Hello all,
Fedora 45 branched off Rawhide today, 2026-08-11. Please be sure to do a `git fetch -v` to pick up the new branch.
As an additional reminder, Rawhide and Fedora 45 are completely isolated from previous releases. Therefore, any changes made for F45 must also be applied to the Rawhide branches.
Note that until we have a successful compose of F45, we will be in a post-branch freeze [1]. Once complete, the compose will appear here [2].
Automatic update creation is currently enabled for both Fedora 45 and Rawhide, meaning builds will automatically receive a Bodhi update without any manual action required. At the start of Beta Freeze (2026-08-25 as per the Fedora 45 release schedule [3]), the updates-testing repository will be enabled and manual Bodhi update submissions will be required, as is the case for all stable releases.
Additionally, some package updates were unpushed during Mass Branching to prevent an inconsistent state.
Discussions are happening in the Release Engineering Matrix room [4] and in the Mass Branching tracker ticket [5] if you have any questions or concerns.
Best regards, Patrik Polakovic Fedora Release Engineering
[1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Updates_Policy/#post-branch-freez... [2] https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/45/ [3] https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-45/f-45-releng-tasks.html [4] https://matrix.to/#/#releng:fedoraproject.org [5] https://forge.fedoraproject.org/releng/tickets/issues/13451