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== Yocto Project Status 7 April 2026 ==
== Yocto Project Status 14 April 2026 ==
Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M3<br/>
Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M4<br/>
Next Deadline: YP 6.0 M3 Build Date 2026-03-23<br/>
Next Deadline: YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-04-20<br/>


'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
'''Next Team Meetings:'''<br/>
*Bug Triage meeting - Thursday Apr. 9th 7:30am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
*Bug Triage meeting - Thursday Apr. 16th 7:30am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/454367603?pwd=ZGxoa2ZXL3FkM3Y0bFd5aVpHVVZ6dz09)
*Weekly Project Engineering Sync - Tuesday Apr. 7th 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Weekly Project Engineering Sync - Tuesday Apr. 14th 8am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/990892712?pwd=cHU1MjhoM2x6ck81bkcrYjRrcmJsUT09)
*Yocto Project Patch Review - Thursday Apr. 9th 10am GMT and Monday Apr. 13th 9am PDT (https://zoom.us/j/97762397148?pwd=1xk0iC9hp9SjEonaTaONwTb6iWry4Eb.1)
*Yocto Project Patch Review - Thursday Apr. 16th 10am GMT and Monday Apr. 20th 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 5.3.3 was released.
*YP 5.0.17 is due to be released
*YP 5.0.17 is in QA
*YP 6.0 M3 is in QA
*YP 6.0 M3 is the feature freeze for 6.0 which is our next LTS.
*YP 4.0.35 is queued for QA
*YP 6.0 M3 is now due to build however there are still key changes missing.  
*We have converted over to sbom-cve-check and dropped cve-check. This has caused a significant increase in CVEs reported, these are being triaged.
*Issues with pending work needed:
*Issues with pending work needed:
**Converting scripts/run-cvecheck to sbom-cve-check
**32bit x86 kvm seemingly broken with certain CPU features (#16074)
**32bit x86 kvm seemingly broken with certain CPU features (#16074)
**Failure to generate regression reports in release builds (need tags)
**Reports of pseudo errors on Fedora 44 beta related to openat2()
**Ubuntu 26.04 support (need worker adding for testing)
**Intermittent qemu boot failures of qemuarmv5 (and possibly qemuarm) since the last kernel upgrade
*Issues that have patches ready to merge:
**Meta-oe cve layer filtering under new tooling (metrics script tweak?)
**DISTRO_FEATURES defaults improvements.
**Reprodicubility issues with strace/apr-util after gnulib macro changes (patches in testing)
**Fixing yocto-check-layer to work with --machines
*There was disruption to git services last week due to scraping attacks against the servers. This resulted in connection issues whilst those were mitigated, particularly the git protocol access.
**RHEL 9 xattrs/selinux/tar issue
git:// protocol access to git.yoctoproject.org and git.openembeded.org is deprecated and going forward https:// URLs should be used to access git repositories. We are aiming to discontinue git protocol use.
**Splitting wic into an external tool.
*The recent wic changes will need wic support files to be placed in files/wic within layers going forwards.
**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’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 final kirkstone build has taken place and we’re no longer planning to merge patches on this branch.
*The CFP for the Yocto Project Workshop at Embedded Recipes 2026 closes today: https://pretalx.com/yocto-embedded-recipes-2026/cfp
*If you have any final patches for whinlatter, please get these sent to the list ASAP.


'''Ways to contribute:'''<br/>
'''Ways to contribute:'''<br/>
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'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
'''Tracking Metrics:'''<br/>
*WDD 2797 (last week 2814) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*WDD 2777 (last week 2797) (https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/charts/combo.html)
*OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics
*OE-Core/Poky Patch Metrics
**Total patches found: 1060 (last week 1062)
**Total patches found: 1072 (last week 1060)
**Patches in the Pending State: 148 (14%) [last week 148 (14%)]
**Patches in the Pending State: 147 (14%) [last week 148 (14%)]
**https://valkyrie.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/
**https://valkyrie.yocto.io/pub/non-release/patchmetrics/


'''YP 6.0 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
'''YP 6.0 Milestone Dates:'''<br/>
*YP 6.0 M3 Build Date 2026-03-23
*YP 6.0 M3 in QA.
*YP 6.0 M3 Release Date 2026-04-08
*YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-04-13
*YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-04-13
*YP 6.0 M4 Release Date 2026-05-04
*YP 6.0 M4 Release Date 2026-05-04


'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
'''Upcoming dot releases:'''<br/>
*YP 5.3.3 was released.
*YP 5.0.17 is in review.
*YP 5.0.17 is in QA.
*YP 4.0.35 is in QA.
*YP 4.0.35
**Build Date 2026-04-06
**Release Date 2026-04-22
*YP 5.3.4
*YP 5.3.4
**Build Date  2026-04-20  
**Build Date  2026-04-20  

Latest revision as of 14:47, 14 April 2026

Yocto Project Status 14 April 2026

Current Dev Position: YP 6.0 M4
Next Deadline: YP 6.0 M4 Build Date 2026-04-20

Next Team Meetings:

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

Key Status/Updates:

  • YP 5.0.17 is due to be released
  • YP 6.0 M3 is in QA
  • YP 4.0.35 is queued for QA
  • We have converted over to sbom-cve-check and dropped cve-check. This has caused a significant increase in CVEs reported, these are being triaged.
  • Issues with pending work needed:
    • 32bit x86 kvm seemingly broken with certain CPU features (#16074)
    • Reports of pseudo errors on Fedora 44 beta related to openat2()
    • Intermittent qemu boot failures of qemuarmv5 (and possibly qemuarm) since the last kernel upgrade
    • Meta-oe cve layer filtering under new tooling (metrics script tweak?)
    • Reprodicubility issues with strace/apr-util after gnulib macro changes (patches in testing)
  • There was disruption to git services last week due to scraping attacks against the servers. This resulted in connection issues whilst those were mitigated, particularly the git protocol access.

git:// protocol access to git.yoctoproject.org and git.openembeded.org is deprecated and going forward https:// URLs should be used to access git repositories. We are aiming to discontinue git protocol use.

  • The recent 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.
  • The final kirkstone build has taken place and we’re no longer planning to merge patches on this branch.
  • If you have any final patches for whinlatter, please get these sent to the list ASAP.

Ways to contribute:

New to the project?

Tracking Metrics:

YP 6.0 Milestone Dates:

  • YP 6.0 M3 in QA.
  • 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

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