2025-10-13 @ 16:00 UTC - Fedora 43 Blocker Review Meeting

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Hi folks! It’s time for a Fedora 43 blocker review meeting! We have 10 proposed blockers and 8 proposed freeze exceptions (zoiks) for Final.

Here is a handy link which should show you the meeting time in your local time.

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.

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. Making sure you're not a bot! 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 F43 can be found on the wiki.

For more information about the Blocker and Freeze exception process,
check out these links:

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.

Have a good weekend and see you on Monday!

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Meeting logs: https://meetbot-raw.fedoraproject.org//blocker-review_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-10-13/

Here is an AI-generated summary of a Blocker review meeting from October 13, 2025.
Please be aware that the summary is intended for a quick convenient recapitulation of the meeting, but might contain factual errors. Read the full meeting log for all the details.

Proposed Final Blockers

The purpose of the meeting was to review proposed blocker bugs for the upcoming Fedora 43 release.

(2402675) WebUI keyboard error with ‘typing-booster’ layout

The installer’s WebUI shows a KeyboardConfigurationError when the ‘typing-booster’ layout is active on the live system, stating it can’t be used for installation.

Resolution: Rejected. The team decided this was not a blocker because users can simply select a different, standard keyboard layout to proceed with the installation.

(2402976) Rescue mode fails to mount /boot and /boot/efi

Rescue mode is not correctly mounting the /boot and /boot/efi partitions, making system repairs more difficult.

Resolution: Accepted. This was accepted as a Final Blocker because it’s a clear regression that violates the rescue mode release criteria.

(2389356) Anaconda WebUI crashes with “Password is too weak” error

The installer’s WebUI sometimes crashes with a “Password is too weak” error, which appears to be a race condition.

Resolution: Rejected. The issue was rejected as a blocker because it happens infrequently and could not be reproduced intentionally. The decision could be reconsidered if the crash becomes more common or a reliable way to trigger it is found.

(2402147) Input source menu for IME unavailable after initial setup

After a user configures an Input Method Editor (IME) in the gnome-initial-setup wizard, the input source menu is not available in the resulting session.

Resolution: Accepted. This was accepted as a Final Blocker because it breaks the first boot experience for users of IMEs, violating release criteria.

(2399599) System freezes when using QuickMenu sliders with touchscreen

On systems with a touchscreen, using the volume or brightness sliders in the GNOME Shell Quick Menu causes the entire system to freeze.

Resolution: Accepted. This bug was accepted as a Final Blocker because it violates the criterion that all default panel elements must function correctly, which includes use with a touchscreen.

(2401216) Wi-Fi regression for Mediatek MT7922

A regression is causing Wi-Fi to fail on hardware with the Mediatek MT7922 chipset.

Resolution: Accepted. This was accepted as a Final Blocker because the Wi-Fi chip is widespread, and the failure violates the basic network requirements for affected hardware.

(2363937) Postfix service disabled on upgrade

The postfix.service is being disabled after a system upgrade from Fedora 41 to 42.

Resolution: Punted. The decision was deferred because the issue is not understood well enough to be considered a blocker at this time.

(2401964) uboot-tools-2025.10 is available

This bug tracks the availability of a new version of uboot-tools.

Resolution: Rejected. This was rejected as a blocker because no specific problem violating release criteria was identified that this update would fix. The team is open to granting a freeze exception if a clear benefit for the installation media is presented.

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