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 v6.13-rc7 having been tagged on 2025-01-12, the tea leaves say:

v6.12 2024-11-17

v6.13 development cycle

Merge window for features heading to v6.13

v6.13-rc1 2024-12-01

v6.13-rc2 2024-12-08

v6.13-rc3 2024-12-15

v6.13-rc4 2024-12-22

v6.13-rc5 2024-12-29

The drm subsystem deadline for features heading to v6.14 release.

v6.13-rc6 2025-01-05

v6.13-rc7 2025-01-12

v6.13 release predicted 2025-01-19/2025-01-26

v6.14 development cycle

Merge window for features heading to v6.14

v6.14-rc1 predicted 2025-02-02/2025-02-09

v6.14-rc2 predicted 2025-02-09/2025-02-16

v6.14-rc3 predicted 2025-02-16/2025-02-23

v6.14-rc4 predicted 2025-02-23/2025-03-02

v6.14-rc5 predicted 2025-03-02/2025-03-09

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

v6.14-rc6 predicted 2025-03-09/2025-03-16

v6.14-rc7 predicted 2025-03-16/2025-03-23

v6.14 release predicted 2025-03-23/2025-04-06

v6.15 development cycle

Merge window for features heading to v6.15

v6.15-rc1 predicted 2025-04-06/2025-04-20

v6.15-rc2 predicted 2025-04-13/2025-04-27

v6.15-rc3 predicted 2025-04-20/2025-05-04

v6.15-rc4 predicted 2025-04-27/2025-05-11

v6.15-rc5 predicted 2025-05-04/2025-05-18

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

v6.15-rc6 predicted 2025-05-11/2025-05-25

v6.15-rc7 predicted 2025-05-18/2025-06-01

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