Who contributed to CachyOS on August 17, 2026?

3 developers shipped this update, including github-actions, Peter Jung, and witchlliee.

What were the notable CachyOS updates?

python311: update to 3.11.16, asusctl: update to 6.4.0, and fluxer-canary: update to 2026.816.172808.

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CACHYOS PACKAGES ROLL FORWARD, NANJING MIRROR GOES DARK

By RepoJournal · Filed 07:13 UTC on August 17, 2026 · About CachyOS

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github-actions @github-actions 5 cited

Peter Jung @ptr1337 3 cited

witchlliee @witchlliee 2 cited

Python 3.11.16 and asusctl 6.4.0 ship across the stack as the China Nanjing mirror drops offline, signaling infrastructure pressure.

CachyOS shipped five critical package updates across the AUR-derived and core build repos in the last 24 hours, led by Python 3.11.16 [1] moving up two minor versions and asusctl 6.4.0 [2] marking a major bump for ASUS hardware control. Flanking these are corefreq 2.1.4 [4], fluxer-canary 2026.816.172808 [3], and helium-browser-bin 0.15.5.1 [5], all passing automated verification without flagged risk. On the hardening front, linux-cachyos-rc added a ZFS build fix [6] while linux-cachyos-hardened shipped 7.1.8-1 [7], both from Peter Jung. The kernel-patches repo also merged a hardened patchset for 7.1 [8]. Infrastructure turned red overnight: the China Mirror (Nanjing) is down with zero response [9], a hard stop that may cascade through regional deployments. Desktop environment support got attention too, with cachyos-jay-noctalia bumped to v1.2.0 [10] and dkms refreshed to 3.4.3 [11] to keep kernel module builds current.

Action items

→ Verify Python 3.11.16 integration in build chain; test ZFS module compilation CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived [immediate]
→ Investigate Nanjing mirror downtime; failover to alternate CN location if available CachyOS/statuspage [immediate]
→ Stage asusctl 6.4.0 and dkms 3.4.3 for next ISO spin CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS [plan]
→ Monitor hardened 7.1 patchset stability across RC builds CachyOS/linux-cachyos [monitor]

References

[1] python311: update to 3.11.16 ↗ CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived
[2] asusctl: update to 6.4.0 ↗ CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived
[3] fluxer-canary: update to 2026.816.172808 ↗ CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived
[4] corefreq: update to 2.1.4 ↗ CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived
[5] helium-browser-bin: update to 0.15.5.1 ↗ CachyOS/cachyos-aur-derived
[6] linux-cachyos-rc: Add fix for ZFS build CachyOS/linux-cachyos
[7] linux-cachyos-hardened: 7.1.8-1 CachyOS/linux-cachyos
[8] 7.1: Add hardened patchset CachyOS/kernel-patches
[9] 🟥 China Mirror (Nanjing) is down (0 in 0 ms) [skip ci] [upptime] CachyOS/statuspage
[10] cachyos-jay-noctalia: Update to v1.2.0 (#1717) CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS
[11] dkms: update to v3.4.3 (#1729) CachyOS/CachyOS-PKGBUILDS

Quick answers

What shipped in CachyOS on August 17, 2026?: Python 3.11.16 and asusctl 6.4.0 ship across the stack as the China Nanjing mirror drops offline, signaling infrastructure pressure. In total, 55 commits and 9 pull requests landed.
Who contributed to CachyOS on August 17, 2026?: 3 developers shipped this update, including github-actions, Peter Jung, and witchlliee.
What were the notable CachyOS updates?: python311: update to 3.11.16, asusctl: update to 6.4.0, and fluxer-canary: update to 2026.816.172808.

CACHYOS SHIPS LINUX 7.2.0 WITH NEW SCHEDULERS

The final 7.2.0 kernel is out, and it brings the muqss and prjc schedulers plus a slew of gaming fixes.

infra 72 shipped

@CachyOS Aug 16

DASHBOARD SEO OVERHAUL SHIPS AS PACKAGE TRAIN ROLLS FORWARD

CachyOS public-dashboard refactored routes with canonical metadata and improved crawler visibility [ref:18] while 61 commits across five repos kept the AUR pipeline humming.

infra 72 shipped

@CachyOS Aug 15

FIRMWARE AND INIT SYNC LANDS AS AUTOS ROLL FORWARD

CachyOS synced linux-firmware with Arch and bumped mkinitcpio to 41.1-1, while the package automation pipeline keeps qview and qtscrcpy current across the AUR-derived repo.

infra 41 shipped

@CachyOS Aug 14

CACHY AUR KEEPS PACE: FOUR MAJOR PACKAGE BUMPS OVERNIGHT

Claude, ChatGPT, and Zen Browser all shipped point releases into the AUR-derived repos while the core PKGBUILDS pipeline handled Go, Python, and OBS Studio rebuilds.