DPDK Release Status Meeting 2026-08-25

[Mcnamara, John]

Release status meeting minutes 2026-08-25
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Agenda:
- Release Dates
- Subtrees
- Roadmaps
- LTS
- Defects
- Opens

Participants:
- Intel
- Marvell
- Nvidia
- Red Hat
- Stephen Hemminger

Release Dates
-------------

The following are the proposed working dates for 26.11:

| Date             | Milestone        | Description                     |
|------------------|------------------|---------------------------------|
| 31 August 2026   | RFC/v1 patches   | Proposal deadline               |
| 02 October 2026  | 26.11-rc1        | API freeze                      |
| 23 October 2026  | 26.11-rc2        | PMD features freeze             |
| 30 October 2026  | 26.11-rc3        | Builtin apps features freeze    |
| 06 November 2026 | 26.11-rc4        | Documentation ready             |
| 18 November 2026 | 26.11.0          | Release                         |



See https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/


Subtrees
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- next-net
  - 92 patches pending.
  - 11 due for review.

- next-net-intel
  - 34 merged, ready for main.
  - 17 patches in review/waiting.

- next-net-mlx
  - No update.

- next-broadcom
  - No update.

- next-net-mvl
  - No update.

- next-eventdev
  - No update.

- next-baseband
  - Proposal for new API/symbol.

- next-virtio
  - Some patches reviewed.
  - RFC to remove vhost async.

- next-crypto
  - No major at the moment.

- next-dts
  - No update.

- main
  - Merging patches for deprecated symbols/API.



Other
-----
  - None.

LTS
---

See also: https://core.dpdk.org/roadmap/#stable

LTS versions ongoing/released:

- 25.11.3 - Available.
- 24.11.7 - Available.
- 23.11.8 - In progress.

Older releases:
- 20.11.10 - Will only be updated with CVE and critical fixes.
- 19.11.14 - Will only be updated with CVE and critical fixes.

- Distros
  - Debian 13 contains DPDK v24.11
  - Ubuntu 25.04 contains DPDK v24.11
  - Ubuntu 24.04 LTS contains DPDK v23.11
  - RHEL 9 contains DPDK 24.11

Defects
-------

- Bugzilla links, 'Bugs',  added for hosted projects
  - https://www.dpdk.org/hosted-projects/



DPDK Release Status Meetings
----------------------------

The DPDK Release Status Meeting is intended for DPDK Committers to discuss the
status of the main tree and sub-trees, and for project managers to track
progress or milestone dates.

The meeting occurs on every Tuesday at 14:30 DST over Jitsi on https://meet.jit.si/DPDK

You don't need an invite to join the meeting but if you want a calendar reminder just
send an email to "John McNamara <john.mcnamara at intel.com>" for the invite.


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