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== Yocto Project Weekly Status September 19th, 2023 ==
== Yocto Project Weekly Status Jan. 27th, 2026 ==
Current Dev Position: YP 4.3 M4 (Feature Freeze)<br/>
Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M1<br/>
Next Deadline: 2nd October 2023 YP 4.3 M4 build date<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 September 21st 7:30 am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
*Weekly Engineering Sync Tuesday September 19th 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/>
*The M3 rc1 QA report is available but the regression report failed, raising a dilemma on whether to release, the TSC needs to discuss
* YP 5.0.15 was released
*YP 3.1.28 is in QA
* YP 5.3.1 is under review
*The numpy reproducibility issue remains
* YP 6.0 M1 is in QA
*The openssh ptest intermittent failure does have better logs available but we’ve yet to decode what it means:
* YP 4.0.33 is queued for QA after 6.0 M1
http://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/20230917-2/testresults/qemuarm64-ptest/openssh.log
* YP 6.0 M2 is due next week!
*A significant flaw was found in bitbake’s inotify usage which has been causing rare intermittent build failures. These would only affect usage where BB_SERVER_TIMEOUT was enabled or tinfoil was used (e.g. recipetool, devtool, bitbake-layers). The issue means we’ve switched to using stat() calls and mtime to detect changes. External tools using tinfoil which change files will need to add an API call to have bitbake refresh its caches.
* 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.
*On a positive note, those issues do explain some of the timeout and AB-INT failures that have been puzzling us for some time. Fixing it also allows the flush() call removal in server logging, which should improve bitbake server’s performance during heavy I/O.
* There are currently 6 high open bugs, which will block M2:
*There are patches pending to tweak the layout of deploy/licenses/ and SPDX’s file layout to avoid overlapping files in builds breaking due to “shared” files being removed unexpectedly. We will likely enforce non-overlapping files for symlinks under sstate control going forward to avoid these issues in future.
** Issues reusing binaries from fedora 43 (and maybe ubuntu 25.10) on older systems (patchelf triggered?) (#16074, #16087)
*We are continuing to see large numbers of version upgrades of recipes, some of which are having destabilizing effects. This may mean we have to reduce the numbers being accepted to stabilize for release.
** x86 kvm broken on Fedora 43 (#16074)
*We’re happy to be able to announce that some of the work in the RFQ will now be progressing, specifically that:
** AB-INT: build-sysroots: useradd command did not succeed (#16135)
**Marta Rybczynska (Syslinbit) will be working on the security topic
** Hangs of the autobuilder controller (database locking?) (#16129)
**Alexander Kanvin (Linutronix) will be working on the core workflow topic
** Generation of releases.json needs updating (#16138)
**Savoir-faire Linux will be working on the toaster and VSCode topics
* 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.
**BayLibre will be working on the patchtest and project tooling topics
* 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.
**Michael Opdenacker (Bootlin) will be working on the binary distro topic
 
**Smile will be working on the meta-openembedded topic area
We’d also note that Tim Orling (Konsulko) will be working on the layer index.


'''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
'''New to the project?'''<br/>
*We have a growing number of bugs in bugzilla, any help with them is appreciated.
*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 4.3 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
*YP 4.3 M3 is being reviewed.
*YP 4.3 M4 build date  2023/10/02
*YP 4.3 M4 Release date 2023/10/27


'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
*YP 3.1.28 in QA
*YP 5.3.1 is under review.
*YP 4.0.13 build date 2023/09/25
*YP 4.0.33 is queued for QA after 6.0 M1.
*YP 4.0.13 Release date 2023/10/06
*YP 5.0.16 Build Date 2026-02-09
*YP 3.1.29 build date 2023/10/30
*YP 5.0.16 Release Date 2026-02-20
*YP 3.1.29 Release date 2023/11/10
*YP 5.3.2 Build Date 2026-02-16
*YP 4.0.14 build date 2023/11/06
*YP 5.3.2 Release Date 2026-02-27
*YP 4.0.14 Release date 2023/11/17
*YP 4.0.34 Build Date 2026-02-23
*YP 4.2.4 build date 2023/11/13
*YP 4.0.34 Release Date 2026-03-06
*YP 4.2.4 Release date 2023/11/24
*YP 5.3.3 Build Date 2026-03-09
*YP 3.1.30 build date 2023/12/11
*YP 5.3.3 Release Date 2026-03-20
*YP 3.1.30 Release date 2023/12/22
*YP 5.0.17 Build Date 2026-03-16
*YP 4.0.15 build date 2023/12/18
*YP 5.0.17 Release Date 2026-03-23
*YP 4.0.15 Release date 2023/12/29
*YP 4.0.35 Build Date 2026-04-06
 
*YP 4.0.35 Release Date 2026-04-17
'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
*YP 5.3.4 Build Date 2026-04-13
*WDD 2505 (last week 2530) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*YP 5.3.4 Release Date 2026-04-24
*OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics
*YP 5.0.18 Build Date 2026-04-20
**Total patches found: 1185 (last week 1186)
*YP 5.0.18 Release Date 2026-05-01
**Patches in the Pending State: 255 (22%) [last week 255 (22%)]
*YP 5.0.19 Build Date 2026-05-26
*https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/
*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/>
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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