Why Ubuntu 26.04 upgrades from 24.04 are currently delayed
(https://i0.wp.com/www.omgubuntu.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/upgrade-ubuntu-2604.webp?resize=406%2C232&ssl=1) If you're wondering why you can't do a directly upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 from 24.04 yet, despite the Resolute Raccoon's first point release being live, there is a reason. Canonical's Oliver Reiche said in the mailing list announcement for Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS that upgrades will be delayed by a few weeks to allow couple of backports to land. These will "address regressions in a recent version of rust-coreutils". Users on Ubuntu 25.10 are not affected by this; upgrades from 25.10 went live in April. Unlike the ISOs, which target a fixed release date, upgrades don't. Enabling upgrades from one release to the [...]
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Source: https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-2404-to-2604-upgrade-delay Aug 31, 2026, 05:33 PM