# Test Days for Fedora 45: Help Us Test the Big Changes

DevFeed: [Test Days for Fedora 45: Help Us Test the Big Changes](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/test-days-for-fedora-45-help-us-test-the-big-changes-12395.md>)

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Author: Petr Sklenar

Published: 2026-08-14T17:22:24Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Fedora Magazine](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/fedora-magazine.md>)

Topics: [Fedora](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/fedora.md>), [boot](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/boot.md>), [ci](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ci.md>), [virtualization](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/virtualization.md>), [Internationalization (i18n)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/i18n.md>), [Confidential Computing](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/confidential-computing.md>), [dnf](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dnf.md>), [TLS (Transport Layer Security)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tls.md>), [Matrix](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/matrix-org.md>)

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## AI overview

This article invites the Fedora community to test Fedora 45 system-level changes on real hardware and virtual machines. It highlights testing for GNOME 51, RPM 6.1, OpenSSL 4.0, rebuilt boot and live media, kmscon, Python 3.15, GRUB EFI for Confidential Computing, and internationalization changes. Community testing is intended to find regressions that automated tests may miss and to support reproducible bug reports.

## Source excerpt

Fedora 45 has several system-level changes that need testing on real hardware. The first test day up is GNOME 51, starting on 17 August, with more events planned for RPM 6.1, installation media and others. You can participate with a VM for most tests; some hardware-specific testing is more useful on a real machine. Details [...]