test-announce February 2026

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Fedora 44 Candidate Beta-1.2 Available Now!
by rawhide＠fedoraproject.org 28 Feb '26

28 Feb '26

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Fedora 44 Candidate Beta-1.1 Available Now!
by rawhide＠fedoraproject.org 25 Feb '26

25 Feb '26

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Test Days: 2026-02-27 Podman 5.8
by Petr Sklenar 24 Feb '26

24 Feb '26

Greetings testers! Our next Test Days [1] begins this Friday! This session will focus specifically on Podman. Please join us. Test period: 2026-02-27 to 2026-03-06 Test instructions: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2026-02-27_Podman_5.8 [1] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/Test_Days Petr Sklenar Fedora Quality

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[Test-Announce]2026-02-23 @ 17:00 UTC - Fedora 44 Blocker Review Meeting
by Adam Williamson 22 Feb '26

22 Feb '26

# F44 Blocker Review meeting # Date: 2026-02-23 # Time: 17:00 UTC # Location: https://matrix.to/#/#blocker-review:fedoraproject.org?web-instance[element.… Hi folks! It's time for a Fedora 44 blocker (and FE) review meeting! We have 5 proposed freeze exceptions for Beta. 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 this weekend, 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 weekend and see you on Monday! [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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[Test-Announce]Fedora-IoT 44 RC 20260220.0 nightly compose nominated for testing
by rawhide＠fedoraproject.org 20 Feb '26

20 Feb '26

Announcing the creation of a new nightly release validation test event for Fedora-IoT 44 RC 20260220.0. 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_20260220.0_Sum… The individual test result pages are: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora-IoT_44_RC_20260220.0_Gen… Thank you for testing! -- Mail generated by relvalconsumer: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/quality/relvalconsumer

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[Test-Announce]Fedora 44 Branched 20260217.n.0 nightly compose nominated for testing
by rawhide＠fedoraproject.org 18 Feb '26

18 Feb '26

Announcing the creation of a new nightly release validation test event for Fedora 44 Branched 20260217.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 - 20260214.n.0: anaconda-44.20-1.fc44.src, 20260217.n.0: anaconda-44.21-1.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_20260217.n.0… The individual test result pages are: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260217.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260217.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260217.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260217.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260217.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260217.n.0… Thank you for testing! -- Mail generated by relvalconsumer: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/relvalconsumer

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[Test-Announce]Fedora 44 Branched 20260214.n.0 nightly compose nominated for testing
by rawhide＠fedoraproject.org 18 Feb '26

18 Feb '26

Announcing the creation of a new nightly release validation test event for Fedora 44 Branched 20260214.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 - 20260211.n.0: anaconda-44.18-1.fc44.src, 20260214.n.0: anaconda-44.20-1.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_20260214.n.0… The individual test result pages are: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260214.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260214.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260214.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260214.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260214.n.0… https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_44_Branched_20260214.n.0… Thank you for testing! -- Mail generated by relvalconsumer: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/relvalconsumer

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[Test-Announce]Fedora 44 Branched 20260211.n.0 nightly compose nominated for testing
by rawhide＠fedoraproject.org 18 Feb '26

18 Feb '26

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[Test-Announce]Fedora-IoT 44 RC 20260205.0 nightly compose nominated for testing
by rawhide＠fedoraproject.org 18 Feb '26

18 Feb '26

Announcing the creation of a new nightly release validation test event for Fedora-IoT 44 RC 20260205.0. 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_20260205.0_Sum… The individual test result pages are: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora-IoT_44_RC_20260205.0_Gen… Thank you for testing! -- Mail generated by relvalconsumer: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/relvalconsumer

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[Test-Announce]Fedora 44 Beta Freeze and Bodhi updates-testing activation point
by Samyak Jain 17 Feb '26

17 Feb '26

Hi all, Today's an important day on the Fedora Linux 44 schedule [1], with several significant cut-offs. First of all, today is the Bodhi updates-testing activation point [2]. That means that from now all Fedora Linux 44 packages must be submitted to updates-testing and pass the relevant requirements [3] before they will be marked as 'stable' and moved to the Fedora Repository. Today is also the Beta freeze [4]. This means that only packages which fix accepted blocker or freeze exception bugs [5][6] will be marked as 'stable' and included in the Beta composes. Other builds will remain in updates-testing until the Beta release is approved, at which point the Beta freeze is lifted and packages can move to 'stable' as usual until the Final freeze. Today is also the Software String freeze [7], which means that strings marked for translation in Fedora-translated projects should not now be changed for Fedora Linux 44. Finally, today is the 'completion deadline' Change Checkpoint [8], meaning that Fedora Linux 44 Changes must now be 'feature complete or close enough to completion that a majority of its functionality can be tested'. All tracking bugs should be on ON_QA state or later to reflect this. Regards, Samyak Jain Fedora Release Engineering [1] https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-44/f-44-key-tasks.html [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy#Bodhi_enabling [3] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy#Branched_release [4] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Milestone_freezes [5] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process [6] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_freeze_exception_bug_process [7] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering/StringFreezePolicy [8] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Policy

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