The Linux Kernel Tea Leaves

Completely accurate and trustworthy predictions of the Linux kernel releases based on a single data point. Not.

Development cycles

Based on v6.14-rc3 having been tagged on 2025-02-16, the tea leaves say:

v6.13 2025-01-19

v6.14 development cycle

Merge window for features heading to v6.14

v6.14-rc1 2025-02-02

v6.14-rc2 2025-02-09

v6.14-rc3 2025-02-16

v6.14-rc4 predicted 2025-02-23

v6.14-rc5 predicted 2025-03-02

The drm subsystem deadline for features heading to v6.15 release.

v6.14-rc6 predicted 2025-03-09

v6.14-rc7 predicted 2025-03-16

v6.14 release predicted 2025-03-23/2025-03-30

v6.15 development cycle

Merge window for features heading to v6.15

v6.15-rc1 predicted 2025-04-06/2025-04-13

v6.15-rc2 predicted 2025-04-13/2025-04-20

v6.15-rc3 predicted 2025-04-20/2025-04-27

v6.15-rc4 predicted 2025-04-27/2025-05-04

v6.15-rc5 predicted 2025-05-04/2025-05-11

The drm subsystem deadline for features heading to v6.16 release.

v6.15-rc6 predicted 2025-05-11/2025-05-18

v6.15-rc7 predicted 2025-05-18/2025-05-25

v6.15 release predicted 2025-05-25/2025-06-08

v6.16 development cycle

Merge window for features heading to v6.16

v6.16-rc1 predicted 2025-06-08/2025-06-22

v6.16-rc2 predicted 2025-06-15/2025-06-29

v6.16-rc3 predicted 2025-06-22/2025-07-06

v6.16-rc4 predicted 2025-06-29/2025-07-13

v6.16-rc5 predicted 2025-07-06/2025-07-20

The drm subsystem deadline for features heading to v6.17 release.

v6.16-rc6 predicted 2025-07-13/2025-07-27

v6.16-rc7 predicted 2025-07-20/2025-08-03

v6.16 release predicted 2025-07-27/2025-08-17