Hello folks, hope you are well today.
I have noticed that there hasn’t been a Rocky 8.10 kernel update since kernel-4.18.0-553.81.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm on 31/10/2025, whereas RHEL 8.10 is currently up to kernel-4.18.0-553.84.1.el8_10.x86_64.rpm.
Are you currently having any issues with this?
Many thanks,
Josh
The reason why the kernel (and other secure boot packages) take a long time to be built and released is that they require secure boot signing, which has to be done in a secure environment and by approved builders. Couple this with Release Engineering working on 9.7 and 10.1 (as time permits as we are volunteers), the kernels will inevitably be behind.
As a note: 84.1 was released today. There should be zero expectation for immediate turn around.
I would also like to add to this, that it’s no different for any of the other EL clones either. There are occasions where Rocky has released package updates, including kernel updates before Alma has released. Sometimes they have released before us. Either way it’s irrelevant who is first, and when they appear. None of the EL clones release immediately.
If you expect updates to be immediately released based on RHEL’s schedule, then part with your money and buy a RHEL subscription. Otherwise, you simply just wait and accept that they will be ready when they are ready and reset your expectations that updates are not released based on RHEL’s timeline.
Hi folks, thanks for the quick response. I really appreciate the work you folks are doing. Rocky Linux kernels are usually available very quickly, usually within a few days of the RHEL kernel becoming available, so I wasn’t sure if it was something you were aware of.
Nearest Rocky mirror (to me) has that and 83.1 (dated 2025-11-12).
Are your mirrors up to date?
RHEL has apparently released new kernel for el8 every Monday, with lastest 84.1 today.
Hi jlehtone,
Our Foreman instance is syncing from the below URL and has last successfully synced 14 hours ago.
Kernel version 83 is appearing on the mirror now though, so perhaps the mirror hadn’t updated correctly a few hours ago. If that’s the case thanks so much for looking into it folks!
Mirrors will need time to sync, mine were still on 81.1 and not seeing anything until I did a dnf clean all.