[image: image.png]*Hey all!*
During the week of* March **23th - March 27th/2026*, the Fedora 44 *CoreOS
Test Week* will be happening. The test week is an opportunity for the
community to test FCOS based on Fedora 44 content before it is released as
part of the `*testing*` and `*stable*` streams.
As part of the Test Week, we'll host a virtual in-person session on *Tuesday
March 24th from 3:00 PM - 4:30PM UTC* where you can drop in, ask questions
and get help from members of the Fedora CoreOS team.
If you want to participate in the *Test Week*, check out the Fedora Wiki
page for details and log your results on the Test Day page.
*Wiki: *https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2026-03-23_CoreOS
*Test Day Results:*
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2026-03-23_CoreOS
*Test Cases: <http://goog_350560870/>*
https://testdays.fedoraproject.org/testday/19
*FCOS Tracker: *https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/2120
*QA Ticket: *https://forge.fedoraproject.org/quality/tickets/issues/885
*Tue March 24 Video Meeting: *meet.google.com/ufp-bwsb-zwh
*Tue March 24 Notes Doc: https://hackmd.io/@ydesouza/B1VgR08sxe
<https://hackmd.io/@ydesouza/B1VgR08sxe>*
Your contribution, big or small, makes a huge difference. Let's work
together to make this release a great one.
--
*Yasmin Valim de Souza*
Associate Software Engineer, CoreOS Engineering
Red Hat <https://www.redhat.com/>
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Minutes:
https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting-1_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2026-0…
Minutes (text):
https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting-1_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2026-0…
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https://meetbot.fedoraproject.org/meeting-1_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2026-0…
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# #meeting-1:fedoraproject.org: fedora_coreos_meeting
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Meeting started by @ydesouza:fedora.im at 2026-03-11 15:35:18
Meeting summary
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* TOPIC: roll call (@ydesouza:fedora.im, 15:35:44)
* TOPIC: Action items from last meeting (@ydesouza:fedora.im, 15:37:26)
* TOPIC: there are no action items from the last meeting. The only thing is
that we agreed to add the numad and numactl packages to the Fedora CoreOS
base image. (@ydesouza:fedora.im, 15:38:11)
* TOPIC: Review Fedora 44 Release Schedule (@ydesouza:fedora.im, 15:38:59)
* LINK:
https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-44/f-44-key-tasks.html
(@ydesouza:fedora.im, 15:38:59)
* INFO: Fedora CoreOS 44 beta was shipped yesterday in the `next`
stream:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/coreos@lists.fedoraproject.or…
(@marmijo:fedora.im, 15:42:30)
* LINK: https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/2120
(@ydesouza:fedora.im, 15:43:24)
* TOPIC: tracker: F44 Test Week (@ydesouza:fedora.im, 15:43:24)
* ACTION: Hristo Marinov will create fedora QA ticket and check if new
tests are necessary to be written (@ydesouza:fedora.im, 15:49:03)
* AGREED: FCOS Test week starts on Monday, 2026-03-23 with our sync
meeting and test session on Monday or Tuesday. (@ydesouza:fedora.im,
16:08:00)
* INFO: The meeting time for the sync meeting on Monday or Tuesday is
TBD and will be announced in the tracker issue. (@marmijo:fedora.im,
16:08:33)
* ACTION: Yasmin de Souza and Hristo Marinov will be hosting FCOs 44
Test week. Everyone is welcome to help and participate. :) (@ydesouza:
fedora.im, 16:10:05)
* TOPIC: tracker: Fedora 44 changes considerations (@ydesouza:fedora.im,
16:10:38)
* LINK: https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/2063
(@ydesouza:fedora.im, 16:10:38)
* LINK:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Build_FCOS_on_Fedora_Konflux
(@marmijo:fedora.im, 16:11:36)
* ACTION: marmijo to investigate the current status of the open changes
we're tracking to ensure we're ready to support them in F44. (@marmijo:
fedora.im, 16:24:03)
* TOPIC: Open Floor (@ydesouza:fedora.im, 16:25:16)
Meeting ended at 2026-03-11 16:32:04
Action items
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* Hristo Marinov will create fedora QA ticket and check if new tests are
necessary to be written
* Yasmin de Souza and Hristo Marinov will be hosting FCOs 44 Test week.
Everyone is welcome to help and participate. :)
* marmijo to investigate the current status of the open changes we're
tracking to ensure we're ready to support them in F44.
People Present (lines said)
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* @ydesouza:fedora.im (45)
* @marmijo:fedora.im (33)
* @hricky:fedora.im (10)
* @zodbot:fedora.im (9)
* @jbtrystram:matrix.org (4)
* @osama-albahrani:matrix.org (3)
* @meetbot:fedora.im (2)
--
*Yasmin Valim de Souza*
Associate Software Engineer, CoreOS Engineering
Red Hat <https://www.redhat.com/>
@redhat <https://twitter.com/redhat> @red-hat
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The Fedora Linux 44 beta was released today[[1]]. The Fedora CoreOS `next`
stream has been rebased and is currently rolling out with version
`44.20260306.1.1`. This is a preview of what is coming to the `testing` and
`stable` streams when Fedora Linux 44 is released in the coming months.
For more information about Fedora 44, see the Fedora Project’s list of
official
Changes[[2]] and the Fedora CoreOS analysis of each Change[[3]].
Some notable changes on the Fedora CoreOS side going into this release:
- Setting the `container_use_cephfs` and `virt_use_samba` SELinux booleans
to `on` has been dropped[[4]].
- These knobs were historically set at the request of OpenShift but
were no longer necessary for us to set in Fedora CoreOS. They now retain
the default value shipped in Fedora RPMs.
- If you were relying on these settings you may need to re-apply them
after the update to F44 based CoreOS.
- In Fedora 43, `ssh-key-dir` was replaced by an overlay[[5]]. In Fedora
44, the location of the overlay files has been moved again[[6]].
- Following the transition in Fedora 43 where `ssh-key-dir` was replaced
by an overlay, the location of these overlay files has been moved again in
Fedora 44 to better align with upstream standards.
- In Fedora 43, the configuration file was delivered by CoreOS at:
- `/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/40-authorized-keys-file.conf`
- In Fedora 44, the configuration is delivered by the Ignition and
Afterburn RPMs at:
- `/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/90-afterburn-authorized-keys-file.conf`
- `/etc/ssh/sshd_config.d/91-ignition-authorized-keys-file.conf`
- If you had previously updated any `AuthorizedKeysFile` config to
handle the Fedora 43 change you may need to update it again.
- podman v5.8.0 migrating away from legacy BoltDB database[[7]]
- Fedora CoreOS 44 beta ships with podman 5.8.0 which introduces an
automatic migration of the container database from BoltDB to SQLite[[8]].
BoltDB support will be fully removed in Podman 6.0, which is expected to
ship with Fedora 45 [[9]].
- The migration is designed to happen automatically with no user
intervention. Most users will not notice any change in functionality.
Should you encounter any issues during this transition, please file an
upstream bug at https://github.com/containers/podman.
- The functionality from the `nfs-utils-coreos` has been folded into a
generic `nfs-client-utils` package [[10]]. This is a non-breaking change.
NFS client mounts should continue to work as before. There should be no
breaking changes as a result of this.
Please test out the `next` stream over the coming months and report any
issues in our issue tracker [[11]].
Thank you,
Michael Armijo for the CoreOS team
[1] https://fedoramagazine.org/announcing-fedora-linux-44-beta/
[2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/44/ChangeSet
[3] https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/2063
[4] https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-config/pull/3997
[5] https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-config/pull/3885
[6]
https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-config/pull/3885#issuecomment-40131…
[7]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/coreos@lists.fedoraproject.or…
[8] https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/2110
[9] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Podman6
[10] https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-config/pull/3680
[11] https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker
Minutes:
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https://meetbot-raw.fedoraproject.org/meeting-1_matrix_fedoraproject-org/20…
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# #meeting-1:fedoraproject.org: fedora_coreos_meeting
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Meeting started by @marmijo:fedora.im at 2026-03-04 15:30:06
Meeting summary
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* TOPIC: roll call (@marmijo:fedora.im, 15:30:15)
* TOPIC: Action items from last meeting (@marmijo:fedora.im, 15:34:31)
* INFO: we held a live video meeting last week during this time slot.
Details can be found here:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/coreos@lists.fedoraproject.or…
(@marmijo:fedora.im, 15:35:51)
* INFO: No actions items from the last meeting (@marmijo:fedora.im,
15:36:14)
* TOPIC: Review Fedora 44 Release Schedule (@marmijo:fedora.im, 15:36:29)
* LINK:
https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-44/f-44-key-tasks.html (@marmijo:
fedora.im, 15:36:35)
* TOPIC: New Package Request: numad (@marmijo:fedora.im, 15:40:12)
* LINK: https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/2096
(@marmijo:fedora.im, 15:40:19)
* AGREED: Add the `numad` package and `numactl` to the Fedora CoreOS to
provide NUMA awareness and debugging tools for performance-sensitive
workloads. `numactl-libs` is already included in FCOS at this time.
(@marmijo:fedora.im, 16:14:50)
* TOPIC: Move PeaceRebel/ignition-integration to coreos organization
(@marmijo:fedora.im, 16:15:36)
* LINK: https://github.com/coreos/fedora-coreos-tracker/issues/2065
(@marmijo:fedora.im, 16:15:42)
* INFO: We don't have the right players to discuss this at the moment.
This topic will be discussed in a future FCOS community meeting. (@marmijo:
fedora.im, 16:20:33)
* TOPIC: Open Floor (@marmijo:fedora.im, 16:24:12)
Meeting ended at 2026-03-04 16:31:49
Action items
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People Present (lines said)
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* @dustymabe:matrix.org (58)
* @marmijo:fedora.im (36)
* @angelcr:matrix.org (26)
* @jbtrystram:matrix.org (9)
* @ravanelli:matrix.org (8)
* @zodbot:fedora.im (7)
* @nemric:relativit.fr (4)
* @hricky:fedora.im (2)
* @meetbot:fedora.im (2)
* @rapneset:matrix.org (2)
* @ydesouza:fedora.im (2)
* @osama-albahrani:matrix.org (1)
* @spresti:fedora.im (1)