test-announce March 2026

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Fedora 44 Final Freeze Is Now In Effect
by Patrik Polakovic 31 Mar '26

31 Mar '26

Hi all, Today, 2026-03-31, is an important day on the Fedora Linux 44 schedule [1], with significant cut-offs. Today we have the Final Freeze [2] which starts at 14:00 UTC. This means that only packages fixing accepted blocker or freeze exception bugs [3][4][5] will be marked as 'stable' and included in the Final composes. Other builds will remain in updates-testing until the Final release is approved. At that point, the final freeze is lifted and packages can move to the 'updates' repository. Pending updates will be pushed before final release as zero day updates. Regards, Patrik Polakovic Fedora Release Engineering [1] https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-44/f-44-key-tasks.html [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Milestone_freezes [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process [5] https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/f44/final/buglist

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Fedora 44 Branched 20260330.n.0 nightly compose nominated for testing
by rawhide＠fedoraproject.org 30 Mar '26

30 Mar '26

Announcing the creation of a new nightly release validation test event for Fedora 44 Branched 20260330.n.0. Please help run some tests for this nightly compose if you have time. For more information on nightly release validation testing, see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Release_validation_test_plan Notable package version changes: anaconda - 20260327.n.0: anaconda-44.25-1.fc44.src, 20260330.n.0: anaconda-44.30-1.fc44.src python-blivet - 20260327.n.0: python-blivet-3.13.1-2.fc44.src, 20260330.n.0: python-blivet-3.13.2-1.fc44.src Test coverage information for the current release can be seen at: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/testcase_stats/44 You can see all results, find testing instructions and image download locations, and enter results on the Summary page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260330.n.0… The individual test result pages are: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260330.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260330.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260330.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260330.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260330.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260330.n.0… Thank you for testing! -- Mail generated by relvalconsumer: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/quality/relvalconsumer

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2026-03-30 @ 16:00 UTC - Fedora 44 Blocker Review Meeting
by Adam Williamson 29 Mar '26

29 Mar '26

# F44 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2026-03-30 # Time: 16:00 UTC # Location: https://matrix.to/#/#blocker-review:fedoraproject.org?web-instance[element.… Hi folks! It's time for a Fedora 44 blocker review meeting! We have 2 proposed blockers and 2 proposed freeze exception for Final. Here is a handy link which should show you the meeting time in your local time: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Fedora+43+Blocker… The meeting will be on Matrix. Click the link above to join in a web client - you can authenticate with your FAS account - or use a dedicated client of your choosing. If you have time today, you can take a look at the proposed or accepted blockers before the meeting - the full lists can be found here: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ . Remember, you can also now vote on bugs outside of review meetings! If you look at the bug list in the blockerbugs app, you'll see links labeled "Vote!" next to all proposed blockers and freeze exceptions. Those links take you to tickets where you can vote. https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review has instructions on how exactly you do it. We usually go through the tickets shortly before the meeting and apply any clear votes, so the meeting will just cover bugs where there wasn't a clear outcome in the ticket voting yet. **THIS MEANS IF YOU VOTE NOW, THE MEETING WILL BE SHORTER!** We'll be evaluating these bugs to see if they violate any of the Release Criteria and warrant the blocking of a release if they're not fixed. Information on the release criteria for F44 can be found on the wiki [0]. For more information about the Blocker and Freeze exception process, check out these links: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process And for those of you who are curious how a Blocker Review Meeting works - or how it's supposed to go and you want to run one - check out the SOP on the wiki: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_Blocker_Bug_Meeting Have a good day and see you tomorrow! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Criteria -- Adam Williamson (he/him/his) Fedora QA Fedora Chat: @adamwill:fedora.im | Mastodon: @adamw@fosstodon.org https://www.happyassassin.net

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2026-03-30 @ **15:00** UTC - Fedora Quality Meeting
by Adam Williamson 29 Mar '26

29 Mar '26

# Fedora Quality Assurance Meeting # Date: 2026-03-30 # Time: 15:00 UTC (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/UTCHowto) # Location: https://matrix.to/#/#meeting:fedoraproject.org?web-instance[element.io]=cha… Greetings testers! It's meeting time again. Here is a handy link which should show you the meeting time in your local time: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Fedora+quality+me… If anyone has any other items for the agenda, please reply to this email and suggest them! Thanks. == Proposed Agenda Topics == 1. Previous meeting follow-up 2. Fedora 44 status 3. Test Day / community event status 4. Open floor -- Adam Williamson (he/him/his) Fedora QA Fedora Chat: @adamwill:fedora.im | Mastodon: @adamw@fosstodon.org https://www.happyassassin.net

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Fedora 44 Branched 20260327.n.0 nightly compose nominated for testing
by rawhide＠fedoraproject.org 27 Mar '26

27 Mar '26

Announcing the creation of a new nightly release validation test event for Fedora 44 Branched 20260327.n.0. Please help run some tests for this nightly compose if you have time. For more information on nightly release validation testing, see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Release_validation_test_plan Notable package version changes: pykickstart - 20260324.n.0: pykickstart-3.68-2.fc44.src, 20260327.n.0: pykickstart-3.69-1.fc44.src Test coverage information for the current release can be seen at: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/testcase_stats/44 You can see all results, find testing instructions and image download locations, and enter results on the Summary page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260327.n.0… The individual test result pages are: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260327.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260327.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260327.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260327.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260327.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260327.n.0… Thank you for testing! -- Mail generated by relvalconsumer: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/quality/relvalconsumer

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Fedora 44 Branched 20260324.n.0 nightly compose nominated for testing
by rawhide＠fedoraproject.org 24 Mar '26

24 Mar '26

Announcing the creation of a new nightly release validation test event for Fedora 44 Branched 20260324.n.0. Please help run some tests for this nightly compose if you have time. For more information on nightly release validation testing, see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Release_validation_test_plan Notable package version changes: lorax - 20260314.n.0: lorax-44.4-2.fc44.src, 20260324.n.0: lorax-44.6-1.fc44.src Test coverage information for the current release can be seen at: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/testcase_stats/44 You can see all results, find testing instructions and image download locations, and enter results on the Summary page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260324.n.0… The individual test result pages are: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260324.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260324.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260324.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260324.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260324.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260324.n.0… Thank you for testing! -- Mail generated by relvalconsumer: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/quality/relvalconsumer

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2026-03-23 Fedora 44 Blocker Review Meeting
by Kamil Paral 23 Mar '26

23 Mar '26

# F44 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2026-03-23 # Time: 16:00 UTC # Location: https://matrix.to/#/#blocker-review:fedoraproject.org?web-instance[element.… Hi folks! It's time for a Fedora 44 blocker review meeting! Here is a handy link which should show you the meeting time in your local time: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Fedora+43+Blocker… The meeting will be on Matrix. Click the link above to join in a web client - you can authenticate with your FAS account - or use a dedicated client of your choosing. If you have time today, you can take a look at the proposed or accepted blockers before the meeting - the full lists can be found here: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ . Remember, you can also now vote on bugs outside of review meetings! If you look at the bug list in the blockerbugs app, you'll see links labeled "Vote!" next to all proposed blockers and freeze exceptions. Those links take you to tickets where you can vote. https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review has instructions on how exactly you do it. We usually go through the tickets shortly before the meeting and apply any clear votes, so the meeting will just cover bugs where there wasn't a clear outcome in the ticket voting yet. **THIS MEANS IF YOU VOTE NOW, THE MEETING WILL BE SHORTER!** We'll be evaluating these bugs to see if they violate any of the Release Criteria and warrant the blocking of a release if they're not fixed. Information on the release criteria for F44 can be found on the wiki [0]. For more information about the Blocker and Freeze exception process, check out these links: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process And for those of you who are curious how a Blocker Review Meeting works - or how it's supposed to go and you want to run one - check out the SOP on the wiki: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_Blocker_Bug_Meeting Have a good day and see you tomorrow! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Criteria

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Test Days: CoreOS
by Kamil Paral 23 Mar '26

23 Mar '26

Greetings testers! Please join us for upcoming Test Days [1] and help us improve Fedora's quality and stability. Your participation helps us find and fix bugs before the next release, ensuring a smoother experience for all users. This time, we'll focus on the CoreOS Edition in Fedora 44. Test period: 2026-03-23 to 2026-03-27 Test instructions: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2026-03-23_CoreOS Thank you for your contributions! Kamil Paral Fedora QA [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Test_Days

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Fedora-IoT 44 RC 20260322.0 nightly compose nominated for testing
by rawhide＠fedoraproject.org 22 Mar '26

22 Mar '26

Announcing the creation of a new nightly release validation test event for Fedora-IoT 44 RC 20260322.0. Please help run some tests for this nightly compose if you have time. For more information on nightly release validation testing, see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Release_validation_test_plan Test coverage information for the current release can be seen at: https://openqa.fedoraproject.org/testcase_stats/44iot You can see all results, find testing instructions and image download locations, and enter results on the Summary page: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora-IoT_44_RC_20260322.0_Sum… The individual test result pages are: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora-IoT_44_RC_20260322.0_Gen… Thank you for testing! -- Mail generated by relvalconsumer: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/quality/relvalconsumer

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2026-03-16 @ **16:00** UTC - Fedora 44 Blocker Review Meeting
by Adam Williamson 15 Mar '26

15 Mar '26

# F44 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2026-03-16 # Time: **16:00** UTC # Location: https://matrix.to/#/#blocker-review:fedoraproject.org?web-instance[element.… Hi folks! It's time for a Fedora 44 blocker review meeting! We have 3 proposed blockers and 3 proposed freeze exception for Final. **PLEASE REMEMBER THE CHANGED MEETING TIME IN UTC**, as noted last week! Here is a handy link which should show you the meeting time in your local time: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=Fedora+43+Blocker… The meeting will be on Matrix. Click the link above to join in a web client - you can authenticate with your FAS account - or use a dedicated client of your choosing. If you have time today, you can take a look at the proposed or accepted blockers before the meeting - the full lists can be found here: https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/ . Remember, you can also now vote on bugs outside of review meetings! If you look at the bug list in the blockerbugs app, you'll see links labeled "Vote!" next to all proposed blockers and freeze exceptions. Those links take you to tickets where you can vote. https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review has instructions on how exactly you do it. We usually go through the tickets shortly before the meeting and apply any clear votes, so the meeting will just cover bugs where there wasn't a clear outcome in the ticket voting yet. **THIS MEANS IF YOU VOTE NOW, THE MEETING WILL BE SHORTER!** We'll be evaluating these bugs to see if they violate any of the Release Criteria and warrant the blocking of a release if they're not fixed. Information on the release criteria for F44 can be found on the wiki [0]. For more information about the Blocker and Freeze exception process, check out these links: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process And for those of you who are curious how a Blocker Review Meeting works - or how it's supposed to go and you want to run one - check out the SOP on the wiki: - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_Blocker_Bug_Meeting Have a good day and see you tomorrow! [0] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_Release_Criteria -- Adam Williamson (he/him/his) Fedora QA Fedora Chat: @adamwill:fedora.im | Mastodon: @adamw@fosstodon.org https://www.happyassassin.net

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