[Development] Meeting minutes from Qt Release Team meeting 21.04.2026

[Jani Heikkinen]

Qt 6.11 status:
- Qt 6.11.1 preparations are started
   * The first snapshot is created and tested
   * The target is to start branching from 6.11 to 6.11.1 later this week, immediately after dependency update round succeed in '6.11'
   * The plan is to release Qt 6.11.1 at the end of April but there might be short delay because of delay with branching
 
Qt 6.12 status:
- Qt 6.12 platform and module freeze will be in effect 15th May and Qt 6.12 Feature Freeze will be in effect 29th May
   * it is time to start add new modules etc in packages, if there will be any.

Next meeting Tue 28th April 2026 16:00 CET
 
br,
Jani Heikkinen
Release Manager

irc log below:
[17:00:22] <jaheikki3> ablasche: akseli: carewolf: frkleint: lars: mapaaso_: The-Compiler: thiago: vohi[M]: ping
[17:01:13] <thiago> jaheikki3: pong
[17:01:50] <vohi[M]> jaheikki3: pong
[17:02:04] <jaheikki3> time to start qt release team meeting
[17:02:14] <jaheikki3> on agenda today:
[17:02:22] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.11 status
[17:02:28] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.12 status
[17:02:38] <jaheikki3> Any additional item to the agenda?
[17:04:16] <jaheikki3> Let's start from 6.11 status
[17:04:29] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.11.1 preparations are started
[17:04:36] <jaheikki3> The first snapshot is created and tested
[17:04:57] <jaheikki3> arget is to start branching from 6.11 to 6.11.1 later this week, immediately after dependency update round succeed in '6.11'
[17:05:32] <jaheikki3> The plan is to release Qt 6.11.1 at the end of April but there might be short delay because of delay with branching
[17:05:50] <jaheikki3> (the target was to start branching already at the beginning of this week)
[17:06:15] <jaheikki3> That's actually all about 6.11 status. Any comments or questions?
[17:07:19] <jaheikki3> Then Qt 6.12 status
[17:08:11] <jaheikki3> New snapshot created from lastest successful dependency update round in 'dev'
[17:08:30] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.12 platform and module freeze will be in effect 15th May
[17:09:19] <jaheikki3> and Qt 6.12 Feature freeze will be in effect 29th May, only a bit more a month to implement new features for 6.12
[17:09:59] <jaheikki3> it is time to start add new modules etc in packages, if there will be any. So far I don't know any
[17:10:38] <jaheikki3> that's all about 6.12 at this time. Any comments or questions?
[17:11:21] <vohi[M]> we expect HarmonyOS support to land in Qt 6.12, that's the only significant addition impacted by the freeze on the 15th that I'm aware of
[17:11:40] <jaheikki3> yeah
[17:13:02] <jaheikki3> It was all at this time so let's end this meeting now & have new one tue 28th April at this same time
[17:13:12] <jaheikki3> thanks for your participation, bye!
[17:14:45] <vohi[M]> ok, thanks, bye!