which may require new patches or CVE_STATUS assignments. The fallout in OE-core has been handled, other layers may see an uptick in reported CVEs.
  • The SDK_TOOLCHAIN_LANGS variable has been replaced with a more general SDK_FEATURES variable to support improved SDK configurability. Uses of the old variable will need to be updated, `go` and `rust` langs are still supported as SDK features.
  • There are two AB-INT issues which are in a position where others could now help, as detailed in https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/242105:
    • Matchbox-wm segfault/xserver restart
    • aarch64/x86-64 build host contamination/reproducibility issue
  • We get a lot of comments about these being hard to reproduce or work on, in both cases, these have specific well defined things which need to be done and a basic understanding of what the issue relates to, if not the actual fix.

Remaining intermittent build failures of concern:

    • other qemu ‘hang’ type issues on ARM
    • sometimes yocto-check-layer is showing checksum mismatch issues
    • intermittent ptest failures in many recipes

Ways to contribute:

New to the project?

Tracking Metrics:

Upcoming development releases:

  • 6.1 M2: was released.
  • 6.1 M3:
    • Build Date: w/c 2026-08-31
    • Release Date: w/c 2026-09-14
  • 6.1.0:
    • Build Date (M4): w/c 2026-10-12
    • Release Date: w/c 2026-11-02

Upcoming dot releases:

  • YP 6.0.3 due to release
    • Release Date w/c 2026-08-24
  • YP 5.0.20
    • Build Date w/c 2026-08-17
    • Release Date w/c 2026-08-31

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

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