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== Yocto Project Weekly Status Jan. 13th, 2026 ==
== Yocto Project Status 18 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 20th 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 18th 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 20th Aug. 10am GMT and Monday 24th 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 M3 is due in two weeks and this will be the feature freeze point for YP 6.1.
*YP 5.3.1 is in QA
*AI scrapers and bots continue to impact the infrastructure, taking huge amounts of time for our sysadmins and with a significant cost impact to the project.
*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.
*There have been locking changes with do_fetch/do_unpack within the bitbake fetcher to allow better performance of builds with shared DL_DIRs. There are also performance improvements to the handling of repeated ssl connection queries.
*We are seeing multiple serious issues blocking 6.0 M1 from building:
*There is discussion on the architecture list about how we could improve the fetcher, particularly around how recursion is handled in git submodules: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-architecture/message/2416
**A glibc test causing builds to hang (a buffer overflow SIGABRT in unfs3 triggered by host compiler + fortify source) (#16113)
*We continue to try and keep up to date with upstream releases through the AUH, big thanks to those sending version updates and fixing version update issues.
**Hangs of the autobuilder controller (database locking, should be fixed) (#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:
**Issues with a CVE patch applied to tar in rocky9/alma9/centos-stream using the openat2 syscall which pseudo doesn’t wrap (#16117)
**Matchbox-wm segfault/xserver restart
**Issues reusing binaries from fedora 43 (and maybe ubuntu 25.10) on older systems (patchelf triggered?) (#16074, #16087)
**aarch64/x86-64 build host contamination/reproducibility issue
**still need to disable the npm fetcher (#16105)
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.
*We have not had this number of high bugs blocking releases in several years
*Remaining intermittent build failures of concern:
*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.
**other qemu ‘hang’ type issues on ARM
*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.
**sometimes yocto-check-layer is showing checksum mismatch issues
*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!
**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 2704 (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: 1030 (last week 1028)
**Patches in the Pending State: 151 (14%) [last week 151 (14%)]
**Patches in the Pending State: 139 (14%) [last week 139 (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 M3:
*YP 6.0 M1 Release Date 2026-01-16
**Build Date: w/c 2026-08-31
*YP 6.0 M2 Build Date 2026-02-02
**Release Date: w/c 2026-09-14
*YP 6.0 M2 Release Date 2026-02-13
*6.1.0:
*YP 6.0 M3 Build Date 2026-03-02
**Build Date (M4): w/c 2026-10-12
*YP 6.0 M3 Release Date 2026-03-13
**Release Date: w/c 2026-11-02
*YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-03-30
*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
*YP 6.0.4
**Build Date w/c 2026-09-28
**Release Date w/c 2026-10-12
*YP 5.0.21
**Build Date w/c 2026-10-05
**Release Date w/c 2026-10-19


'''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/>

Latest revision as of 14:45, 18 August 2026

Yocto Project Status 18 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 M3 is due in two weeks and this will be the feature freeze point for YP 6.1.
  • AI scrapers and bots continue to impact the infrastructure, taking huge amounts of time for our sysadmins and with a significant cost impact to the project.
  • 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 have been locking changes with do_fetch/do_unpack within the bitbake fetcher to allow better performance of builds with shared DL_DIRs. There are also performance improvements to the handling of repeated ssl connection queries.
  • There is discussion on the architecture list about how we could improve the fetcher, particularly around how recursion is handled in git submodules: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-architecture/message/2416
  • We continue to try and keep up to date with upstream releases through the AUH, big thanks to those sending version updates and fixing version update issues.
  • 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 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
  • YP 6.0.4
    • Build Date w/c 2026-09-28
    • Release Date w/c 2026-10-12
  • YP 5.0.21
    • Build Date w/c 2026-10-05
    • Release Date w/c 2026-10-19

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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