--- title: GNOME's Security Might Be in Peril as Lone Tracker Goes Off description: Michael Catanzaro, who has single-handedly managed GNOME's security issue tracking since 2020 with Red Hat support, is stepping down. From November 1, 2026, he... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/gnome-s-security-might-be-in-peril-as-lone-tracker-goes-off-wszdstfvm twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GNOME's Security Might Be in Peril as Lone Tracker Goes Off | daily.dev og:description: Michael Catanzaro, who has single-handedly managed GNOME's security issue tracking since 2020 with Red Hat support, is stepping down. From November 1, 2026, he... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/gnome-s-security-might-be-in-peril-as-lone-tracker-goes-off-wszdstfvm og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/wSzDstFVm.png og:image:alt: GNOME's Security Might Be in Peril as Lone Tracker Goes Off og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GNOME's Security Might Be in Peril as Lone Tracker Goes Off **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Michael Catanzaro, who has single-handedly managed GNOME's security issue tracking since 2020 with Red Hat support, is stepping down. From November 1, 2026, he will stop tracking new security reports, with full wind-down by December 1. He is also cutting the vulnerability disclosure deadline from 90 to 30 days due to the rise of AI-generated security submissions, and will not forward AI-involved reports to projects that ban AI contributions. GNOME is now seeking an experienced community member to take over the role, which involves managing a manual GitLab wiki-based tracking system — a notably more primitive setup compared to Ubuntu or Fedora/Red Hat's approaches. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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