Linux 7.2 is on track to release next week as AI bug finders continue to set the new norm for the kernel
Linux 7.2 is on track to be released next weekend with its seventh release candidate, rc7, currently in testing. The size of rc7 is larger than usual, but most fixes are small and scattered across the tree, with AI agents finding bugs faster than humans. Linus Torvalds seems confident that the kernel will be released next weekend unless something huge is discovered.
- ▪Linux 7.2 is likely to be released next weekend with its seventh release candidate, rc7, currently in testing.
- ▪AI agents are finding bugs faster than humans, resulting in larger release candidate sizes.
- ▪The bugs found in rc7 are minor, and Torvalds is confident that the kernel will be released next weekend unless something huge is discovered.
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