Bug 2431863 (F44Everythingbootx86_64Oversize) - Fedora 44: Everything boot x86_64 image exceeds maximum size
Summary: Fedora 44: Everything boot x86_64 image exceeds maximum size
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: F44Everythingbootx86_64Oversize
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: distribution
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Aoife Moloney
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL:
Whiteboard: AcceptedBlocker
Depends On:
Blocks: FedoraOversizeTracker F44FinalBlocker
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2026-01-21 21:58 UTC by Fedora QA Tools SIG
Modified: 2026-03-25 17:44 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2026-03-25 17:44:21 UTC
Type: ---
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Description Fedora QA Tools SIG 2026-01-21 21:58:33 UTC
Everything boot x86_64 image https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/rawhide/Fedora-Rawhide-20260121.n.1/compose/Everything/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-Rawhide-20260121.n.1.iso from compose Fedora-Rawhide-20260121.n.1 is 1200879616 bytes, exceeding the maximum size 1200000000. Canonical maximum sizes can be found at https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/f44/spins/ and https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/releases/f44/blocking/ . This check is run by the 'relval' tool, which has its own list of maximum sizes derived from those pages. If the maximum size used for this comparison is wrong, please add a comment and file a bug against relval at https://pagure.io/fedora-qa/relval/issues and it will be corrected. If you believe the canonical maximum size for an image should be changed, please follow the appropriate process before filing a relval bug.

Comment 1 Fedora QA Tools SIG 2026-01-27 07:17:47 UTC
Everything boot x86_64 image https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/rawhide/Fedora-Rawhide-20260127.n.0/compose/Everything/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-Rawhide-20260127.n.0.iso from compose Fedora-Rawhide-20260127.n.0 is 1201160192 bytes, exceeding the maximum size 1200000000.

Comment 2 Fedora QA Tools SIG 2026-02-18 19:34:09 UTC
Everything boot x86_64 image https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/branched/Fedora-44-20260211.n.0/compose/Everything/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-44-20260211.n.0.iso from compose Fedora-44-20260211.n.0 is 1202577408 bytes, exceeding the maximum size 1200000000.

Comment 3 Fedora QA Tools SIG 2026-02-18 19:35:20 UTC
Everything boot x86_64 image https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/branched/Fedora-44-20260214.n.0/compose/Everything/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-44-20260214.n.0.iso from compose Fedora-44-20260214.n.0 is 1202561024 bytes, exceeding the maximum size 1200000000.

Comment 4 Fedora QA Tools SIG 2026-02-18 19:36:28 UTC
Everything boot x86_64 image https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/branched/Fedora-44-20260217.n.0/compose/Everything/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-44-20260217.n.0.iso from compose Fedora-44-20260217.n.0 is 1202548736 bytes, exceeding the maximum size 1200000000.

Comment 5 Kamil Páral 2026-02-23 15:23:21 UTC
Automatic blocker per policy: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:SOP_blocker_bug_process#Automatic_blockers

Comment 6 Fedora QA Tools SIG 2026-02-25 07:55:10 UTC
Everything boot x86_64 image https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/44/Fedora-44-20260225.0/compose/Everything/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-44_Beta-1.1.iso from compose Fedora-44-20260225.0 is 1202567168 bytes, exceeding the maximum size 1200000000.

Comment 7 Fedora QA Tools SIG 2026-02-28 09:50:07 UTC
Everything boot x86_64 image https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/44/Fedora-44-20260228.0/compose/Everything/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-44_Beta-1.2.iso from compose Fedora-44-20260228.0 is 1202569216 bytes, exceeding the maximum size 1200000000.

Comment 8 Fedora QA Tools SIG 2026-03-11 08:46:54 UTC
Everything boot x86_64 image https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/branched/Fedora-44-20260311.n.0/compose/Everything/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-44-20260311.n.0.iso from compose Fedora-44-20260311.n.0 is 1208608768 bytes, exceeding the maximum size 1200000000.

Comment 9 Adam Williamson 2026-03-13 01:23:11 UTC
So I took a look at this but there's just not much of an edge to get a hold of. It's not much bigger overall than 43 (we were right on the edge of the limit). Firmware got a bit bigger, drivers got a bit bigger, and that's about it. The firmware is mainly new Intel wireless firmwares, don't think we can get rid of them.

biggest stuff in 43 image:

73532	/mnt/temp4/usr/lib/firmware/intel/iwlwifi
75307	/mnt/temp4/usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ga102/gsp
75559	/mnt/temp4/usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ga102
85360	/mnt/temp4/usr/lib/firmware/intel
88368	/mnt/temp4/usr/lib/modules/6.17.1-300.fc43.x86_64/kernel/drivers
104116	/mnt/temp4/usr/lib/firmware/nvidia
109122	/mnt/temp4/usr/lib/modules/6.17.1-300.fc43.x86_64/kernel
133013	/mnt/temp4/usr/lib/modules/6.17.1-300.fc43.x86_64
133015	/mnt/temp4/usr/lib/modules
153300	/mnt/temp4/usr/share/locale
212659	/mnt/temp4/usr/bin
228153	/mnt/temp4/usr/lib/locale
270794	/mnt/temp4/usr/share
348283	/mnt/temp4/usr/lib/firmware
538889	/mnt/temp4/usr/lib64
754087	/mnt/temp4/usr/lib
1835527	/mnt/temp4/usr
1895109	/mnt/temp4

biggest stuff in 44 image:

75307	/mnt/temp3/usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ga102/gsp
75559	/mnt/temp3/usr/lib/firmware/nvidia/ga102
79872	/mnt/temp3/usr/lib/firmware/intel/iwlwifi
91361	/mnt/temp3/usr/lib/modules/6.19.6-300.fc44.x86_64/kernel/drivers
95501	/mnt/temp3/usr/lib/firmware/intel
104116	/mnt/temp3/usr/lib/firmware/nvidia
111212	/mnt/temp3/usr/lib/modules/6.19.6-300.fc44.x86_64/kernel
136674	/mnt/temp3/usr/lib/modules/6.19.6-300.fc44.x86_64
136676	/mnt/temp3/usr/lib/modules
153361	/mnt/temp3/usr/share/locale
223156	/mnt/temp3/usr/bin
228290	/mnt/temp3/usr/lib/locale
269689	/mnt/temp3/usr/share
364518	/mnt/temp3/usr/lib/firmware
563696	/mnt/temp3/usr/lib64
784868	/mnt/temp3/usr/lib
1898131	/mnt/temp3/usr
1958398	/mnt/temp3

The ~10M in /usr/bin is already slim pickings, and it's spread around a lot. 3.6M of it is bootupctl, which is in F44 and wasn't in F43 (dunno why yet). The rest just seems to be files that got a bit bigger, though. Can't do much about that.

Ignoring the 'what's the difference?' angle and just looking for stuff we can get rid of...I can't find much. All the big stuff is the same big stuff as it's been for years. Firmware, drivers, GTK 3, GTK 4, the CJK font, libLLVM, libgallium, libicudata, podman, skopeo...we've looked into it all and we can't really do much with it. Having GTK 3 and 4 is stupid but we can't solve it until we move netinsts to webUI, because gtkUI is GTK 3 but GNOME Kiosk (which it runs on) is GTK 4. (OK we could try running gtkUI on Weston instead of GNOME Kiosk? But that's clearly out of F44 scope at least).

On the whole I think we might just have to bump the limits again :(

Comment 10 Fedora QA Tools SIG 2026-03-14 08:54:00 UTC
Everything boot x86_64 image https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/branched/Fedora-44-20260314.n.0/compose/Everything/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-44-20260314.n.0.iso from compose Fedora-44-20260314.n.0 is 1210802176 bytes, exceeding the maximum size 1200000000.

Comment 11 Adam Williamson 2026-03-16 18:31:01 UTC
Size limit bump proposal: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/operations/docs/pulls/102

Comment 12 Fedora QA Tools SIG 2026-03-24 08:57:20 UTC
Everything boot x86_64 image https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/compose/branched/Fedora-44-20260324.n.0/compose/Everything/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Everything-netinst-x86_64-44-20260324.n.0.iso from compose Fedora-44-20260324.n.0 is 1216827392 bytes, exceeding the maximum size 1200000000.

Comment 13 Adam Williamson 2026-03-25 17:44:21 UTC
The size limit bump is approved and merged and I've updated the metadata. Closing this, hopefully it should not get re-opened.


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