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Kernel 7.0 Test Week
Date 2026-04-26 to 2026-05-01
Time all week
Website QA/Test Days
Matrix #kernel:fedoraproject.org(other clients|?)
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Can't make the date?
If you come to this page after the test day is completed, your testing is still valuable, and you can use the information on this page to test, file any bugs you find, and add your results to the results section. If this page is more than a month old when you arrive here, please check the current schedule and see if a similar but more recent Test Day is planned or has already happened.

What to test?[edit]

This Test Day will focus on 7.0 Linux kernel. The primary aim is to test it with Fedora 44 and also Fedora 43.

Who's available[edit]

The following cast of characters will be available testing, workarounds, bug fixes, and general discussion:

You can chat with us on Matrix. See the infobox on top of the page to learn where to join.

Prerequisite for Test Day[edit]

  • A virtual machine or a bare metal machine
  • An installation of Fedora 44/43 (any Edition or Spin). Make sure to fully update your system.
  • Enough free space on storage.

Kernel from a Koji build instructions[edit]

Install koji command-line tool[edit]

RPM-based systems (Workstation, Server, etc) 

sudo dnf install koji

Atomic systems (Silverblue, Kinoite, Sericea, Onyx, CoreOS, IoT, etc)

Install Koji in a toolbox: 

toolbox create
toolbox enter
sudo dnf install koji

Or directly on the host: 

rpm-ostree install koji

And reboot.

List available kernel builds[edit]

You can list available kernel builds with: 

koji list-builds --package=kernel --after="2026-04-22" --pattern "kernel-7.0*"

Download kernel[edit]

Download the RPMs for the 7.0 kernel build you want to test to a test directory, for example kernel-7.0.1-200.fc44: 

mkdir -p ~/work/kernel_test
cd ~/work/kernel_test
koji download-build --arch=$(uname -m) kernel-7.0.1-200.fc44

Install kernel[edit]

RPM-based systems (Workstation, Server, etc)

Update your kernel: 

sudo dnf update kernel-*.rpm

And reboot.

Atomic systems (Silverblue, Kinoite, Sericea, Onyx, CoreOS, IoT, etc)

Override the kernel: 

rpm-ostree override replace kernel-modules-core-7*.rpm kernel-core-7*.rpm kernel-modules-7*.rpm kernel-7*.rpm kernel-modules-extra-7*.rpm

And reboot.

How to test?[edit]

  1. Follow the instructions in QA:Testcase kernel regression. For users running the test day image, the tests are pre-installed in /home/liveuser/kernel-tests/.
  2. Visit the result page and enter your result in the 'Regression' column by clicking Enter result.
  3. If there are any other result columns, click on the column title links to see the tests that need to be run: most column titles are links to a specific test case. Follow the instructions there, then enter your results by clicking the Enter result button for the test.
  4. While the results from the regression tests are interesting, we are also interested in your overall experience with the new kernels. You can put those under QA:Testcase Exploratory Testing.

Reporting bugs[edit]

Known bugs[edit]

Please feel free to comment on the existing bugs with your results and hardware specifications. It is currently unclear which specific hardware configuration or settings are required to reproduce the issue.

Or perhaps you've found a different already-reported bug. Please look at:

New bugs[edit]

All new bugs should be reported to Bugzilla, probably against kernel component.

We really need bug reports!
Please note that just mentioning your problem into the comments section on the results page is not very helpful. Very often those problems only happen in specific circumstances, or with specific steps taken. We need the logs and screenshots, and we need to be able to ask you followup questions. Please file bug reports, it's much more useful than a short comment. Thank you!

When filing the bug, it's very helpful to include:

  • exact steps you've performed (and whether you can reproduce it again)
  • screenshots or videos, if applicable
  • system journal (log), which you can retrieve by journalctl -b > journal.txt
  • all output in a terminal, if started from a terminal
  • your system description

If you are unsure about exactly how to file the report or what other information to include, just ask us.

Please make sure to link to the bug when submitting your test result, thanks!

After testing: Revert override on atomic systems[edit]

If you are on an atomic system (Silverblue, Kinoite, Sericea, Onyx, CoreOS, IoT, etc), you should revert the override and use the stable kernels again. Run the following command to revert it back: 

rpm-ostree override reset kernel-modules kernel-modules-extra kernel-core kernel kernel-modules-core

And reboot.

Exported Test Results[edit]

Regression Test[edit]

User Your hardware details Regression Exploratory Testing References
Adrien D Raspberry Pi 4 Model B - 4Gb RAM - 7.0.1-200.fc44.aarch64
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
  1. ↑ All is OK : https://kerneltest.fedoraproject.org/logs/76494
Adrien D X470 GAMING PRO + AMD Ryzen 5 2600X + AMD Radeon RX 7600 + 32 GiB DDR4 - 7.0.1-200.fc44.x86_64
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
  1. ↑ All is OK - log : https://kerneltest.fedoraproject.org/logs/76489
  2. ↑ 7.0.1-200.fc44.x86_64
Alex Gurenko Lenovo ThinkPad (Meteor Lake platform) P1 gen 7 - Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 165H
Fail fail
[1][2]
  1. ↑ Default test suite failed on cachedrop. With both 7.0.1 and 7.0.2 built-in screen fails to wake from sleep.
  2. ↑ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2464080
Alex Gurenko Ryzen 9 9950X3D + Radeon RX 7900 XTX desktop
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Default test suite passed
bittin Lenovo 0217A16 (ThinkPad Edge)
Fail fail
[1]
  1. ↑ 7.0.2
Brandon Nielsen HP Compaq 8510w Intel T9300 AMD RV630 BIOS
Pass pass
Pass pass
bretth KVM - 7.0.3-200.fc44
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ default & performance tests pass
bretth KVM-7.0.1-200.fc43
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ default & performance tests pass
Christian Labisch Fedora Linux 44 | Intel-i7-10875H | NVIDIA RTX 2070
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
Pass pass
[3]
Pass pass
[4]
Pass pass
[5]
Pass pass
[6]
  1. ↑ kernel-7.0.1-200.fc44.x86_64 | mesa-26.0.3-4.fc44.x86_64
  2. ↑ kernel-7.0.2-200.fc44.x86_64 | mesa-26.0.5-3.fc44.x86_64
  3. ↑ kernel-7.0.3-200.fc44.x86_64 | mesa-26.0.6-2.fc44.x86_64
  4. ↑ kernel-7.0.1-200.fc44.x86_64 | nvidia-595.58.03-x86_64
  5. ↑ kernel-7.0.2-200.fc44.x86_64 | nvidia-595.71.05-x86_64
  6. ↑ kernel-7.0.3-200.fc44.x86_64 | nvidia-595.71.05-x86_64
Christopher Boni Lenovo ThinkPad E14 Gen 4 (Intel)
Pass pass
Derek Enz Thinkpad T14 AMD Ryzen 5 Pro F44 KDE VM
Pass pass
Pass pass
Eugene Mah Asus X75A laptop, Core i5-3230M, Intel graphics, 7.0.1-200.fc44
Pass pass
Eugene Mah Asus X75A laptop, Core i5-3230M, Intel graphics, 7.0.2-200.fc44
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Default tests pass
Eugene Mah Asus X75A laptop, Core i5-3230M, Intel graphics, 7.0.3-200.fc44
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ default tests pass
Eugene Mah Dell Precision Tower 3620 Xeon E3-1240, nvidia Quadro P1000 GPU, 7.0.1-200.fc44
Pass pass
Eugene Mah Xeon W3690, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, kmod-nvidia 595.71.05-1 driver, 7.0.3-200.fc44
Pass pass
Eugene Mah Xeon W3690, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660, nVidia 595.58.03-2 driver, 7.0.1-200.fc44
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ cachedrop test failed, but it always does on this machine
Flo H Thinkpad T470s (all Intel), F43, 7.0.1
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
  1. ↑ test suite complete: PASS
  2. ↑ no regression noted
g6avk kernel-7.0.1-200.fc44.x86_64 > Work Station, Asus prime mobo - Ryzen5 5600g/iGPU, 400 Series Chipset, 32 GiB RAM. (UEFI) Secure boot, SSD's > RAID (ext4)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Default tests pass OK
g6avk kernel-7.0.1-200.fc44.x86_64 > Work Station, Asus prime mobo - Ryzen5 5600g/iGPU, 400 Series Chipset, 32 GiB RAM. (UEFI) Secure boot, SSD's > RAID (ext4)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Default tests pass OK
g6avk kernel-7.0.2-200.fc44.x86_64 > Work Station, Asus prime mobo - Ryzen5 5600g/iGPU, 400 Series Chipset, 32 GiB RAM. (UEFI) Secure boot, SSD's > RAID (ext4)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Default tests pass OK
g6avk kernel-7.0.3-200.fc44.x86_64 > Work Station, Asus prime mobo - Ryzen5 5600g/iGPU, 400 Series Chipset, 32 GiB RAM. (UEFI) Secure boot, SSD's > RAID (ext4)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Default tests pass OK
Geraldo S. Simião Kutz F44 KDE on ACER Aspire A515-45 AMD Ryzen 7 5700U with Radeon Graphics
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
  1. ↑ 7.0.1-200.fc44.x86_64 - PASS
  2. ↑ 7.0.1-200.fc44.x86_64 - Audio, videos, network ALL is working fine - WIFI MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCIe Wireless Network Adapter
itrymybest80 mesa 26.2.0-devel
Pass pass
Jaroslav Groman Gigabyte J3455N-D3H Mini PC - 7.0.2-200.fc44.x86_64
Pass pass
Kurt Lindberg Lenovo ThinkCentre M910s, Intel Core i7-7700, Intel HD Graphics 630, Fedora 43 Workstation, kernel-7.0.1-200.fc43.x86_64
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Default test suite pass
Luna Jernberg Dell Latitude 7390 (gnome-boxes)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Kernel 7.0.2 - Fedora 44
Luna Jernberg Lenovo 0217A16 (ThinkPad Edge)
Warning warn
Luya Tshimbalanga ASUS PRIME X570-PRO + AMD Ryzen™ 9 5950X + AMD Radeon™ RX 9070 XT + 128.0 GiB DDR4 RAM
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ All tests passed including the performance
Luya Tshimbalanga Dell Inspiron 14 7445 convertible AMD Ryzen™ 7 8840HS w/ Radeon™ 780M Graphics
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ All tests passed including the performance
Mark K i7-1165G7 + NVIDIA 595.58.03
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
Pass pass
[3]
Pass pass
[4]
  1. ↑ 7.0.1-200.fc44.x86_64
  2. ↑ 7.0.2-200.fc44.x86_64
  3. ↑ no issues sofar. s2idle works
  4. ↑ 7.0.2-200.fc44.x86_64 + NVIDIA 595.71.05
Muhamad Ridwan CPU: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1235U (12) @ 3.30 GHz
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Result = https://kerneltest.fedoraproject.org/logs/76638
Muhammad Farel Al Ghozali AMD Ryzen 7 8700f | 16GB RAM | NVIDIA RTX 4060 proprietary driver | Fedora 43 | kernel-7.0.2-200.fc43
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Default test suite complete with WARN. Using NVIDIA proprietary driver with thirdparty=y.
nixuser kernel-7.0.1-200.fc44.x86_64 on Intel NUC NUC13ANHi7 (NUC13ANHi7000) (rev N11225-207) 1 x 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1360P Intel Corporation Raptor Lake-P [Iris Xe Graphics] (rev 04)
Pass pass
[1]
  1. ↑ Regression tests pass.
nixuser kernel-7.0.2-200.fc44.x86_64 on Dell Precision T5610 2 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2603 v2 @ 1.80GHz (8 cores total) NVIDIA Corporation GK104 [GeForce GTX 760] (rev a1)
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
  1. ↑ Regression tests pass.
  2. ↑ Server side stuff like samba, httpd, cockpit, XRDP, sshd all working as expected.
nixuser kernel-7.0.3-200.fc44.x86_64 on Dell Precision T5610 2 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2603 v2 @ 1.80GHz (8 cores total) NVIDIA Corporation GK104 [GeForce GTX 760] (rev a1)
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
  1. ↑ Regression tests pass.
  2. ↑ Server side stuff like samba, httpd, cockpit, XRDP, sshd all working as expected.
PauloHeaven AORUS 17 XE4 (Intel Core i7 12700H, RTX 3070 Ti, 32 GB DDR4-3200, NVMe 1 TB)
Warning warn
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
Pass pass
[3]
  1. ↑ https://kerneltest.fedoraproject.org/logs/76504 Fedora 43 install with NVIDIA drivers, cannot get the NVIDIA tests suite to work. I tried to correct the NVIDIA download link but it looks like there are further multiple problems with the code.
  2. ↑ https://kerneltest.fedoraproject.org/logs/76505 Fedora 43 install with NVIDIA drivers, PASS without NVIDIA tests
  3. ↑ Except the usual non-working shortcut keys, everything works as expected.
PauloHeaven Desktop (Gigabyte AORUS X870E Xtreme, AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, RTX 5090, 64 GB DDR5-6000, NVMe 4 TB)
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
  1. ↑ https://kerneltest.fedoraproject.org/logs/76499 Test ISO
  2. ↑ Everything works as intended
Petr Sklenar ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13
Fail fail
[1][2]
  1. ↑ bz 2455924 still there, Linux fedora 7.1.0-0.rc1.260501g26fd6bff2c050.13.fc45.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri May 1 15:31:52 UTC 2026 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  2. ↑ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2455924
Petr Stourac Lenovo ThinkPad (Meteor Lake platform) P1 gen 7 - Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 7 165H
Fail fail
[1][2]
  1. ↑ Kernel 7.0.1: i915 driver causes lock screen freeze and complete display deadlock with Meteor Lake + docking station on Wayland
  2. ↑ https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2463170
py0xc3 7.0.1-200.fc43.x86_64 in KVM/QEMU VM, cpu-passthrough on AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U. F43 KDE Spin.
Pass pass
[1]
Pass pass
[2]
  1. ↑ test suite called with default -> all pass
  2. ↑ Works fine with average activities (firefox, dolphin, konsole, git :)
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