Originally published at: https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-code-of-conduct-report-2025/
The Fedora Project’s Code of Conduct and its reports are managed by the Fedora Code of Conduct Committee, the Fedora Community Architect, and the Fedora Project Leader. We publish this summary to demonstrate our commitment to community safety and our project’s social fabric.
This post covers the year of reports received in the 2025 calendar year. The purpose of publishing the annual Code of Conduct Report is to provide transparency, insight, and awareness into the health signs of the community.
How’d it go in 2025
In 2025, we had a slight uptick in engagement from 2024. 14 reports were opened in 2025, compared to 11 reports in 2024. While we saw some members step down this year, the Fedora Code of Conduct Committee (CoCC) also refreshed its membership with new voices. Jef Spaleta, Chris Idoko, and Ankur Sinha were nominated this year to maintain responsiveness and steer our community standards forward.
The majority of issues reported in the year 2025 were largely handled through “shoulder taps” and formal reach-outs. This is in comparison to disciplinary actions or emergency action requiring bans or long-term suspensions. While reports did increase from 2024 to 2025, the difference is negligible. The Committee expects this number to fluctuate annually, as world events and international conflicts often impact the social dynamics of communities like ours.
You can see the full data from 2025 in the table below.
Community Health Assessment
After six years of reporting, looking back at our journey from the modernization of the Code of Conduct to where we stand today, it is encouraging to see how much we have grown together. Yearly reports indicate while our community continues to have conflicts (as any healthy community ought to), incident severity continues to decrease comparing reports spanning 2020 through 2025. We attribute this consistent reduction in “opened reports” and “CoC interventions” to the maturity of our self-moderation culture.
A significant part of this positive atmosphere is thanks to the refreshed CoC guidelines established by Marie Nordin in 2021 successfully addressing the peak in incidents that occurred in the COVID-19. These were roadmaps on how we want to treat each other. Seeing these guidelines in actions in our reports shows that they are working as hoped. We feel the community is in a healthy place at this time, but a healthy committee is one that never stops listening. We would love to hear your thoughts, feedback and suggestions on how we can continue to help our shared spaces feel safe, inclusive and welcoming.
| Year | Reports Opened | Reports Closed | Warnings Issued | Moderations Issued | Suspensions Issued | Bans Issued |
| 2025 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Looking forward to 2026
If you witness or are part of a situation that violates Fedora’s Code of Conduct, please open a private report on the [Code of Conduct repo] or email codeofconduct@fedoraproject.org. As always, your reports are confidential and only visible to the Code of Conduct Committee.
Remember that opening a CoC report does not automatically mean action will be taken. Sometimes things can be clarified, improved, or resolved entirely. Or, it could be something pretty small, but it definitely wasn’t okay, and you don’t want to make a big deal… open that report anyway, because it could show a pattern of behavior that is negatively impacting more people than yourself.
Here is a reminder to our Fedora community to be kind and considerate to each other in all our interactions. We all depend on each other to create a community that is healthy, safe, and happy. Most of all, we love seeing folks self-moderate and stand up for the right thing day to day in our community. Keep it up, and keep being awesome Fedora, we <3 you!
About the Committee
Fedora Project’s Code of Conduct and reports are managed by the Fedora Code of Conduct Committee (CoCC). The Fedora CoCC is made up of the Fedora Project Leader, Jef Spaleta; the Fedora Community Architect, Justin Wheeler; the Red Hat legal team, as appropriate; and community nominated members. Jef Spaleta, Chris Onoja Idoko, Ankur Sinha, nominated this year.
We’re incredibly grateful to Josh Berkus and Laura Santamaria for stepping up as term-limited members of the Fedora Code of Conduct Committee (CoCC). Their commitment ensured we had consistent coverage through September 30th, 2025, providing vital support until our newest nominees were fully onboarded and trained.