Fedora Linux 43 Schedule: Key

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1 Rawhide starts Fedora Linux 43 development Thu 2025-02-13 Thu 2025-02-13 0
2 Change Checkpoint: Proposal submission deadline (Changes requiring infrastructure changes) Wed 2025-06-25 Wed 2025-06-25 0
3 Change Checkpoint: Proposal submission deadline (Changes requiring mass rebuild) Tue 2025-07-01 Tue 2025-07-01 0
4 Change Checkpoint: Proposal submission deadline (System Wide Changes) Tue 2025-07-01 Tue 2025-07-01 0
5 Change Checkpoint: Proposal submission deadline (Self Contained Changes) Tue 2025-07-22 Tue 2025-07-22 0
6 Mass Rebuild: RPMs Wed 2025-07-23 Tue 2025-08-12 20
7 Keepalive deadline for spins Wed 2025-07-23 Wed 2025-07-23 0
8 Retire Orphaned and Long-Time FTBFS Rawhide Packages
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Fails_to_build_from_source_Fails_to_install/
 Tue 2025-08-05 Tue 2025-08-05 0
9 Change Checkpoint: Completion deadline (testable) Tue 2025-08-12 Tue 2025-08-12 0
10 Branch Fedora Linux 43 from Rawhide Tue 2025-08-12 Tue 2025-08-12 0
11 Post-branch Freeze (end date approximate) Tue 2025-08-12 Fri 2025-08-15 3
12 Retire FTI packages in NEW state
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Fails_to_build_from_source_Fails_to_install/
 Tue 2025-08-19 Tue 2025-08-19 0
13 Bodhi updates-testing activation point Tue 2025-08-26 Tue 2025-08-26 0
14 Change Checkpoint: 100% Code Complete Deadline Tue 2025-08-26 Tue 2025-08-26 0
15 Beta Freeze (starts at 1400 UTC) Tue 2025-08-26 Tue 2025-09-16 21
16 Beta Release
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/lifecycle/#_release_dates
 Tue 2025-09-16 Tue 2025-09-16 0
17 Retire FTI packages in NEW state
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/fesco/Fails_to_build_from_source_Fails_to_install/
 Tue 2025-10-07 Tue 2025-10-07 0
18 Final Freeze (starts at 1400 UTC) Tue 2025-10-14 Tue 2025-10-28 14
19 Early Final Target date
Fedora contributors plan on this
 Tue 2025-10-21 Tue 2025-10-21 0
20 Current Final Target date
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/lifecycle/#_release_dates
 Tue 2025-10-28 Tue 2025-10-28 0
21 Final Target date #1
Fedora users plan on this
 Tue 2025-10-28 Tue 2025-10-28 0
22 Post Release Cleanup Wed 2025-10-29 Wed 2025-11-05 7
23 Final Target date #2 Tue 2025-11-04 Tue 2025-11-04 0
24 Final Target date #3 Tue 2025-11-11 Tue 2025-11-11 0
25 Fedora Linux 41 EOL auto closure Wed 2025-11-26 Wed 2025-11-26 0
26 Fedora Linux 43 End of Life
This is a changeable date and currently based off the Early Target Date
 Wed 2026-12-09 Wed 2026-12-09 0