We have decided to pin the lateststream builds to 6.12 kernel (6.12.15 to be precise, 6.12.12 on HWE images) on Bluefin and Aurora. This is a uncommon practice and we usually don’t gate kernels on the lateststream as we want to provide the vanilla fedora kernel and all the newest updates for those who want them.
But this time we decided to do this as the 6.13 kernel series has produced some nasty user breaking regressions. Worst of them being a regression that can freeze/crash your kernel when for example importing files to flatpak app.
At the same time while we normally don’t want to gate kernels on latest, this also shows the flexibility of our delivery model where we can act like a sysadmin during an outage and save the day
If someone is interested on the more comprehensive story, LWN has a nice article about it:
Kernel 6.13.5 should fix this issue, so once that is out we will test and if everything looks fine the pin will be lifted.
We could get the latest kernel as usually happens on other system and call it a day. Instead, we got someone caring and acting against potential (real actually) issues.
I’m so so so grateful <3
I feel the pleasure of using a personal computer/laptop again since using UB systems and this makes me feel even safer.