# linux changelog

> Linux kernel source tree

- Vendor: torvalds
- Category: Operating Systems
- Official site: https://github.com
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/linux)
- Harvested from: Blog (https://github.com/torvalds/linux/tags.atom)
- Entries below: 11 (newest first)

What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog.

## Releases

### v7.2-rc5

- Date: 2026-07-26
- Version: v7.2-rc5
- Original notes: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/releases/tag/v7.2-rc5
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/linux/releases/v7.2-rc5
- Labels: Pre-release

### v7.2-rc4

- Date: 2026-07-19
- Version: v7.2-rc4
- Original notes: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/releases/tag/v7.2-rc4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/linux/releases/v7.2-rc4
- Labels: Pre-release

### v7.2-rc3

- Date: 2026-07-12
- Version: v7.2-rc3
- Original notes: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/releases/tag/v7.2-rc3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/linux/releases/v7.2-rc3
- Labels: Pre-release

### v7.2-rc2

- Date: 2026-07-06
- Version: v7.2-rc2
- Original notes: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/releases/tag/v7.2-rc2
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/linux/releases/v7.2-rc2
- Labels: Pre-release

### v7.2-rc1

- Date: 2026-06-28
- Version: v7.2-rc1
- Original notes: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/releases/tag/v7.2-rc1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/linux/releases/v7.2-rc1
- Labels: Pre-release

### v7.1

- Date: 2026-06-14
- Version: v7.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/releases/tag/v7.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/linux/releases/v7.1

### v7.1-rc7

- Date: 2026-06-07
- Version: v7.1-rc7
- Original notes: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/releases/tag/v7.1-rc7
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/linux/releases/v7.1-rc7
- Labels: Pre-release

### v7.1-rc6

- Date: 2026-05-31
- Version: v7.1-rc6
- Original notes: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/releases/tag/v7.1-rc6
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/linux/releases/v7.1-rc6
- Labels: Pre-release

### v7.1-rc5

- Date: 2026-05-24
- Version: v7.1-rc5
- Original notes: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/releases/tag/v7.1-rc5
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/linux/releases/v7.1-rc5
- Labels: Pre-release

### v7.1-rc4

- Date: 2026-05-17
- Version: v7.1-rc4
- Original notes: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/releases/tag/v7.1-rc4
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/linux/releases/v7.1-rc4
- Labels: Pre-release

### v7.1-rc3

- Date: 2026-05-10
- Version: v7.1-rc3
- Original notes: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/releases/tag/v7.1-rc3
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/linux/releases/v7.1-rc3
- Labels: Pre-release