2026-04-13 @ 16:00 UTC - Fedora 44 Blocker Review Meeting

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Hi folks! It’s time for a Fedora 44 blocker (and FE) review meeting! We have 4 proposed blockers and 2 proposed freeze exception for Final.

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 today, 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 F44 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 tomorrow!

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#blocker-review:fedoraproject.org: F44-blocker-review

Meeting started by @adamwill:fedora.im at 16:00:37 UTC

Meeting summary

  1. TOPIC:Roll Call (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:00:39)
    1. INFO: The bugs up for review today are available at: (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:28)
    2. LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_Blocker_Bug_Meeting (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:28)
  2. TOPIC:Introduction (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:28)
    1. INFO: Our purpose in this meeting is to review proposed blocker and nice-to-have bugs and decide whether to accept them, and to monitor the progress of fixing existing accepted blocker and nice-to-have bugs. (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:28)
    2. INFO: We'll be following the process outlined at: (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:28)
    3. LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Final_Release_Criteria (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:28)
    4. LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_44_Beta_Release_Criteria (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:28)
    5. LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Basic_Release_Criteria (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:28)
    6. INFO: The criteria for release blocking bugs can be found at: (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:28)
    7. LINK: http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/current (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:28)
    8. INFO: for Final, we have: (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:41)
    9. INFO: 4 Proposed Blockers (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:46)
    10. INFO: 5 Accepted Blockers (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:46)
    11. INFO: 4 Proposed Freeze Exceptions (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:50)
    12. INFO: 10 Accepted Freeze Exceptions (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:50)
    13. INFO: Lukáš Růžička will secretarialize (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:09:37)
  3. TOPIC:Proposed Final blockers (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:09:48)
    1. INFO: Ticket vote: FinalBlocker (+4,1,-0) (+augenauf, +geraldosimiao, +derekenz, +nielsenb, kparal) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:09:56)
  4. TOPIC:(2455855) Storage editor fails to prevent mounting btrfs / subv over /home subv (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:09:56)
    1. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455855 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:09:56)
    2. LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/2096 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:09:56)
    3. INFO: Proposed Blocker, cockpit, NEW (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:09:56)
    4. INFO: Ticket vote: FinalFreezeException (+2,0,-0) (+kparal, +nielsenb) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:09:56)
    5. AGREED: 2455855 - RejectedBlocker (Final) Accepted FreezeException (Final) - this is an awkward corner case if you encounter it, but you have to do something that's not really necessary to hit it (try and mount filesystems) and it doesn't crash the installer or eat any data, you just get a bit stuck. you can recover with a manual unmount, or by rebooting and trying again. We agreed this doesn't really clearly violate either the cited criterion or the Final "Disk layouts" criterion. It's accepted as an FE because we would like to fix this small footgun safely if possible. (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:21:56)
    6. INFO: Proposed Blocker, flatpak, MODIFIED (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:22:15)
    7. LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/2101 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:22:15)
    8. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2456353 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:22:15)
    9. INFO: Ticket vote: FinalFreezeException (+4,0,-0) (+asciiwolf, +ngompa, +geraldosimiao, +adamwill) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:22:15)
  5. TOPIC:(2456353) flatpak-1.17.4 is available (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:22:15)
    1. INFO: Ticket vote: FinalBlocker (+1,0,-4) (+asciiwolf, -boniboyblue, -nielsenb, -niknikovsky, -kparal) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:22:15)
    2. AGREED: 2456353 - RejectedBlocker (Final) - the CVE criterion says CVEs rated Important or above on RH's scale can be blockers, and the two cited here are both Moderate. Note this is already accepted FE and will be pushed stable soon anyhow. (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:25:41)
    3. LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/2103 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:25:54)
    4. INFO: Ticket vote: FinalFreezeException (+7,0,-0) (+asciiwolf, +nielsenb, +augenauf, +boniboyblue, +geraldosimiao, +kparal, +derekenz) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:25:54)
    5. INFO: Proposed Blocker, gnome-shell-extension-background-logo, NEW (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:25:54)
  6. TOPIC:(2457639) The background logo is too transparent and hard to see on F44 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:25:54)
    1. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2457639 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:25:54)
    2. INFO: Ticket vote: FinalBlocker (+2,0,-6) (+asciiwolf, +petersen, -augenauf, -nielsenb, -derekenz, -boniboyblue, -geraldosimiao, -kparal) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:25:54)
    3. AGREED: 2457639 - RejectedBlocker (Final) - we agreed this isn't serious enough to constitute a violation of the artwork criteria. The watermark is present and visible, just a bit subtle; it's also not really an issue on the dark mode wallpaper. (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:31:07)
    4. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2456896 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:31:18)
  7. TOPIC:(2456896) Raspberry Pi 4 KDE fails to boot into GUI without nomodeset on 4K KVM (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:31:18)
    1. INFO: Ticket vote: FinalBlocker (+5,0,-1) (+derekenz, +ngompa, +geraldosimiao, +boniboyblue, +nielsenb, -pbrobinson) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:31:18)
    2. INFO: Proposed Blocker, kwin, NEW (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:31:18)
    3. LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/2099 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:31:18)
    4. AGREED: 2456896 - RejectedBlocker (Final) - it's seeming like this issue is not a general "all Pi 4s and all 4K displays" issue, but more of a "specific problem between kwin and some strange EDID data from the tested KVM switch" issue. On that basis we reject it per https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Blocker_Bug_FAQ#What_about_hardware_and_local_configuration_dependent_issues? , but we will keep an eye on further investigation results and can reconsider if necessary (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:43:08)
    5. INFO: that's all the proposed blockers, moving onto: (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:43:33)
  8. TOPIC:Proposed Final freeze exceptions (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:43:38)
    1. INFO: Proposed Freeze Exceptions, kf6, ON_QA (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:47:15)
    2. LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/2102 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:47:15)
    3. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2457573 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:47:15)
  9. TOPIC:(2457573) FE: KDE Frameworks 6.25.0 + Plasma 6.6.4 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:47:15)
    1. INFO: Ticket vote: FinalFreezeException (+3,0,-1) (+geraldosimiao, +derekenz, +boniboyblue, -nielsenb) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:47:15)
    2. AGREED: 2457573 - AcceptedFreezeException (Final) - this is accepted in principle as it's good to get the latest upstream fixes in the release. However, we may decide not to pull it into an RC aimed at approval on Thursday (if that comes to pass) due to tight timing (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:54:06)
  10. TOPIC:(2456893) CVE-2026-39860 nix: privilege escalation via symlink following during output registration [fedora-all] (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:54:48)
    1. INFO: Proposed Freeze Exceptions, nix, ON_QA (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:54:48)
    2. LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/2105 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:54:48)
    3. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2456893 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:54:48)
    4. AGREED: - 2456893 - AcceptedFreezeException (Final) - this is accepted as it's nice to fix CVEs in the stable repo for folks installing or upgrading ahead of release. It's not a blocker as nix isn't included in any release-blocking images by default. (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:01:57)
  11. TOPIC:(2455362) xdg-desktop-portal causes nautilus to open wrong initial directory (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:02:25)
    1. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455362 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:02:25)
    2. LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/2106 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:02:25)
    3. INFO: Proposed Freeze Exceptions, xdg-desktop-portal, VERIFIED (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:02:25)
    4. INFO: Ticket vote: FinalFreezeException (+1,0,-0) (+kparal) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:02:25)
    5. AGREED: 2455362 - AcceptedFreezeException (Final) - this is certainly an annoying bug for portal-using apps where you use the file chooser, and you can encounter it on live media, so an FE makes sense. We also note that the update fixes a CVE and likely some crashes too (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:07:33)
    6. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2457805 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:07:41)
    7. LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/2104 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:07:41)
    8. INFO: Proposed Freeze Exceptions, xdg-desktop-portal, ON_QA (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:07:41)
  12. TOPIC:(2457805) Background Apps missing in GNOME 50 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:07:41)
    1. INFO: Ticket vote: FinalFreezeException (+3,0,-0) (+boniboyblue, +asciiwolf, +kparal) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:07:41)
    2. INFO: Ticket vote: FinalBlocker (+1,0,-0) (+asciiwolf) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:07:41)
    3. AGREED: 2457805 - AcceptedFreezeException (Final) - this is accepted as another annoying bug fixed by the xdg-desktop-portal update. We didn't want to spend too much time debating it as we're pulling in that update for the previously-discussed bug anyway (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:13:19)
  13. TOPIC:(2456557) CVE-2026-20884 LibRaw: LibRaw: Arbitrary code execution via integer overflow in deflate_dng_load_raw [fedora-all] (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:14:49)
    1. INFO: Proposed Freeze Exceptions, LibRaw, MODIFIED (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:14:49)
    2. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2456557 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:14:49)
    3. AGREED: 2456557 - AcceptedFreezeException (Final) - this is accepted to fix a fairly significant (though only rated Moderate, so it's not a blocker) CVE in release-blocking images (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:22:09)
    4. INFO: that's all the proposals, let's do a quick look over: (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:22:23)
  14. TOPIC:Accepted Final Blocker review (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:22:30)
    1. LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/2074 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:22:58)
  15. TOPIC:(2359799) Inital-setup: VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST using nvidia hardware (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:22:58)
    1. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2359799 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:22:58)
    2. INFO: Accepted Blocker, mesa, NEW (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:22:58)
    3. INFO: bad news: it does seem this affects f44. good news: airlied seems to be making progress on a fix. we anxiously await more developments (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:24:59)
  16. TOPIC:(2448283) Selecting a non-ASCII capable keyboard layout should automatically also select US English as a second layout (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:25:15)
    1. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2448283 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:25:15)
    2. INFO: Accepted Blocker, plasma-setup, NEW (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:25:15)
    3. LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/2078 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:25:15)
    4. INFO: we are waiting on upstream to work out how to address this, but will consider waiving it as not fixable on a reasonable timeframe if other blockers are resolved (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:27:43)
    5. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2453216 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:27:54)
  17. TOPIC:(2453216) plasma-setup Keyboard Layout page pre-selection is broken - always shows English (US) if that is the system language, otherwise shows nothing (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:27:54)
    1. INFO: Accepted Blocker, plasma-setup, NEW (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:27:54)
    2. LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/2087 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:27:54)
    3. INFO: we are waiting on upstream to work out how to address this, but will consider waiving it as not fixable on a reasonable timeframe if other blockers are resolved (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:28:05)
    4. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455469 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:28:14)
    5. INFO: Accepted Blocker, plasma-setup, NEW (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:28:14)
  18. TOPIC:(2455469) Configuring WifI network via Network pane appears to not work (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:28:14)
    1. LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/2094 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:28:14)
    2. INFO: this seems to be caused by changed behavior in NetworkManager, but we don't yet know why it changed. we need to pull an NM dev into the discussion here and maybe do some research on NM changes (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:35:39)
    3. ACTION: adamw to look into NM changes here a bit and find a dev to poke (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:35:48)
    4. INFO: Accepted Blocker, uboot-tools, ON_QA (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:38:20)
    5. LINK: https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/blocker-review/issue/2079 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:38:20)
    6. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2448365 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:38:20)
  19. TOPIC:(2448365) rpi4 fails to boot from usb drive after upgrade to RC3 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:38:20)
    1. INFO: the fix for this is available for testing, we need Pi-owning folks to test and confirm (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:38:44)
  20. TOPIC:Open floor (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:44:17)
    1. INFO: i have reproposed https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2441941 as a blocker since there's some inclination that it should block final. we'll discuss it at go/no-go if it can't be fixed before then (@adamwill:fedora.im, 18:00:47)


Meeting ended at 18:15:42 UTC

Action items

  1. adamw to look into NM changes here a bit and find a dev to poke


People present (lines said)

  1. @adamwill:fedora.im (265)
  2. @niknikovsky:fedora.im (66)
  3. @conan_kudo:matrix.org (47)
  4. @nielsenb:fedora.im (40)
  5. @korora:fedora.im (28)
  6. @lruzicka:fedora.im (24)
  7. @boniboyblue:fedora.im (21)
  8. @derekenz:fedora.im (21)
  9. @salimma:fedora.im (20)
  10. @zodbot:fedora.im (20)
  11. @geraldosimiao:matrix.org (13)
  12. @jgroman:fedora.im (13)
  13. @kparal:matrix.org (13)
  14. @ahmedalmeleh:matrix.org (12)
  15. @jforbes:fedora.im (11)
  16. @psklenar:fedora.im (10)
  17. @kepstin:kepstin.ca (6)
  18. @jlinton:fedora.im (5)
  19. @decathorpe:fedora.im (4)
  20. @supakeen:fedora.im (2)
  21. @meetbot:fedora.im (2)
  22. @kashyapc:fedora.im (1)
  23. @haasjona:matrix.org (1)