We have not done the Sepia LRC upgrade to 20.2.1 yet. Do we want to do it for this release? Neha, Patrick? On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 3:37 PM Laura Flores via dev <dev@ceph.io> wrote:

The only outstanding issue (https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/75570 <https://qcflzmq6.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Ftracker.ceph.com%2Fissues%2F75570/1/0100019d4b31d6f5-b49bdf7e-3fea-414f-81ad-f4c6616a2aba-000000/_XMu2ObhCBpEjrsxlma5c67Z0lg=472>) is not a blocker to the release. We found that it is due to an overaggressive thrasher in the stress-split upgrade tests.

More details of the analysis are on the ticket.

Thanks, Laura

*Laura Flores* Software Engineer; Ceph Storage 1 708 738 8804 Mobile She/Her/Hers

IBM ------------------------------ *From:* Yuri Weinstein via dev <dev@ceph.io> *Sent:* Wednesday, April 1, 2026 3:41 PM *To:* Laura Flores <lflores@ibm.com> *Cc:* dev <dev@ceph.io>; ceph-users <ceph-users@ceph.io>; Adam King < adking@redhat.com>; Sridhar Seshasayee <Sridhar.Seshasayee@ibm.com> *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Re: tentacle 20.2.1 QE validation status

Laura, ack Thx for the update! On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 9: 45 AM Laura Flores via dev <dev@ ceph. io> wrote: Hi Yuri, The orch team is still investigating the issue that was found in the upgrade suite (https: //tracker. ceph. com/issues/75570). Laura, ack Thx for the update!

On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 9:45 AM Laura Flores via dev <dev@ceph.io> wrote:

Hi Yuri,

The orch team is still investigating the issue that was found in the upgrade suite (https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/75570 <https://qcflzmq6.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Furldefense.proofpoint.com%2Fv2%2Furl%3Fu=https-3A__qcflzmq6.r.us-2Deast-2D1.awstrack.me_L0_https-3A-252F-252Fqcflzmq6.r.us-2Deast-2D1.awstrack.me-252FL0-252Fhttps-3A-25252F-25252Ftracker.ceph.com-25252Fissues-25252F75570-252F1-252F0100019d49efaaa6-2D3b403ec1-2D25b2-2D48a4-2Da8d5-2D0e6aa709ddd9-2D000000-252FJWIrLtiltHSVXuOJysmo8u4DxSs-3D472_1_0100019d4ac73517-2D765e566f-2D3634-2D44ce-2D84b8-2D9da38d5cba03-2D000000_GIgC32QW17QVtHNXZomd9pHCEwU-3D472%26d=DwMFaQ%26c=BSDicqBQBDjDI9RkVyTcHQ%26r=y32WtGw4wDDnoys4dz7rcA%26m=kKYha-YVh4FN-Xms8e6Gvxo6ONdxeRtrgHn-dTuk93ClvS_Q3rmw7_XCowHtwlTw%26s=SXKarCAbr_2PWVSQFMXCsDYgHbUAesB_3YI7ivmvZzU%26e=/1/0100019d4b31d6f5-b49bdf7e-3fea-414f-81ad-f4c6616a2aba-000000/3e_8IgFmpjNYoq1ar4BaLUnHJJU=472>). We are leaning toward it being a testing/environmental failure, but we would like a bit more time to make a concrete consensus. Someone will try to update for sure by the end of today.

Thanks, Laura

*Laura Flores* Software Engineer; Ceph Storage 1 708 738 8804 Mobile She/Her/Hers

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We got all approvals and are ready to start building. Please speak up now if anything else is needed. On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 7: 54 AM Yuri Weinstein via dev <dev@ ceph. io> wrote: In a separate email Venky replied that failures in orch is We got all approvals and are ready to start building. Please speak up now if anything else is needed.

On Wed, Apr 1, 2026 at 7:54 AM Yuri Weinstein via dev <dev@ceph.io> wrote:

In a separate email Venky replied that failures in orch is a known issue

"This is a known issue and is tracked here

https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/64502 <https://qcflzmq6.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Furldefense.proofpoint.com%2Fv2%2Furl%3Fu=https-3A__qcflzmq6.r.us-2Deast-2D1.awstrack.me_L0_https-3A-252F-252Fqcflzmq6.r.us-2Deast-2D1.awstrack.me-252FL0-252Fhttps-3A-25252F-25252Furldefense.proofpoint.com-25252Fv2-25252Furl-25253Fu-3Dhttps-2D3A-5F-5Fqcflzmq6.r.us-2D2Deast-2D2D1.awstrack.me-5FL0-5Fhttps-2D3A-2D252F-2D252Fqcflzmq6.r.us-2D2Deast-2D2D1.awstrack.me-2D252FL0-2D252Fhttps-2D3A-2D25252F-2D25252Ftracker.ceph.com-2D25252Fissues-2D25252F64502-2D252F1-2D252F0100019d498a2905-2D2Dec85ae27-2D2Ddc46-2D2D4338-2D2D96c0-2D2D011df042079d-2D2D000000-2D252FLnLWI5-2D5FdlvNm-2D5FZO-2D2DWEhvIwOoRm8-2D3D472-5F1-5F0100019d499a3d03-2D2De1d09c41-2D2D1874-2D2D4883-2D2Da7a0-2D2D2a718a3662de-2D2D000000-5Fve1IFSccflwGz9PP-2D5Frz3E4G2qOI-2D3D472-252526d-3DDwMFaQ-252526c-3DBSDicqBQBDjDI9RkVyTcHQ-252526r-3Dy32WtGw4wDDnoys4dz7rcA-252526m-3DXlYIuPetp5XoufvVyBAGXNP9PsTlvmDrHxsQmz6SF9ew3HnHrBF2r2MUB9WzttuM-252526s-3DazD3Jc3mI-2DQfRkoubLCUnI1nf0B6BY2v5bqbs1o1PrA-252526e-3D-252F1-252F0100019d49efaaa6-2D3b403ec1-2D25b2-2D48a4-2Da8d5-2D0e6aa709ddd9-2D000000-252FIg2xrYBAfbC-5F0iJbPZjOF1d1Ztc-3D472_1_0100019d4ac73517-2D765e566f-2D3634-2D44ce-2D84b8-2D9da38d5cba03-2D000000_4B-2Dc75nrfql587c0jp4eW20O1g8-3D472%26d=DwMFaQ%26c=BSDicqBQBDjDI9RkVyTcHQ%26r=y32WtGw4wDDnoys4dz7rcA%26m=kKYha-YVh4FN-Xms8e6Gvxo6ONdxeRtrgHn-dTuk93ClvS_Q3rmw7_XCowHtwlTw%26s=Q56Iy8UXeAuzPP4WYf3AINlEBKAUlKjkl8BjaopKST8%26e=/1/0100019d4b31d6f5-b49bdf7e-3fea-414f-81ad-f4c6616a2aba-000000/DDKWMRIrlXjyYjdlH35Ynl55cSc=472>

Redo ^^"

Adam King, I'd like to assume orch is good to go. Please confirm.

On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 4:43 PM Yuri Weinstein via dev <dev@ceph.io> wrote:

We are still waiting for orch approval.

On Tue, Mar 31, 2026 at 12:26 PM Adam Emerson <aemerson@redhat.com> wrote:

On 22/03/2026, Yuri Weinstein via dev wrote:

...

We have merged several important PRs and reran all suites.

Details of this release are summarized here: https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/74838#note-4 <https://qcflzmq6.r.us-east-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F%2Furldefense.proofpoint.com%2Fv2%2Furl%3Fu=https-3A__qcflzmq6.r.us-2Deast-2D1.awstrack.me_L0_https-3A-252F-252Fqcflzmq6.r.us-2Deast-2D1.awstrack.me-252FL0-252Fhttps-3A-25252F-25252Furldefense.proofpoint.com-25252Fv2-25252Furl-25253Fu-3Dhttps-2D3A-5F-5Fqcflzmq6.r.us-2D2Deast-2D2D1.awstrack.me-5FL0-5Fhttps-2D3A-2D252F-2D252Fqcflzmq6.r.us-2D2Deast-2D2D1.awstrack.me-2D252FL0-2D252Fhttps-2D3A-2D25252F-2D25252Fqcflzmq6.r.us-2D2Deast-2D2D1.awstrack.me-2D25252FL0-2D25252Fhttps-2D3A-2D2525252F-2D2525252Ftracker.ceph.com-2D2525252Fissues-2D2525252F74838-2D25252523note-2D2D4-2D25252F1-2D25252F0100019d46475377-2D2De5030332-2D2Df731-2D2D4317-2D2Db986-2D2Dc2bce3185804-2D2D000000-2D25252FlJxXXeit2OCc2Tv2IQB9yxXIX-2D5FE-2D3D472-2D252F1-2D252F0100019d498a2905-2D2Dec85ae27-2D2Ddc46-2D2D4338-2D2D96c0-2D2D011df042079d-2D2D000000-2D252FooVrcFG3n7IIZtFk9vh6CkyUXlY-2D3D472-5F1-5F0100019d499a3d03-2D2De1d09c41-2D2D1874-2D2D4883-2D2Da7a0-2D2D2a718a3662de-2D2D000000-5FLrQn9xva-2D5FjdSA-2D5FbeG9h9TaiS-2D2DCI-2D3D472-252526d-3DDwMFaQ-252526c-3DBSDicqBQBDjDI9RkVyTcHQ-252526r-3Dy32WtGw4wDDnoys4dz7rcA-252526m-3DXlYIuPetp5XoufvVyBAGXNP9PsTlvmDrHxsQmz6SF9ew3HnHrBF2r2MUB9WzttuM-252526s-3DUGdaoeX5TX1A-2DEvpYzwDGzFGB0irmaFZLsNkfpYq61E-252526e-3D-252F1-252F0100019d49efaaa6-2D3b403ec1-2D25b2-2D48a4-2Da8d5-2D0e6aa709ddd9-2D000000-252FN4wtplQSvtmz49HH6XE40oUfwto-3D472_1_0100019d4ac73517-2D765e566f-2D3634-2D44ce-2D84b8-2D9da38d5cba03-2D000000_2Qv5Q2LVKQi0J4VqWGkEwz-2DHQjI-3D472%26d=DwMFaQ%26c=BSDicqBQBDjDI9RkVyTcHQ%26r=y32WtGw4wDDnoys4dz7rcA%26m=kKYha-YVh4FN-Xms8e6Gvxo6ONdxeRtrgHn-dTuk93ClvS_Q3rmw7_XCowHtwlTw%26s=TthjqiwK0yYztm-QtnldqHN3j8Y9PNRtGVCdqhmlARQ%26e=/1/0100019d4b31d6f5-b49bdf7e-3fea-414f-81ad-f4c6616a2aba-000000/gnRtkJ2oCopP3cKon3NSqAQZBIQ=472>

Seeking reviews and approval for all suites, please see runs on build 2

RGW Approved.