2026-08-24 @ 16:00 UTC - Fedora 45 Blocker Review Meeting

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Hi folks! It’s time for a Fedora 45 blocker (and FE) review meeting! We have 3 proposed blockers and 3 proposed freeze exception for Beta.

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. This page 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 F45 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 day and see you tomorrow!

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#blocker-review:fedoraproject.org: F45-blocker-review

Meeting started by @adamwill:fedora.im at 15:59:59 UTC

Meeting summary

  1. TOPIC:Roll Call (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:00:04)
  2. TOPIC:Introduction (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:05:51)
    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, 16:05:51)
    2. INFO: We'll be following the process outlined at: (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:05:51)
    3. LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_Blocker_Bug_Meeting (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:05:51)
    4. INFO: The bugs up for review today are available at: (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:05:51)
    5. LINK: http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/current (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:05:51)
    6. INFO: The criteria for release blocking bugs can be found at: (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:05:51)
    7. LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Basic_Release_Criteria (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:05:51)
    8. LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_45_Beta_Release_Criteria (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:05:51)
    9. LINK: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_45_Final_Release_Criteria (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:05:51)
    10. INFO: for Beta, we have: (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:09)
    11. INFO: 3 Proposed Blockers (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:11)
    12. INFO: 2 Accepted Blockers (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:11)
    13. INFO: 4 Proposed Freeze Exceptions (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:13)
    14. INFO: for Final, we have: (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:31)
    15. INFO: 1 Proposed Blockers (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:06:32)
    16. INFO: Lukáš Růžička will secretarialize (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:09:19)
  3. TOPIC:Proposed Beta blokcers (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:09:41)
  4. TOPIC:Proposed Beta blockers (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:09:52)
  5. TOPIC:(2519654) anaconda-webui review screen crashes with NoneType error when querying PartitioningMethod (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:10:20)
    1. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2519654 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:10:20)
    2. LINK: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/quality/blocker-review/issues/2144 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:10:20)
    3. INFO: Proposed Blocker, anaconda-webui, NEW (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:10:20)
    4. INFO: Ticket vote: BetaBlocker (+6,0,-0) (+nielsenb, +ephmo, +supakeen, +lruzicka, +jgroman, +korora) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:10:20)
    5. AGREED: 2519654 - AcceptedBlocker (Beta) - this is accepted as a clear violation of all "complete an installation" criteria for the release-blocking IoT installer, e.g. "The installer must be able to complete an installation to a single disk using automatic partitioning." (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:13:16)
  6. TOPIC:(2501857) User switching restart fails (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:13:26)
    1. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2501857 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:13:26)
    2. LINK: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/quality/blocker-review/issues/2143 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:13:26)
    3. INFO: Proposed Blocker, gnome-session, NEW (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:13:26)
    4. INFO: Ticket vote: BetaBlocker (+0,0,-3) (-ephmo, -nielsenb, -korora) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:13:26)
    5. AGREED: 2501857 - RejectedBlocker (Beta) AcceptedBlocker (Final) - this is rejected for Beta as it does not violate the Beta criteria, the user switching criterion is for Final. It's accepted for Final as a conditional violation of "User switching must work using the mechanisms offered (if any) by all release-blocking desktops in their default configuration" - we consider not correctly informing user A of an inhibitor relating to user B to be a sufficient violation of the "must work" requirement (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:22:35)
  7. TOPIC:(2484542) kmscon implementation breaks console initial-setup (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:22:48)
    1. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2484542 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:22:48)
    2. LINK: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/quality/blocker-review/issues/2139 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:22:48)
    3. INFO: Proposed Blocker, kmscon, NEW (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:22:48)
    4. INFO: Ticket vote: BetaBlocker (+6,0,-0) (+nielsenb, +ephmo, +supakeen, +lruzicka, +jgroman, +korora) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:22:48)
    5. AGREED: 2484542 - AcceptedBlocker (Beta) - this is accepted as a violation of "A working mechanism to create a user account must be clearly presented during installation and/or first boot of the installed system" for the ARM minimal disk image (which is release-blocking and relies on console initial-setup to provide said mechanism) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:27:02)
    6. INFO: that's all the proposed Beta blockers, let's do the proposed Final blocker (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:27:21)
  8. TOPIC:Proposed Final blocker (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:27:24)
  9. TOPIC:(2502678) DiscoverNotifier does not show update notifications in system tray although Discover detects updates (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:27:33)
    1. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2502678 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:27:33)
    2. LINK: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/quality/blocker-review/issues/2148 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:27:33)
    3. INFO: Proposed Blocker, plasma-discover, NEW (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:27:33)
    4. AGREED: 2502678 - punt (delay decision) - we have some questions for upstream about whether this behavior is intended and, if so, exactly what would trigger the display of a new notification, before we decide whether this constitutes a blocker (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:40:56)
  10. TOPIC:Proposed Beta freeze exceptions (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:41:13)
  11. TOPIC:(2517903) Cannot create soas livespin due to anaconda-webui deps (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:41:30)
    1. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2517903 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:41:30)
    2. LINK: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/quality/blocker-review/issues/2147 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:41:30)
    3. INFO: Proposed Freeze Exceptions, anaconda-webui, NEW (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:41:30)
    4. AGREED: 2517903 - AcceptedFreezeException (Beta) - this is accepted as it completely prevents the compose of a non-blocking image, which obviously can't be acceptably resolved with a post-release update (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:46:29)
  12. TOPIC:(2521241) ostree install sometimes gets stuck showing "Writing objects" even though logs indicate install is complete (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:47:22)
    1. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2521241 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:47:22)
    2. LINK: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/quality/blocker-review/issues/2146 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:47:22)
    3. INFO: Proposed Freeze Exceptions, anaconda-webui, NEW (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:47:22)
    4. INFO: Ticket vote: BetaFreezeException (+4,0,-0) (+nielsenb, +ephmo, +lruzicka, +derekenz) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:47:22)
    5. AGREED: 2521241 - AcceptedFreezeException (Beta) - this is accepted as it's obviously a major installer issue that can't be remedied with an update. For now we only know for sure it affects non-blocking images, we will consider it as a blocker if it turns out to affect IoT (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:52:11)
  13. TOPIC:(2492124) Obsolete packages that used to require Python 3.14 but are gone in Fedora 45 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:52:24)
    1. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492124 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:52:24)
    2. LINK: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/quality/blocker-review/issues/2138 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:52:24)
    3. INFO: Proposed Freeze Exceptions, fedora-obsolete-packages, ASSIGNED (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:52:24)
    4. INFO: Ticket vote: BetaFreezeException (+5,0,-0) (+nielsenb, +derekenz, +ephmo, +lruzicka, +jgroman) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:52:24)
    5. AGREED: 2492124 - AcceptedFreezeException (Beta) - this is a recurring FE, we always approve this in order to get the best/latest obsoletions we can before release (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:54:19)
  14. TOPIC:(2506941) Pull LLVM 23 Into Fedora 45 (BetaFreezeException) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:54:26)
    1. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2506941 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:54:26)
    2. LINK: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/quality/blocker-review/issues/2141 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:54:26)
    3. INFO: Proposed Freeze Exceptions, llvm, NEW (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:54:26)
    4. INFO: Ticket vote: BetaFreezeException (+4,0,-0) (+nielsenb, +ephmo, +lruzicka, +jgroman) (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:54:26)
    5. AGREED: 2506941 - AcceptedFreezeException (Beta) - this was effectively requested by FESCo since the Change specifically states "Our plan is to push 23.1.0 into Fedora 45 during the Beta Freeze with a Beta Freeze exception" and FESCo approved it, so we respect that (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:57:18)
  15. TOPIC:Accepted Beta blockers (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:57:53)
  16. TOPIC:(2490607) httpd gets stuck during FreeIPA replica enrolment with OpenSSL 4 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:58:02)
    1. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2490607 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:58:02)
    2. LINK: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/quality/blocker-review/issues/2137 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:58:02)
    3. INFO: Accepted Blocker, httpd, NEW (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:58:02)
    4. INFO: this one is still on the relevant development teams who have been working away at it solidly, we will remind them of the schedule (@adamwill:fedora.im, 16:58:43)
  17. TOPIC:(2483236) QtWebView browser applications (like slitherer) cannot properly open native HTML dropdowns (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:00:13)
    1. LINK: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2483236 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:00:13)
    2. LINK: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/quality/blocker-review/issues/2136 (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:00:13)
    3. INFO: Accepted Blocker, qt6-qtwebengine, NEW (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:00:13)
    4. INFO: we are still waiting on upstream qt here, we will try to poke them about it (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:04:48)
  18. TOPIC:Open floor (@adamwill:fedora.im, 17:07:14)


Meeting ended at 17:12:43 UTC

Action items

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People present (lines said)

  1. @adamwill:fedora.im (159)
  2. @niknikovsky:fedora.im (57)
  3. @korora:fedora.im (21)
  4. @derekenz:fedora.im (17)
  5. @lruzicka:fedora.im (17)
  6. @conan_kudo:matrix.org (12)
  7. @goroboro:matrix.org (10)
  8. @ephmo:fedora.im (10)
  9. @zodbot:fedora.im (10)
  10. @jgroman:fedora.im (6)
  11. @psklenar:fedora.im (5)
  12. @meetbot:fedora.im (2)
  13. @ngompa:fedora.im (1)


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