[Releasing] Meeting minutes from Qt Release Team meeting 11.08.2026

[Jani Heikkinen]

Qt 6.12 status

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Qt 6.12 beta3 content is not frozen yet, but the target is to freeze it asap and release Qt 6.12 beta3 by mid August
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Qt 6.12 API change review is still ongoing, see https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2026-August/047402.html
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Qt 6.12 String Freeze will be in effect Tue 18th August
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Soft string freeze announced: https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/localization/2026-August/000644.html
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We will separate Qt Webengine and Qt PDF from Qt releases in Qt 6.12.0 and later releases

Qt 6.11 status

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Qt 6.11.2 release content isn't frozen yet, the last changes are integrating in 6.11.2 branch
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The target is to freeze Qt 6.11.2 release content as soon as possible
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The target is to release Qt 6.11.2 by the end of next week.

Next meeting Tue 18th August 2026 16:00 CET

Br,
Jani Heikkinen
Release Manager

irc log below:
[17:00:48] <jaheikki3> ablasche: akseli:ankokko: carewolf: frkleint: lars: mapaaso: The-Compiler: thiago: vohi[M]: ping
[17:01:02] <vohi[M]> jaheikki3: pong
[17:03:21] <jaheikki3> Time to start Qt release team meeting
[17:03:26] <jaheikki3> On agenda today:
[17:03:30] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.12 status
[17:03:36] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.11 status
[17:03:44] <jaheikki3> Any additional item to the agenda?
[17:05:16] <jaheikki3> Let's start from Qt 6.12 status:
[17:05:40] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.12 beta3 content is not frozen yet, but the target is to freeze it asap and release Qt 6.12 beta3 by mid August
[17:06:08] <jaheikki3> dependency update round currently ongoing and the plan is to do the Beta3 from it
[17:06:26] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.12 API change review is still ongoing, see https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/development/2026-August/047402.html
[17:06:45] <thiago> jaheikki3: pong
[17:06:58] <jaheikki3> As I wrote we should finalize it as soon as possible so please help with that
[17:07:09] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.12 String Freeze will be in effect Tue 18th August
[17:07:14] <jaheikki3> Soft string freeze announced today: https://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/localization/2026-August/000644.html
[17:07:56] <vohi[M]> Note to people involved: At this point, unresolved discussions from the API/ header review should result in blocking JIRA tickets so that we can establish the list of things to do.
[17:08:32] <jaheikki3> And then some releasing related change: Qt 6.12 whould be CRA ready and that's why we are planning to separate Qt Webengine and Qt PDF releases from Qt releases in Qt 6.12.0 and later releases
[17:09:22] <jaheikki3> Work to enable that is still ongoing
[17:09:25] <thiago> they should always have been
[17:09:34] <thiago> the timing "just happened to coincide" so far
[17:09:42] <jaheikki3> thiago: that's true
[17:11:00] <jaheikki3> that's all about 6.12 status at this time. Any comments or questions?
[17:12:49] <jaheikki3> Then Qt 6.11 status
[17:13:17] <jaheikki3> Qt 6.11.2 release content isn't frozen yet, the last changes are integrating in 6.11.2 branch
[17:14:13] <jaheikki3> The target is to freeze Qt 6.11.2 release content as soon as possible, hoping already tomorrow morning. and then  create release packages & start testing
[17:14:53] <jaheikki3> The target was to release Qt 6.11.2 this Thu but that won't happen so we are targeting to release Qt 6.11.2 by the end of next week
[17:15:20] <jaheikki3> that's all about 6.11 status at this time. Any comments or questions?
[17:16:13] <thiago> not from me
[17:16:22] <carewolf> no
[17:17:12] <jaheikki3> It was all at this time so let's end this meeting now & have new one Tue 18th August at this same time
[17:17:23] <jaheikki3> Thanks for your participation, bye!
[17:17:30] <carewolf> bye
[17:18:37] <frkleint> bye
[17:18:43] <thiago> bye
[17:18:44] <vohi[M]> bye, thanks!

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