Fedora Linux 43 Schedule: Quality

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HierarchIndex Name Start End Duration
1 Rawhide starts Fedora Linux 43 development Thu 2025-02-13 Thu 2025-02-13 0
2 Call for test days Tue 2025-05-06 Tue 2025-05-06 0
3 Create test days
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/SOP_Test_Day_management
 Tue 2025-06-10 Mon 2025-10-13 125
4 Change Checkpoint: Proposal submission deadline (Changes requiring infrastructure changes) Wed 2025-06-25 Wed 2025-06-25 0
5 Change Checkpoint: Proposal submission deadline (Changes requiring mass rebuild) Tue 2025-07-01 Tue 2025-07-01 0
6 Change Checkpoint: Proposal submission deadline (System Wide Changes) Tue 2025-07-01 Tue 2025-07-01 0
7 F45 keys are added to fedora-repos and are available in updates-testing Tue 2025-07-29 Tue 2025-07-29 0
8 Branch Fedora Linux 43 from Rawhide Tue 2025-08-12 Tue 2025-08-12 0
9 Rawhide starts Fedora Linux 44 development Tue 2025-08-12 Tue 2025-08-12 0
10 Bodhi updates-testing activation point Tue 2025-08-26 Tue 2025-08-26 0
11 Beta Freeze (starts at 1400 UTC) Tue 2025-08-26 Tue 2025-09-16 21
12 "Common bugs" page to be created
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_bugs_instructions
 Tue 2025-08-26 Tue 2025-08-26 0
13 Beta release Go/No-Go Meeting
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Go_No_Go_Meeting
 Thu 2025-09-11 Thu 2025-09-11 0
14 Beta Release
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/lifecycle/#_release_dates
 Tue 2025-09-16 Tue 2025-09-16 0
15 Final Freeze (starts at 1400 UTC) Tue 2025-10-14 Tue 2025-10-28 14
16 Early Final Target date
Fedora contributors plan on this
 Tue 2025-10-21 Tue 2025-10-21 0
17 Final release Go/No-Go Meeting
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Go_No_Go_Meeting
 Thu 2025-10-23 Thu 2025-10-23 0
18 "Common bugs" page to be updated for final release
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_bugs_instructions
 Thu 2025-10-23 Thu 2025-10-23 0
19 Current Final Target date
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/lifecycle/#_release_dates
 Tue 2025-10-28 Tue 2025-10-28 0
20 Final Target date #1
Fedora users plan on this
 Tue 2025-10-28 Tue 2025-10-28 0
21 Blocker bug tracker update
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping/Trackers
 Tue 2025-10-28 Tue 2025-10-28 0
22 Final Target date #2 Tue 2025-11-04 Tue 2025-11-04 0
23 Final Target date #3 Tue 2025-11-11 Tue 2025-11-11 0
24 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