Hi folks,
With the F43 Final Go/No-Go meeting happening on Thursday[1], it would
be great if you could spare some time to review the proposed blockers
that are filed in the blocker bugs app[2]. Right now we are targeting
the early release deadline of Tuesday, Oct 21 2025[3]. As there may
not be a blocker bug meeting tomorrow[4] (unless someone would like to
run it), it would be really beneficial to arrive in the Go/No-Go
meeting with the bug list reviewed, voted on and maybe even have some
fixes for! :crosses fingers:
This is also true if the blocker review meeting does go ahead tomorrow too :)
So if you can, please take a look at the proposed blockers, and as
always please refer to the blocker bug app and each bugzilla for more
detailed information on the bug.
Action summary
====================
Accepted blockers (6)
-----------------
1. blivet-gui — Cannot add encrypted MD RAID btrfs device in blivet-gui — ON_QA
ACTION: QA to verify fix https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2401870
2. dracut — default hostonly-mode "sloppy" results in significant
increase in initramfs size — MODIFIED
ACTION: Upstream to review and submit patch to F43
3. fedora repos — fedora-repos: disable updates-testing repo for final
F43 release — ON_QA
ACTION: QA to verify PR
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/fedora-repos/pull-request/161
4. gtk3 — Drop-down menus not working over RDP in Anaconda — VERIFIED
ACTION: No action required, fix has been provided
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-d6e439498a
5. kiwi — Radxa Rock Pi 4 and Pine64 RockPro64 boards fail to boot
with Kiwi-produced images, probably all RockChip models — ON_QA
ACTION: QA to verify fix
6. libdnf — libdnf context is not reading and enforcing protected
packages, causing PackageKit to not honor protected packages settings
— VERIFIED
ACTION: No action required, fix submitted
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-005db2cfbf
Proposed blockers (11)
-----------------
1. anaconda — WebUI:
org.fedoraproject.Anaconda.KeyboardConfigurationError: The live system
has layout 'typing-booster' which can't be used for installation. —
NEW
ACTION: Upstream to diagnose issue
2. anaconda — rescue mode fails to mount /boot and /boot/efi — NEW
ACTION: Upstream to diagnose issue
3. anaconda-webui — anaconda WebUI crashes with "Password is too weak"
error — POST
ACTION: QA to verify fixes
4. anaconda-webui — anaconda-webui on KDE produces unusable
configuration when selecting Russian (etc.) keyboard layout — POST
ACTION: QA to verify fixes
5. anaconda-webui — The partition resize slider is broken for certain
languages — VERIFIED
ACTION: Upstream to diagnose issue
6. edk2 — fedora ISOs will not boot in qemu-kvm using UEFI — NEW
ACTION: Fix available
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-addc7b1924
7. gnome-initial-setup — Input source menu not available for IME after
gnome-initial-setup — POST
ACTION: No action required
8. gnome-shell — System freeze when touching QuickMenu sliders
(volume/brightness) with touchscreen — NEW
ACTION: Upstream to diagnose issue
9. linux-firmware — Regression in mediatek mt7922 wifi — ASSIGNED
ACTION: Upstream to provide fix if possible
10. systemd — Version upgrade from Fedora 41 to 42 disables
postfix.service — NEW
ACTION: Upstream to provide more information on cause and possible
workaround/fix
11. uboot-tools — uboot-tools-2025.10 is available — NEW
ACTION: Please review and determine if this is a valid blocker bug by
voting in the app
Bug-by-bug detail
=============
Accepted blockers
-----------------
1. blivet-gui — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2401870 — ON_QA
Cannot add encrypted MD RAID btrfs device in blivet-gui
The installer's graphical interface crashes during complex disk setup
involving encryption and specialized file systems. A fix has already
been submitted that resolves this issue
https://github.com/storaged-project/blivet-gui/pull/520
2. dracut — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2394213 — MODIFIED
default hostonly-mode "sloppy" results in significant increase in initramfs size
Over time the size of the Linux kernel and its associated initial
ramdisk (initramfs) images has grown very large, very quickly, making
the default or traditional size for the /boot partition too small.
Some areas to shave off additional bloat have been identified, and a
PR for a partial revert for the hostonly sloppy mode has been
submitted upstream https://github.com/dracut-ng/dracut-ng/pull/1673/.
This fix has landed for Rawhide, but not for F43 yet
https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/dracut/c/6908946c3c0751e9ca807bd230ba62e8a42d38f8?branch=rawhide
3. fedora-repos — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2394213 — ON_QA
fedora-repos: disable updates-testing repo for final F43 release
A PR has been submitted to disable the updates-testing repo ahead of
F43 final https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/fedora-repos/pull-request/161
4. gtk3 — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2397086 — NEW
Drop-down menus not working over RDP in Anaconda
When gtk3 drop-downs are used over RDP, on the first attempt, the
dropdown closes immediately. On further attempts, they work OK. An
issue has been filed upstream
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtk/-/issues/7811 and a fix has been
submitted https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-d6e439498a
which resolves the issue somewhat
5. kiwi — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2396309 — ON_QA
Radxa Rock Pi 4 and Pine64 RockPro64 boards fail to boot with
Kiwi-produced images, probably all RockChip models
Images built for RockChip-based SBCs by Kiwi appear to have been
failing to boot because of how the partitions and firmware are laid
out. A PR has been submitted to fedora-kiwi-descriptions
https://pagure.io/fedora-kiwi-descriptions/pull-request/221 and is
also submitted for F43
https://pagure.io/fedora-kiwi-descriptions/c/176a9d56aa6b00ec66ad1c4680ae110c07c00b88?branch=f43,
so following a compose this should resolve the issue. Testing of the
fix once available will be required to verify it works.
6. libdnf — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2400488 — VERIFIED
libdnf context is not reading and enforcing protected packages,
causing PackageKit to not honor protected packages settings
Removing the cantarell-VF font from Gnome Software causes the Gnome
desktop environment to break and gives users a shell screen rather
than the graphical login. The suspected cause is a regression in
libdnf in PackageKit, which has recently been upgraded, but this
upgrade caused an issue with PackageKit and ultimately seems to be
causing this end-user issue. A fix has been provided which resolves
this issue https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-005db2cfbf
Proposed blockers
-----------------
1. anaconda — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2402675 — NEW
WebUI: org.fedoraproject.Anaconda.KeyboardConfigurationError: The live
system has a layout 'typing-booster' which can't be used for
installation.
The installer seems to trigger a KeyboardConfigurationError because it
is unable to handle or use the special keyboard layout
('typing-booster') that was set in the live system. It also happens
when the installer is running and you click "Change system keyboard
layout", and then add an input method too.
2. anaconda — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2402976 — NEW
rescue mode fails to mount /boot and /boot/efi
When a user boots into the installer, selects Troubleshooting, and
enters Rescue Mode, the system only successfully mounts the main root
(/) partition of the installed operating system to /mnt/sysimage.
There may be an issue with blivet at the core, but further
investigation is needed to confirm the cause of this bug.
3. anaconda-webui — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2389356 — POST
anaconda WebUI crashes with "Password is too weak" error
The installer crashes immediately when a user types a password for
disk encryption (LUKS) that is considered "too weak." This seems to
have been triggered when the system's password strength checker
(pwscore) returns a value of 0 (which means the password is the
weakest possible or fails minimum rules). It immediately crashes as it
identifies this as a 'critical error', rather than displaying a
'password too weak' message. A PR has been submitted upstream which
fixes this issue
https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit/pull/22494, and includes a
webui fix for cockpit too
https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda-webui/pull/1036
4. anaconda-webui — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2402430 — POST
anaconda-webui on KDE produces unusable configuration when selecting
Russian (etc.) keyboard layout
For languages like Russian, the standard setup requires two keyboard
layouts to be configured simultaneously: one for the native (Cyrillic)
characters and the standard US-English layout for ASCII characters.
When a user selects a language like Russian in the KDE-based WebUI, it
only allows them to select a single layout, which makes it impossible
for the user to type all ASCII characters and restricts users from
having disk encryption passphrases and creating username and passwords
with ascii characters. A suggested fix, albeit a minimal one, has been
sent https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda-webui/pull/1037 which
would hide keyboard layout options that cant input ASCII, thus
removing the option, but this also relies on
https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda/pull/6692 being reviewed,
preferably by someone who has experience with javascript. Any help
reviewing these PRs would be appreciated.
5. anaconda-webui — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2403028 — NEW
The partition resize slider is broken for certain languages
The partition resizing tool in the installer is broken for users who
select a language that uses a comma (,) as the decimal separator
(instead of a period (.), as used in English). If a user tries to
install Fedora using another language like French, German and Spanish,
the slider doesn't show the size numbers correctly. Also if the user
interacts with the accompanying text field, the slider breaks
completely and becomes unusable. If anyone could take some time to
take a look at this bug and identify its cause (suspected decimal
comma issue), that would be really helpful.
6. edk2 — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2401623 — NEW
fedora ISOs will not boot in qemu-kvm using UEFI
Fedora 43 ISO fails to boot the kernel on suspected older Intel NUC
hardware when using a VM for this. This is not true for other hardware
such as Lenovo Thinkpads, as the same F43 ISO boots successfully here.
A fix has been submitted which seems to resolve the issue
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-addc7b1924
7. gnome-initial-setup —
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2402147 — POST
Input source menu not available for IME after gnome-initial-setup
The specialized text input tools needed for CJK languages appear to be
missing after install. Users must manually go into the GNOME settings
and add the input source again. This functionality was available in
F42. An issue was filed upstream
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-initial-setup/-/issues/239 and a
fix has been found by the maintainers, which is to not use the
/var/lib/gdm persistent settings location for gnome-initial-setup.
This will match the behavior of previous versions of GNOME.
8. gnome-shell — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2399599 — NEW
System freeze when touching QuickMenu sliders (volume/brightness) with
touchscreen
On a Wayland session, using the touchscreen to interact with GNOME
Shell's QuickMenu sliders (volume or brightness) causes the entire
system to become unresponsive. The mouse pointer can still move, but
clicks, keyboard input, and touch input do not work. Users need to
either shut down the system or close the lid to suspend to get their
sessions working again.
9. linux-firmware —
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2401216 — ASSIGNED
Regression in mediatek mt7922 wifi
A recent update to the Linux firmware package in Fedora seems to have
caused the MT7922 Wi-Fi adapter on several common laptops to fail,
such as the ASUS Zenbook UM3406KA, ASUS Vivobook S14, and Lenovo
ThinkPad L13 Yoga Gen 4. The package version causing this failure
seems to be 20250917-2.fc42. A workaround currently in use is to
downgrade both the linux-firmware and mt7xxx-firmware packages to an
older version, such as linux-firmware-20250808-1 and 20250311-1.fc42
10. systemd — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2363937 — NEW
Version upgrade from Fedora 41 to 42 disables postfix.service
Some users who are upgrading from F41 -> F42, and some F42 - F43 Beta
upgrades too, are reporting losing the postfix.service and nftables.
11. uboot-tools — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2401964 — ASSIGNED
uboot-tools-2025.10 is available
The upstream release monitoring system has reported the availability
of a new updated package set. More investigation is needed to figure
out what the cause of this bug is, as an upgrade from
postfix-2:3.9.0-8.fc41.x86_64 → postfix-2:3.9.1-3.fc42.x86_64, and
then to 2:3.9.1-5.fc42 was successful for one reporter. More
information is definitely needed, so help would be appreciated.
[1] https://calendar.fedoraproject.org/meeting/11131/
[2] https://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/43/final/buglist
[3] https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/test-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/2LKCLTJCNIFK53TVR3VYLD6XX3LO34KT/
[4] https://fedorapeople.org/groups/schedule/f-43/f-43-key-tasks.html
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Aoife Moloney
Fedora Operations Architect
Fedora Project
Matrix: @amoloney:fedora.im
IRC: amoloney
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