I came to the forum to see how folks were getting along with 43. Doesn’t look so good.
I am very new to linux. I would like to know if there is any problems with not upgrading and just staying on 42. Also, is there a way to ignore the upgrade so I don’t get nagged.
I am not someone who like messing with the OS. I need my computer to just work, and right now, it is.
In the past, I have often updated to the next version of Fedora during the beta or RC stages. And when the itch for some new version was too strong even shortly after the new version branched from Rawhide. But at the moment, my Fedora 42 is working really well, and I share your sentiment regarding all the issues people have been describing in here. So, for now, I have decided to wait with the upgrade.
But even though your Fedora 42 installation will tell you that 43 has been released, there is no need to rush. Fedora 42 will be supported until some time after the release of 44. So, my advice is to wait a while and see if the amount of issues goes down before you start the upgrade on your machine.
Ah! that is what I wanted to know. Thanks!
With hostnamectl in the terminal you can see the exact time.
OS Support Remaining: 6month 1w 1d #F42
For future reference, this is described on the Lifecycle page in the documentation:
The Fedora Project releases a new version of Fedora Linux approximately every six months and provides updated packages (maintenance) to these releases for approximately 13 months. This allows users to “skip a release” while still being able to always have a system that is still receiving updates.
And a little further down the page:
We say maintained for ‘‘approximately 13 months’’ because the supported period for releases is dependent on the date the release under development goes final. As a result, ‘‘Release N’’ is supported until four weeks after the release of ‘‘Release N+2’’.
So, based on the October 28 release of Fedora 43, I would expect Fedora 41 to become EOL on November 25.
Cool, I wasn’t aware of that. Thanks!
Edit: I am curious, how is this calculated? For Fedora 42 at this time, I would guess this is based on the 13 months window, right? If I read the docs correctly, the exact EOL date for Fedora 42 would be determined by the release date of Fedora 44, i.e., 4 weeks after that.
Yeah, what a useful command. Thanks!
I was looking for this information. This is all super helpful.
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You know, I went back to try and find this Doc page on my own and couldn’t. I don’t find the Doc website to be very intuitive.
date of eol is set in /etc/os-release
$ hostnamectl |grep 'OS Support'
OS Support End: Wed 2026-05-13
OS Support Remaining: 6month 1w 1d
$ grep SUPPORT_END /etc/os-release
SUPPORT_END=2026-05-13
$ rpm -qf /etc/os-release
fedora-release-common-42-30.noarch
I just searched for “fedora supported versions”. The first result links to the EOL versions, the third one to its parent page with the general information on releases.
As with most things, there is room for improvement. 
I sometimes update while the new release is still in Beta, but this time I did so shortly after it was branched. Mostly I wait until it is released. I have had no issues on f43 except for a couple of update conflicts related to package versions (that have since been fixed).
It is very common for new releases to see issues that result in a flood of support questions here on the forum. Those usually taper off after a few weeks, and that then becomes the best time for upgrading without issues.
If you wait a month or so after the release date it is quite common to see very few new software issues.
You should update your Fedora 42 with fixes as they improve your security.
The only cavitate is that some kernel updates may cause an issue, however in that case you just boot from the previous kernel.
But you do not need to rush to upgrade to Fedora 43. I usually wait a few days to see if there are teething problems that need resolving before doing upgrade to a new version.
Personally I’ve been waiting for KDE Plasma 6.5.1 to land.
You could wait a few months when all teething issues will have been addressed and in the past.