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== Yocto Project Weekly Status July 16th, 2024 ==
== Yocto Project Status 7 April 2026 ==
Current Dev Position: YP 5.1 M2 <br/>
Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M3<br/>
Next Deadline: YP 5.1 M2 Build 8 July 2024<br/>
Next Deadline: YP 6.0 M3 Build Date 2026-03-23<br/>


'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
*Bug Triage meeting Thursday July 18th at 7:30 am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
*Bug Triage meeting - Thursday Apr. 9th 7:30am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
*Weekly Engineering Sync Tuesday July 16th at 8 am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Weekly Project Engineering Sync - Tuesday Apr. 7th 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Twitch - See https://www.twitch.tv/theyoctojester
*Yocto Project Patch Review - Thursday Apr. 9th 10am GMT and Monday Apr. 13th 9am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/97762397148?pwd=1xk0iC9hp9SjEonaTaONwTb6iWry4Eb.1)
 
'''Project data dashboard: https://dashboard.yoctoproject.org/'''<br/>


'''Key Status/Updates:'''<br/>
'''Key Status/Updates:'''<br/>
*YP 4.0.20 is in QA
*YP 5.3.3 was released.
*YP 5.1 M2 is due to be built now SPDX 3.0 has merged
*YP 5.0.17 is in QA
*SPDX 3.0 has merged, thanks Joshua, Marta and everyone else who has worked on this.
*YP 6.0 M3 is the feature freeze for 6.0 which is our next LTS.
*We’ve chosen to make SPDX 3.0 the default since it is much more suited to what we do.
*YP 6.0 M3 is now due to build however there are still key changes missing.  
*A number of QA checks were moved from WARN_QA to ERROR_QA. The intention is to allow recipes to be marked up with known issues rather than have builds with warnings people tend to ignore, or ideally have the issues fixed.
*Issues with pending work needed:
*If layers choose to change ERROR_QA, please do it on a per layer basis with an override, not globally,
**Converting scripts/run-cvecheck to sbom-cve-check
*An upcoming version of Yocto Project Compatible will require some subset of the ERROR_QA checks to be tested and passed for the layer to be compatible.
**32bit x86 kvm seemingly broken with certain CPU features (#16074)
*Debug optimization handling was changed, the DEBUG_FLAGS variable was dropped in favor of a new DEBUG_LEVELFLAG which allows distros to more easily change recipe debug levels, in particular to control size.
**Failure to generate regression reports in release builds (need tags)
*The autobuilder has been running into space issues and we analyzed space usage in a build. Patches are proposed to drop the debug symbols for on target llvm to reduce space usage (along with teaks to qemu and openssl) as the output size is effectively unusable currently. Further work on minimizing disk usage would be very welcome and there is a direct relationship with build speed too.
**Ubuntu 26.04 support (need worker adding for testing)
*Autobuilder test result/output indexing has been moved to a specific autobuilder job so the work is more visible to all users (the ‘indexing’ builder). The script has been optimized and the output html cleaned up by Sovereign Tech *Fund sponsorship through their contractors: https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/
*Issues that have patches ready to merge:
*Some larger patches still need help with review these would be appreciated:
**DISTRO_FEATURES defaults improvements.
**Improved CVE tooling from Marta
**Fixing yocto-check-layer to work with --machines
**kernel fitimage changes from Adrian
**RHEL 9 xattrs/selinux/tar issue
**bitbake-setup and configuration fragments from Alexander
**Splitting wic into an external tool.
*There is an open letter the project has created related to the CVE/NVD situation, more information is available here: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-architecture/message/1990
**RHEL 10/openSUSE Leap 16.0 support
*We continue to have trouble tracking down the rust reproducibility problem in rustdoc. We tested rust 1.78 with master and there is a long list of reported issues on the mailing list unfortunately. Rust 1.77 has a much smaller list of problems at least in initial testing.
*Issues that need investigation
**Reports of pseudo errors on Fedora 44 beta
*The proposed wic changes will need wic support files to be placed in files/wic within layers going forwards.
*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.
*We are aware of our git hosting giving 502 Bad Gateway errors, this is being investigated
*The CFP for the Yocto Project Workshop at Embedded Recipes 2026 closes today: https://pretalx.com/yocto-embedded-recipes-2026/cfp


'''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: 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 5.1. See: https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Bug_Triage#Medium+_5.1_Unassigned_Enhancements/Bugs
*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/>
'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
*WDD 2787 (last week 2822) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*WDD 2797 (last week 2814) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics
*OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics
**Total patches found: 1082 (last week 1075)
**Total patches found: 1060 (last week 1062)
**Patches in the Pending State: 178 (16%) [last week 178 (17%)]
**Patches in the Pending State: 148 (14%) [last week 148 (14%)]
*https://autobuilder.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/
**https://valkyrie.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/


'''YP 5.1 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
'''YP 6.0 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
*YP 5.1 M2 Build date 2024-07-08
*YP 6.0 M3 Build Date 2026-03-23
*YP 5.1 M2 Release date 2024-07-19
*YP 6.0 M3 Release Date 2026-04-08
*YP 5.1 M3 Build date 2024-08-26
*YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-04-13
*YP 5.1 M3 Release date 2024-09-06
*YP 6.0 M4 Release Date 2026-05-04
*YP 5.1 M4 Build date 2024-09-30
*YP 5.1 M4 Release date 2024-10-25


'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
*YP 4.0.20 is in QA
*YP 5.3.3 was released.
*YP 5.0.3 Build Date 2024-08-12
*YP 5.0.17 is in QA.
*YP 5.0.3 Release Date 2024-08-23
*YP 4.0.35
*YP 4.0.21 Build Date 2024-09-09
**Build Date 2026-04-06
*YP 4.0.21 Release Date 2024-09-20
**Release Date 2026-04-22
*YP 5.0.4 Build Date 2024-09-23
*YP 5.3.4
*YP 5.0.4 Release Date 2024-10-04
**Build Date 2026-04-20
*YP 4.0.22 Build Date 2024-10-14
**Release Date 2026-05-06
*YP 4.0.22 Release Date 2024-10-25
*For future release dates, see https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Release_calendar
*YP 5.0.5 Build Date 2024-11-11
*YP 5.0.5 Release Date 2024-11-22
*YP 4.0.23 Build Date 2024-11-18
*YP 4.0.23 Release Date 2024-11-29


'''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]]
*[[2024 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2023 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]
*[[2023 Yocto Project Weekly Status Archive]]

Latest revision as of 14:44, 7 April 2026

Yocto Project Status 7 April 2026

Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M3
Next Deadline: YP 6.0 M3 Build Date 2026-03-23

Next Team Meetings:

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

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 5.3.3 was released.
  • YP 5.0.17 is in QA
  • YP 6.0 M3 is the feature freeze for 6.0 which is our next LTS.
  • YP 6.0 M3 is now due to build however there are still key changes missing.
  • Issues with pending work needed:
    • Converting scripts/run-cvecheck to sbom-cve-check
    • 32bit x86 kvm seemingly broken with certain CPU features (#16074)
    • Failure to generate regression reports in release builds (need tags)
    • Ubuntu 26.04 support (need worker adding for testing)
  • Issues that have patches ready to merge:
    • DISTRO_FEATURES defaults improvements.
    • Fixing yocto-check-layer to work with --machines
    • RHEL 9 xattrs/selinux/tar issue
    • Splitting wic into an external tool.
    • RHEL 10/openSUSE Leap 16.0 support
  • Issues that need investigation
    • Reports of pseudo errors on Fedora 44 beta
  • The proposed wic changes will need wic support files to be placed in files/wic within layers going forwards.
  • 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.
  • We are aware of our git hosting giving 502 Bad Gateway errors, this is being investigated
  • The CFP for the Yocto Project Workshop at Embedded Recipes 2026 closes today: https://pretalx.com/yocto-embedded-recipes-2026/cfp

Ways to contribute:

New to the project?

Tracking Metrics:

YP 6.0 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 6.0 M3 Build Date 2026-03-23
  • YP 6.0 M3 Release Date 2026-04-08
  • YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-04-13
  • YP 6.0 M4 Release Date 2026-05-04

Upcoming dot releases:

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

Archives