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 having been tagged on 2025-03-23, the tea leaves say:

v6.14 2025-03-23

v6.15 development cycle

Merge window for features heading to v6.15

v6.15-rc1 predicted 2025-04-06

v6.15-rc2 predicted 2025-04-13

v6.15-rc3 predicted 2025-04-20

v6.15-rc4 predicted 2025-04-27

v6.15-rc5 predicted 2025-05-04

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

v6.15-rc6 predicted 2025-05-11

v6.15-rc7 predicted 2025-05-18

v6.15 release predicted 2025-05-25/2025-06-01

v6.16 development cycle

Merge window for features heading to v6.16

v6.16-rc1 predicted 2025-06-08/2025-06-15

v6.16-rc2 predicted 2025-06-15/2025-06-22

v6.16-rc3 predicted 2025-06-22/2025-06-29

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

v6.16-rc5 predicted 2025-07-06/2025-07-13

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

v6.16-rc6 predicted 2025-07-13/2025-07-20

v6.16-rc7 predicted 2025-07-20/2025-07-27

v6.16 release predicted 2025-07-27/2025-08-10

v6.17 development cycle

Merge window for features heading to v6.17

v6.17-rc1 predicted 2025-08-10/2025-08-24

v6.17-rc2 predicted 2025-08-17/2025-08-31

v6.17-rc3 predicted 2025-08-24/2025-09-07

v6.17-rc4 predicted 2025-08-31/2025-09-14

v6.17-rc5 predicted 2025-09-07/2025-09-21

The drm subsystem deadline for features heading to v6.18 release.

v6.17-rc6 predicted 2025-09-14/2025-09-28

v6.17-rc7 predicted 2025-09-21/2025-10-05

v6.17 release predicted 2025-09-28/2025-10-19