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== Yocto Project Status 31 March 2026 ==
== Yocto Project Status 11 August 2026 ==
Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M3<br/>
Current Dev Position: YP 6.1 M3<br/>
Next Deadline: YP 6.0 M3 Build Date 2026-03-23<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 Apr. 2nd 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 31st Mar. 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 Apr. 2nd 10am GMT and Monday Apr. 6th 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 4.0.34 was released.
*YP 6.1 M2 has been released
*YP 5.3.3 is approved for release.
*YP 6.1 M3 is due in three weeks and this will be the feature freeze point for YP 6.1.
*YP 6.0 M3 is the feature freeze for 6.0 which is our next LTS.
*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 M3 is now due to build however there are still key changes missing.  
*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
*Issues still pending:
*The NPM fetcher has been re-enabled in bitbake with security improvements and additional test cases
**Splitting wic into an external tool.
*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.
**Converting scripts/run-cvecheck to sbom-cve-check
*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.
**DISTRO_FEATURES defaults improvements.
*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:
**RHEL 9 xattrs/selinux/tar issue
**Matchbox-wm segfault/xserver restart
**How to improve DEBUG_BUILD?
**aarch64/x86-64 build host contamination/reproducibility issue
**RHEL 10/openSUSE Leap 16.0/Ubuntu 26.04 support
*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.
*Issues that are mostly known quantities still needing work:
Remaining intermittent build failures of concern:
**x86 kvm seemingly broken with certain CPU features (#16074)
**other qemu ‘hang’ type issues on ARM
**Failure to generate regression reports in release builds
**sometimes yocto-check-layer is showing checksum mismatch issues
**Fixing yocto-check-layer to work with --machines (many fixes merged)
**intermittent ptest failures in many recipes
*Issues that were resolved this week:
**Sbom-cve-check added
**Replacement of runtlp with kirk (Thanks Daniel!)
**bitbake-setup vscode integration
**Fedora 43 selftest failures
**Reconciling poky and OE-Core defaults templates.
*We have rationalized the tags in various project repositories, more information can be found here: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-architecture/message/2312 Whilst controversial, this will make the tag list much easier to understand for users, guide users to use the right tags going forward and remove confusion about whether any tags were “missed”, at the expense that some CI setups may need adjusting short term.
*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 CFP closing date for the Yocto Project Workshop at Embedded Recipes 2026 has been extended until April 7th, please submit a proposal if you’d like to present: https://pretalx.com/yocto-embedded-recipes-2026/cfp


'''Ways to contribute:'''<br/>
'''Ways to contribute:'''<br/>
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'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
*WDD 2814 (last week 2819) (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: 1062 (last week 1072)
**Total patches found: 1028 (last week 1029)
**Patches in the Pending State: 148 (14%) [last week 151 (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 M3 Build Date 2026-03-23
*6.1 M2: was released.
*YP 6.0 M3 Release Date 2026-04-08
*6.1 M3:
*YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-04-13
**Build Date: w/c 2026-08-31
*YP 6.0 M4 Release Date 2026-05-04
**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:'''<br/>
'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
*YP 4.0.34 was released.
*YP 6.0.3 due to release
*YP 5.3.3 ready for release.
**Release Date w/c 2026-08-24
*YP 5.0.17 Build Date 2026-03-30
*YP 5.0.20
*YP 5.0.17 Release Date 2026-04-15
**Build Date w/c 2026-08-17
*YP 4.0.35 Build Date 2026-04-06
**Release Date w/c 2026-08-31
*YP 4.0.35 Release Date 2026-04-22
 
*YP 5.3.4 Build Date 2026-04-20
*For future release dates, see https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Release_calendar
*YP 5.3.4 Release Date 2026-05-06
*YP 5.0.18 Build Date 2026-04-27
*YP 5.0.18 Release Date 2026-05-13
*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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