The Linux Kernel Tea Leaves¶

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

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Based on v7.2 having been tagged on 2026-08-16, the tea leaves say:

v7.3 development cycle¶

Merge window for features heading to v7.3

v7.3-rc1 predicted 2026-08-30

v7.3-rc2 predicted 2026-09-06

v7.3-rc3 predicted 2026-09-13

v7.3-rc4 predicted 2026-09-20

v7.3-rc5 predicted 2026-09-27

The drm subsystem deadline for features heading to v7.4 release.

v7.3-rc6 predicted 2026-10-04

v7.3-rc7 predicted 2026-10-11

v7.3 release predicted 2026-10-18/2026-10-25

Merge window for features heading to v7.4

v7.4-rc1 predicted 2026-11-01/2026-11-08

v7.4-rc2 predicted 2026-11-08/2026-11-15

v7.4-rc3 predicted 2026-11-15/2026-11-22

v7.4-rc4 predicted 2026-11-22/2026-11-29

v7.4-rc5 predicted 2026-11-29/2026-12-06

The drm subsystem deadline for features heading to v7.5 release.

v7.4-rc6 predicted 2026-12-06/2026-12-13

v7.4-rc7 predicted 2026-12-13/2026-12-20

v7.4 release predicted 2026-12-20/2027-01-03

Merge window for features heading to v7.5

v7.5-rc1 predicted 2027-01-03/2027-01-17

v7.5-rc2 predicted 2027-01-10/2027-01-24

v7.5-rc3 predicted 2027-01-17/2027-01-31

v7.5-rc4 predicted 2027-01-24/2027-02-07

v7.5-rc5 predicted 2027-01-31/2027-02-14

The drm subsystem deadline for features heading to v7.6 release.

v7.5-rc6 predicted 2027-02-07/2027-02-21

v7.5-rc7 predicted 2027-02-14/2027-02-28

v7.5 release predicted 2027-02-21/2027-03-14