Ubuntu Resolute Raccoon Release Schedule¶
Week |
Date (Thursday) |
26.04 events |
|---|---|---|
October 2025 |
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1 |
October 16 |
Toolchain Uploaded |
2 |
October 23 |
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3 |
October 30 |
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November 2025 |
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4 |
November 06 |
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5 |
November 13 |
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6 |
November 20 |
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7 |
November 27 |
Resolute Snapshot 1 |
December 2025 |
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8 |
December 04 |
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9 |
December 11 |
Resolute Snapshot 2 |
10 |
December 18 |
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11 |
December 25 |
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January 2026 |
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12 |
January 01 |
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13 |
January 08 |
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14 |
January 15 |
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15 |
January 22 |
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16 |
January 29 |
Resolute Snapshot 3 |
February 2026 |
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17 |
February 05 |
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18 |
February 12 |
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19 |
February 19 |
Feature Freeze, Debian Import Freeze |
20 |
February 26 |
Resolute Snapshot 4 |
March 2026 |
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21 |
March 05 |
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22 |
March 12 |
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23 |
March 19 |
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24 |
March 23 (Monday) |
Beta Freeze, Hardware Enablement Freeze, ISO Testing Week (mandatory) |
⠀ |
March 26 |
Beta (mandatory) |
April 2026 |
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25 |
April 02 |
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26 |
April 09 |
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27 |
April 16 |
Final Freeze, Release Candidate, Language Pack Translation Deadline |
28 |
April 23 |
Planned and potentially disruptive archive-wide activities¶
If you’re planning a change that might have a disruptive effect on the archive - e.g. transitions or switches of important defaults (such as compiler versions) - list it here.
Week |
Date (Thursday) |
Planned activity |
|---|---|---|
October 2025 |
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1 |
October 16 |
Python 3.14 as a supported version |
2 |
October 23 |
enable autosync from Debian |
3 |
October 30 |
Golang 1.25 transition |
November 2025 |
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4 |
November 06 |
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5 |
November 13 |
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6 |
November 20 |
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7 |
November 27 |
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December 2025 |
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8 |
December 04 |
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9 |
December 11 |
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10 |
December 18 |
binutils 2.46 |
11 |
December 25 |
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January 2026 |
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12 |
January 01 |
GNOME 50 alpha |
13 |
January 08 |
Python 3.14 as the default version |
14 |
January 15 |
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15 |
January 22 |
PHP 8.5 |
16 |
January 29 |
GNOME 50 beta |
February 2026 |
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17 |
February 05 |
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18 |
February 12 |
GCC 16 as optional, Rust 1.93 transition (tentative), Java 25 default (tentative) |
19 |
February 19 |
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20 |
February 26 |
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March 2026 |
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21 |
March 05 |
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22 |
March 12 |
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23 |
March 19 |
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24 |
March 26 |
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April 2026 |
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25 |
April 02 |
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26 |
April 09 |
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27 |
April 16 |
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28 |
April 23 |
Ubuntu Resolute Raccoon Release Task Signup Sheet¶
This signup sheet is to be used for planning release milestone tasks.
The Alpha and Beta 1 milestones have been replaced with Testing Weeks, which are organized ad hoc at this point.
Milestone |
Date |
Image (Nusakan) Engineering |
Checklist Tracking |
Announcement Email |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Feature Freeze |
n/a |
n/a |
@utkarsh |
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UI Freeze |
n/a |
n/a |
@utkarsh |
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Doc String Freeze |
n/a |
n/a |
@utkarsh |
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26.04 Beta |
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26.04 Release |
April 23 2026 |
@utkarsh |
@utkarsh |
@utkarsh |
When the archive is frozen, all members of the release team are expected to participate in bug fix reviews.
After Feature Freeze, all members of the release team are expected to participate in Feature Freeze Exception reviews in their particular area of expertise.
After Final Beta, all members of the release team are expected to participate in Bug fix reviews in their particular area of expertise.