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== Yocto Project Status 3 February 2026 (WW06) ==
== Yocto Project Status 11 August 2026 ==
Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M2<br/>
Current Dev Position: YP 6.1 M3<br/>
Next Deadline: YP 6.0 M2 Build Date 2026-02-16<br/>
Next Deadline: YP 6.1 M3: w/c 2026-08-31<br/>


'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
*Bug Triage meeting - Thursday 5th Feb. 7:30am PDT (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 3rd Feb. 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 5th Feb. 10am GMT and Monday 9th Feb. 9am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/97762397148?pwd=1xk0iC9hp9SjEonaTaONwTb6iWry4Eb.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 5.3.1 is due to be released
*YP 6.1 M2 has been released
*YP 6.0 M1 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 4.0.33 is queued for QA after 6.0 M1
*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.
*YP 6.0 M2 is now targeting a build date of 16th Feb. This will give us three weeks each for M3 (target date 9th March) and M4 (target build date 30th March).
*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
*Good progress has been made with the autobuilder issues but we still don’t have the stability in builds we need for reliable project operations.
*The NPM fetcher has been re-enabled in bitbake with security improvements and additional test cases
*There are currently 5 high open bugs, which will block M2. Three have line of sight to being resolved (Thanks Alex and Michael!):
*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.
**Issues reusing binaries from fedora 42/43 on older systems (#16087)
*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.
**Hangs of the autobuilder controller (database locking?) (#16129)
*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:
**Generation of releases.json needs updating (#16138)
**Matchbox-wm segfault/xserver restart
*Two are currently needing further work:  
**aarch64/x86-64 build host contamination/reproducibility issue
**rust do_test_compile/do_install segfault (#16058)
*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.
**x86 kvm broken on Fedora 43 (#16074)
Remaining intermittent build failures of concern:
*“build-sysroots: useradd command did not succeed” (#16135) was fixed, thanks Adrian!
**other qemu ‘hang’ type issues on ARM
*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.
**sometimes yocto-check-layer is showing checksum mismatch issues
*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.
**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 2945 (last week 2978) (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: 1100 (last week 1097)
**Total patches found: 1028 (last week 1029)
**Patches in the Pending State: 152 (14%) [last week 152 (14%)]
**Patches in the Pending State: 139 (14%) [last week 141 (14%)]
**https://valkyrie.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/
**https://valkyrie.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/


'''YP 6.0 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
'''Upcoming development releases:'''<br/>
*YP 6.0 M2 Build Date 2026-02-16
*6.1 M2: was released.
*YP 6.0 M2 Release Date 2026-02-27
*6.1 M3:
*YP 6.0 M3 Build Date 2026-03-09
**Build Date: w/c 2026-08-31
*YP 6.0 M3 Release Date 2026-03-20
**Release Date: w/c 2026-09-14
*YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-03-30
*6.1.0:
*YP 6.0 M4 Release Date 2026-04-26
**Build Date (M4): w/c 2026-10-12
**Release Date: w/c 2026-11-02


'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
*YP 5.3.1 is under review.
*YP 6.0.3 due to release
*YP 4.0.33 is queued for QA after 6.0 M1.
**Release Date w/c 2026-08-24
*YP 5.0.16 Build Date 2026-02-09
*YP 5.0.20
*YP 5.0.16 Release Date 2026-02-20
**Build Date w/c 2026-08-17
*YP 5.3.2 Build Date 2026-02-16
**Release Date w/c 2026-08-31
*YP 5.3.2 Release Date 2026-02-27
 
*YP 4.0.34 Build Date 2026-02-23
*For future release dates, see https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Release_calendar
*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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