GCC 16.1.1 Status Report (2026-07-01)
GCC 16.1.1 is open for fixes, with GCC 16.2 release candidate planned for July 31st. P1-P3 bugs have increased.
Richard Biener provides a status report for GCC 16.1.1, indicating the branch is open for regression and documentation fixes. Planning for the GCC 16.2 release is underway, with a release candidate scheduled for July 31st and the final release on August 7th, assuming no critical issues arise. This allows approximately one month for addressing accumulated regressions and backporting fixes from the development trunk. The report notes an increase in P1-P3 bugs since the last update.
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Reports on the status of the GCC 16.1.1 branch, release planning for GCC 16.2, and the current bug counts.
In Details
This is a routine status report for the GCC compiler's stable 16.1.1 release branch. It signals that the branch is now primarily for fixing regressions and documentation. The key information is the timeline for the next point release, 16.2, including the date for its release candidate and the projected final release. It also provides a quantitative overview of the bug situation, categorizing issues by priority (P1-P5) and noting the change in counts since the previous report, highlighting an increase in high-priority bugs.
- Regression
- A bug introduced in a new version of software that causes a feature that previously worked correctly to fail.
- Release candidate (RC)
- A version of software that is considered stable enough for release, but is still put through final testing to catch any remaining critical bugs before the official release.
- Backporting
- The process of taking a bug fix or feature from a newer version of software and applying it to an older, released version.
- Trunk
- The primary development branch of a software project, where new features and changes are integrated.