Fedora Linux 44 Schedule: Quality

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HierarchIndex	Name	Start	End	Duration
1	Rawhide starts Fedora Linux 44 development	Tue 2025-08-12	Tue 2025-08-12	0
2	Call for test days	Tue 2025-11-11	Tue 2025-11-11	0
3	Create test days https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA/SOP_Test_Day_management	Tue 2025-12-02	Mon 2026-04-06	125
4	Change Checkpoint: Proposal submission deadline (Changes requiring infrastructure changes)	Wed 2025-12-17	Wed 2025-12-17	0
5	Change Checkpoint: Proposal submission deadline (Changes requiring mass rebuild)	Tue 2025-12-23	Tue 2025-12-23	0
6	Change Checkpoint: Proposal submission deadline (System Wide Changes)	Tue 2025-12-23	Tue 2025-12-23	0
7	Change Checkpoint: Major Toolchain Updates/Changes have landed in Rawhide deadline	Mon 2026-01-05	Mon 2026-01-05	0
8	F46 keys are added to fedora-repos and are available in updates-testing https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/infra/release_guide/create_release_signing_key/	Tue 2026-01-20	Tue 2026-01-20	0
9	Branch Fedora Linux 44 from Rawhide	Tue 2026-02-03	Tue 2026-02-03	0
10	Rawhide starts Fedora Linux 45 development	Tue 2026-02-03	Tue 2026-02-03	0
11	Bodhi updates-testing activation point	Tue 2026-02-17	Tue 2026-02-17	0
12	Beta Freeze (starts at 1400 UTC)	Tue 2026-02-17	Tue 2026-03-10	21
13	Beta release Go/No-Go Meeting https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Go_No_Go_Meeting	Thu 2026-03-05	Thu 2026-03-05	0
14	Pre-Beta release "Common issues" update https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/about-the-proposed-common-issues-category/69491	Mon 2026-03-09	Mon 2026-03-09	0
15	Beta Release (Early Target) Fedora contributors plan on this	Tue 2026-03-10	Tue 2026-03-10	0
16	Current Beta Target date https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/lifecycle/#_release_dates	Tue 2026-03-10	Tue 2026-03-10	0
17	Blocker bug tracker update: Beta release https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_tracker_process#Beta_release	Tue 2026-03-10	Tue 2026-03-10	0
18	Beta Target date #1 Fedora users plan on this	Tue 2026-03-17	Tue 2026-03-17	0
19	Final Freeze (starts at 1400 UTC)	Tue 2026-03-31	Tue 2026-04-14	14
20	Final release Go/No-Go Meeting https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Go_No_Go_Meeting	Thu 2026-04-09	Thu 2026-04-09	0
21	Pre-Final release "Common issues" update https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/about-the-proposed-common-issues-category/69491	Mon 2026-04-13	Mon 2026-04-13	0
22	Current Final Target date Fedora users plan on this	Tue 2026-04-14	Tue 2026-04-14	0
23	Early Final Target date https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/lifecycle/#_release_dates	Tue 2026-04-14	Tue 2026-04-14	0
24	Blocker bug tracker update: Final release https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_tracker_process#Final_release	Tue 2026-04-14	Tue 2026-04-14	0
25	Final Target date #2 Fedora contributors plan on this	Tue 2026-04-21	Tue 2026-04-21	0
26	Fedora Linux 44 End of Life This is a changeable date and currently based off the Early Target Date	Wed 2027-05-19	Wed 2027-05-19	0