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This page includes information on upgrading Rawhide, or a Fedora pre-release (Alpha or Beta) of the next release of Fedora, to the final release.

Can I update the Fedora 40 Alpha/Beta/Snap# release to the final Fedora 40 release?

Yes. If you continue to apply updates after installing you should get a similar system to if you installed the final release. The differences would be any changes to the installer or package updates that did things differently than a new install.

After updating to final, I see the new fedora and updates repos, but why is my rawhide repo also still enabled?

This will happen if you have manually modified your /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-rawhide.repo file before updating Package-x-generic-16.pngfedora-release. For example, if you have switched from using mirrorlist= to baseurl= for a repository definition, this situation occurs. Once Package-x-generic-16.pngfedora-release is updated, rather than overwrite your configuration changes, the new Rawhide repository file is created as fedora-rawhide.repo.rpmnew. To disable Rawhide, either toggle enabled=0 in your modified configuration, select the Software Sources application from System > Administration > Software Sources on the menu, or run this command:

su -c 'mv /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-rawhide.repo.rpmnew /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-rawhide.repo'

I found a Fedora 40 ISO leak before release day! Is it legit or is it exploited?

The only way to know for sure is to verify the leaked SHA256SUM CHECKSUM file's GPG signature (if available) with the official Fedora GPG key. If you can't, or won't do this, it's safer to just be patient and wait for release day. Also note that even if the early leak does check out, it might not be the FINAL release. Fedora has in the past had to re-push last-minute changes to the official releases.

If I report my problem to fedora-test list or post in fedora forum, will my issues reach the developers?

You can use such avenues for discussions however for maximum efficiency, we always recommend that all actual bugs be reported to the Fedora bug tracker (Bugzilla) against the appropriate package in rawhide. This is the only assured way of reaching the right developers.

When is Fedora 40 going to be released?

An up-to-date release schedule is always maintained at Releases/40/Schedule.

What are the new features in Fedora 40?

The Fedora_12_Announcement and Fedora 40 feature list has more details.

Should I upgrade to Fedora 40?

We offer you the choice of the greatest and latest release. Per the Fedora lifecyle policy, each release of Fedora is maintained until a month after the second following release. For example, Fedora 38 will stop getting updates a month after Fedora 40 release. We highly recommend that users of unmaintained, "end-of-life" (EOL) releases upgrade to a newer release to continue getting critical security fixes.

How can I upgrade?

Refer to Upgrading.

Where can I get support for 40 pre-releases?

For IRC Support, please use the #fedora-qa channel instead of the main #fedora channel. The FedoraForum site has a dedicated forum for Alpha and Beta pre-releases; please use that forum instead of the main forum. For email list discussions, please use the fedora-test-list.

I installed 40 Beta thinking it would be a good way to get 40, but now I am on rawhide. What happened?

If you install the Beta version, the rawhide repo is enabled. If you update after the next versions rawhide has started, you will be updated to that instead of the final release of 40. Re-install with 40 once it's released. Beta isn't a good way to install a prerelease after the next Fedora version rawhide has started unless you manually change your repositories as above.