Bug 2451703

Summary:	upgrade f43>f44 upgrades, but default kernel is from f43
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Petr Sklenar <psklenar>
Component:	kernel	Assignee:	Justin M. Forbes <jforbes>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Priority:	unspecified
Version:	44	CC:	acaringi, adscvr, airlied, awilliam, hans, hpa, jforbes, kernel-maint, linville, masami256, mchehab, nickolasjcarr, ptalbert, robatino, steved, suraj.ghimire7
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Description Petr Sklenar 2026-03-26 13:51:10 UTC

1, install f43
2, sudo dnf upgrade --refresh
3, reboot
4, sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=44
5, dnf5 offline reboot
wait a while

there is :
root@localhost-live:~# cat /etc/fedora-release
Fedora release 44 (Forty Four)

BUT

root@localhost-live:~# grubby --default-kernel
/boot/vmlinuz-6.19.9-200.fc43.x86_64
root@localhost-live:~# uname -a
Linux localhost-live 6.19.9-200.fc43.x86_64 #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu Mar 19 21:34:56 UTC 2026 x86_64 GNU/Linux
root@localhost-live:~# rpm -q rpm
rpm-6.0.1-2.fc44.x86_64

root@localhost-live:~# rpm -q kernel
kernel-6.17.1-300.fc43.x86_64
kernel-6.19.9-200.fc43.x86_64
kernel-6.19.8-300.fc44.x86_64



Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Petr Sklenar 2026-03-26 13:52:44 UTC

its probably due to the fact that kernel-6.19.9-200.fc43.x86_64 is higher

Comment 2 Fedora Blocker Bugs Application 2026-03-26 14:00:42 UTC

Proposed as a Blocker for 44-final by Fedora user psklenar using the blocker tracking app because:

 f43 upgrade to f44 processed without any issue.
But after the reboot - default kernel is from fedora 43.

Comment 3 Adam Williamson 2026-03-26 16:57:43 UTC

I don't think this actually violates any criteria, if the system works.

It's also probably resolved right now, because https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-1f3a3ab9fa went stable. If https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-d4572d6000 goes stable before https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2026-e976c4f5fa , it'd probably happen again. But yeah, I don't think it's really a *problem* per se.

Comment 4 Justin M. Forbes 2026-03-26 17:02:14 UTC

F44 and F43 (and F42) always have the same kernel versions unless you happen to upgrade during a freeze. I am guessing you installed 6.19.9 while it was in updates testing, and did the upgrade before it was promoted to stable. This is expected behavior and not a bug. If you are dealing with stable repositories, they should typically be in sync. F44 kernels are -300 for the 6.19.x series, so it should be an upgrade for all earlier releases.