{
  "id": 2141972,
  "title": "[$] The beginning of the 7.3 merge window",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/20/the-beginning-of-the-7-3-merge-window",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-08-20T13:11:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "LWN",
    "slug": "lwn",
    "url": "https://lwn.net/Articles/1089244/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "As of this writing, 2,346 non-merge changesets have been pulled into the mainline repository for the 7.3 kernel release. That, clearly, is a mere down payment on the flood that is to come. Even so, those early pulls brought in some noteworthy changes, including (but not limited to) a significant reworking of how group scheduling works on multiprocessor systems.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}