Qubes OS updates Weekly Review - Y2025-W31

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Qubes OS updates Weekly Review - Y2025-W31

Introduction

Weekly review of new packages uploaded to Qubes OS repositories. Link to previous Newsletter here.

Alphabetically sorted list of new packages uploaded to Qubes OS repositories 
qubes-core-agent-4.2.43-1.fc41.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-4.2.43-1.fc42.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-caja-4.2.43-1.fc41.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-caja-4.2.43-1.fc42.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-caja_4.2.43-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-caja_4.2.43-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-caja_4.2.43-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-caja_4.2.43-1+noble1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-dbgsym_4.2.43-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-dbgsym_4.2.43-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates-4.2.43-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates-4.2.43-1.fc42.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates_4.2.43-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates_4.2.43-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates_4.2.43-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-dom0-updates_4.2.43-1+noble1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-nautilus-4.2.43-1.fc41.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-nautilus-4.2.43-1.fc42.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-nautilus_4.2.43-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-nautilus_4.2.43-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-nautilus_4.2.43-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-nautilus_4.2.43-1+noble1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-network-manager-4.2.43-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-network-manager-4.2.43-1.fc42.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-network-manager_4.2.43-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-network-manager_4.2.43-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-network-manager_4.2.43-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-network-manager_4.2.43-1+noble1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-networking-4.2.43-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-networking-4.2.43-1.fc42.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-networking_4.2.43-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-networking_4.2.43-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-networking_4.2.43-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-networking_4.2.43-1+noble1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root-4.2.43-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root-4.2.43-1.fc42.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root_4.2.43-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root_4.2.43-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root_4.2.43-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-passwordless-root_4.2.43-1+noble1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-selinux-4.2.43-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-selinux-4.2.43-1.fc42.noarch.rpm
qubes-core-agent-systemd-4.2.43-1.fc41.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-systemd-4.2.43-1.fc42.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-thunar-4.2.43-1.fc41.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-thunar-4.2.43-1.fc42.x86_64.rpm
qubes-core-agent-thunar_4.2.43-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-thunar_4.2.43-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-thunar_4.2.43-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent-thunar_4.2.43-1+noble1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent_4.2.43-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent_4.2.43-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent_4.2.43-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
qubes-core-agent_4.2.43-1+noble1_amd64.deb
qubes-vm-core-4.2.43-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
qubes-vm-keyring-4.2.43-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
qubes-vm-networking-4.2.43-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
qubes-vm-passwordless-root-4.2.43-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
qubes-windows-tools-4.2.1-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
salt-3007.6-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
salt-3007.6-2.fc41.noarch.rpm
salt-api-3007.6-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
salt-api-3007.6-2.fc41.noarch.rpm
salt-api_3007.6-2+deb12u1_all.deb
salt-api_3007.6-2+deb13u1_all.deb
salt-api_3007.6-2+noble1_all.deb
salt-cloud-3007.6-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
salt-cloud-3007.6-2.fc41.noarch.rpm
salt-cloud_3007.6-2+deb12u1_all.deb
salt-cloud_3007.6-2+deb13u1_all.deb
salt-cloud_3007.6-2+noble1_all.deb
salt-common_3007.6-2+deb12u1_all.deb
salt-common_3007.6-2+deb13u1_all.deb
salt-common_3007.6-2+noble1_all.deb
salt-doc_3007.6-2+deb12u1_all.deb
salt-doc_3007.6-2+deb13u1_all.deb
salt-doc_3007.6-2+noble1_all.deb
salt-master-3007.6-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
salt-master-3007.6-2.fc41.noarch.rpm
salt-master_3007.6-2+deb12u1_all.deb
salt-master_3007.6-2+deb13u1_all.deb
salt-master_3007.6-2+noble1_all.deb
salt-minion-3007.6-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
salt-minion-3007.6-2.fc41.noarch.rpm
salt-minion_3007.6-2+deb12u1_all.deb
salt-minion_3007.6-2+deb13u1_all.deb
salt-minion_3007.6-2+noble1_all.deb
salt-proxy_3007.6-2+deb12u1_all.deb
salt-proxy_3007.6-2+deb13u1_all.deb
salt-proxy_3007.6-2+noble1_all.deb
salt-ssh-3007.6-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
salt-ssh-3007.6-2.fc41.noarch.rpm
salt-ssh_3007.6-2+deb12u1_all.deb
salt-ssh_3007.6-2+deb13u1_all.deb
salt-ssh_3007.6-2+noble1_all.deb
salt-syndic-3007.6-1.fc41.noarch.rpm
salt-syndic-3007.6-2.fc41.noarch.rpm
salt-syndic_3007.6-2+deb12u1_all.deb
salt-syndic_3007.6-2+deb13u1_all.deb
salt-syndic_3007.6-2+noble1_all.deb
xen-utils-guest_5.0.3-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
xen-utils-guest_5.0.4-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
xen-utils-guest_5.0.4-1+deb13u1_amd64.deb
xen-utils-guest_5.0.4-1+jammy1_amd64.deb
xen-utils-guest_5.0.4-1+noble1_amd64.deb

Highlights

  • Debian 13 Trixie related patches.

Details

In addition to the usual minor fixes and patches (full list here):

  • qubes-template-debian-13-minimal 4.3.0-202508032011 (r4.3)
    qubes-template-debian-13 4.3.0-202508032011 (r4.3)
    qubes-template-debian-13-xfce 4.3.0-202508032011 (r4.3)
    A fresh set of Debian 13 templates. These should include fixes for networking on sys-firewall and missing Thunar shortcut in AppMenu. Also fix for salt which was discussed last week.

  • salt v3007.6-2 (r4.3)
    salt v3007.6-1 (r4.3)
    Salt version upgrade with all of the latest patches. The highlight is Debian 13 support.

  • installer-qubes-os-windows-tools v4.2.1-1 (r4.3)
    installer-qubes-os-windows-tools v4.2.0-1 (r4.3)
    . A long list of almost 100 commits and 2000 lines of changes. Most are older commits.
    . The most new commits are to automatically accept test signed drivers.

  • gui-agent-windows v4.2.2 (r4.3)
    . Fix for a bug to allow Windows qubes to be used with a dedicated sys-gui*.

  • vmm-xen-guest v5.0.4-1 (r4.3)
    vmm-xen-guest v5.0.4-1 (r4.2)
    vmm-xen-guest v5.0.3-1 (r4.2)
    Fix for Debian 13 trixie networking issue as sys-firewall

  • core-agent-linux v4.2.43 (r4.2)
    . Backporting of patches to r4.2
    . DNF5 related fixes.
    . Memory ballooning related patches.
    . Missing dependencies related fixes.
    . Archlinux related improvements.
    . Other minor cleanups.

Epilogue

A new targets-4.3 label was created on Qubes OS issue Github repo and All new features and improvements which would most probably land in Qubes r4.3 RC1 are marked with that label. There are currently 45 finalized and closed items and 19 pending ones. Announcements for the new RC are being drafted at the moment.

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I noticed the 4.3 release was removed from the projects list, is that because the target-4.3 label has the same function?

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Actually it was never added/pinned to the project list. It still exists:

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A lot of references to Debian 13!

Does this mean it’s time for “ordinary” (non-testing) users to upgrade?

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Not necessarily. If you read the Newsletter from last week and the reply to it, it becomes more clear.

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I can’t seem to find 2025-W30.

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The link is at top of this topic. Here:

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Thanks…yes there it’s made clear they are testing templates.

I don’t know why I couldn’t find that post. I found W29 just by scrolling down the main page; I did a firefox search and it didn’t find W30 anywhere.

I then did a forum search and all it did was return a pointer to W31 (i.e., this one).

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Oddly, searching for “2025-W30” doesn’t work, while “Y2025-W30” works.

As a workaround, you can use the weekly-review tag next time:

https://forum.qubes-os.org/tag/weekly-review

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Maybe it only matches whole words (at least in titles)?

Anyhow thanks for your original answer. I don’t have to think about Debian-13 for at least a couple more weeks, probably at least a month.