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ROS 2

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Robot Operating System providing middleware and tooling for robotics applications

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ROS 2's release feed announces binary packages and tells you almost nothing else.

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◆Current state
ROS 2 is the robotics middleware, and this feed is a package-distribution channel rather than a changelog. Every entry carries the same boilerplate — here are the binaries, check the installation instructions, ignore the auto-generated source links. Three release tracks run in parallel: nightly Rolling builds, patch releases for the current Lyrical Luth distribution, and continued patches for the older Jazzy Jalisco. What actually changed in any of them is not stated here.
◆Where it's heading
The visible pattern is distribution lifecycle management, not feature work. Lyrical Luth released in May 2026 on Ubuntu 26.04 and RHEL 10 and has since taken two patch releases; Jazzy continues receiving patches but has dropped Windows binaries under the platform EOL policy now that Windows 10 is end-of-life. Rolling rebuilds nightly whenever jobs have not failed.
◆Prediction
Expect the Lyrical patch cadence to continue and Jazzy's platform coverage to keep narrowing as its supported OS versions age out; these notes will not say what the patches contain.

◆Recent moves

  1. 1d ago

    ROS 2 Rolling - Nightlies 2026-08-10

    A nightly Rolling binary build, published automatically when jobs have not failed. No changelog content — it is a package drop, not a release.

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  2. 3d ago

    ROS Lyrical Luth - Patch Release 2 (2026/08/07)

    The second patch release for the Lyrical Luth distribution. The note carries only installation boilerplate, so the contents of the patch are not visible from this feed.

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  3. 1mo ago

    ROS Lyrical Luth - Patch Release 1 (2026/06/23)

    The first Lyrical Luth patch release, arriving about a month after the distribution shipped. Boilerplate only.

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  4. 1mo ago

    ROS 2 Jazzy Jalisco - Patch Release 8

    A Jazzy Jalisco patch release notable only for what it drops: Windows binaries are excluded under the platform EOL policy now that Windows 10, the supported version for Jazzy, has reached end of life. Debian and RPM packages continue.

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  5. 1mo ago

    ROS 2 Jazzy Jalisco - Patch Release 7

    A Jazzy Jalisco patch release published minutes before the following one, with Ubuntu 24.04 and RHEL 9 packages. The date inside the body does not match the publication date, so treat the ordering of these two Jazzy patches with care.

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  6. 2mo ago

    Lyrical Luth distribution released on Ubuntu 26.04 and RHEL 10

    The release of a new ROS 2 distribution, which is the event the subsequent patch releases in this feed hang off. It moves the supported base to Ubuntu 26.04 and RHEL 10; as with everything in this feed, the note describes how to install it rather than what changed.

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