# Pre-release Distribution Freeze for Lyrical Luth

**URL:** <https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/pre-release-distribution-freeze-for-lyrical-luth/54938>\
**Category:** ROS General\
**Tags:** release, ros2, lyrical\
**Created:** [May 18, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/pre-release-distribution-freeze-for-lyrical-luth/54938 "2026-05-18T19:00:56Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 18, 2026, 7:00pm UTC](https://discourse.openrobotics.org/t/pre-release-distribution-freeze-for-lyrical-luth/54938/1 "2026-05-18T19:00:56Z")

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As we prepare to launch ROS Lyrical Luth later this week, effective immediately we are 🧊freezing 🧊 [ros/rosdistro](https://github.com/ros/rosdistro) `lyrical/distribution.yaml` and changes to the `lyrical` branches of ROS core packages. We will reopen rosdistro and the `lyrical` branches for changes after we release ROS Lyrical on 2026-05-22T07:00:00Z.

During this time we will only consider release-blocking bug fixes. Anything else we will document as a known issue.

Cheers!