FC42 Live UEFI issue

[ToddAndMargo]

Will this be fixed in the future?

Merely booting some Live media (especially Fedora 42) adds an entry to 
the UEFI boot table

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/merely-booting-some-live-media-especi...

Fedora 42 kiwi-built live images contain shim fallback executable, so 
they create 'Fedora' EFI boot manager entries on boot, and show a 'Boot 
Option Restored' screen if TPM is enabled

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2358785

And how will we know if it is fixed?

Many thanks,
-T

[Kevin Fenzi]

On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 10:05:06AM -0700, ToddAndMargo via xfce wrote:
> Will this be fixed in the future?

There's a fix already being tested for future media.
> Merely booting some Live media (especially Fedora 42) adds an entry to the
> UEFI boot table
>
> https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/merely-booting-some-live-media-especi...
>
> Fedora 42 kiwi-built live images contain shim fallback executable, so they
> create 'Fedora' EFI boot manager entries on boot, and show a 'Boot Option
> Restored' screen if TPM is enabled
>
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2358785
>
> And how will we know if it is fixed?

It's not yet decided known if there will be new media made after a fix
is available. If there is, there should be a ton of announcements about
it.

You'll know it's fixed in future media by booting on the live media and
confirming that it hasn't added any new efi boot entries. :)

While this issue is not good, it actually doesn't end up causing much
problem in a practical sense.

kevin