--- title: Kernel prepatch 7.3-rc1 | daily.dev description: Linus Torvalds released kernel prepatch 7.3-rc1, closing the merge window for the release. He noted nothing unusual stands out except its size: 15,267 commits... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/kernel-prepatch-7-3-rc1-qqbc7euqd twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Kernel prepatch 7.3-rc1 | daily.dev og:description: Linus Torvalds released kernel prepatch 7.3-rc1, closing the merge window for the release. He noted nothing unusual stands out except its size: 15,267 commits... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/kernel-prepatch-7-3-rc1-qqbc7euqd og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QqBC7euqd.png og:image:alt: Kernel prepatch 7.3-rc1 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. # Kernel prepatch 7.3-rc1 **[LWN.net](https://daily.dev/sources/lwn)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Linus Torvalds released kernel prepatch 7.3-rc1, closing the merge window for the release. He noted nothing unusual stands out except its size: 15,267 commits were pulled during the merge window, making it the second busiest merge window ever, behind only 6.7. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How many commits were pulled during the Linux kernel 7.3 merge window? Linus Torvalds pulled 15,267 commits during the merge window for kernel 7.3, making it the second busiest merge window ever recorded, exceeded only by the 6.7 merge window. The 7.3-rc1 prepatch was then released, closing the merge window for that development cycle. _Track major Linux kernel merge windows and release cycles as they happen on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Kernel prepatch 7.1-rc5](https://daily.dev/posts/kernel-prepatch-7-1-rc5-vzqd1yxpu) · LWN.net · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Kernel prepatch 7.2-rc2](https://daily.dev/posts/kernel-prepatch-7-2-rc2-esvozddyt) · LWN.net · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/kernel-prepatch-7-3-rc1-qqbc7euqd) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Kernel prepatch 7.3-rc1","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/kernel-prepatch-7-3-rc1-qqbc7euqd","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/kernel-prepatch-7-3-rc1-qqbc7euqd"},"datePublished":"2026-08-30T22:55:24.870Z","dateModified":"2026-08-31T00:25:26.697Z","description":"Linus Torvalds released kernel prepatch 7.3-rc1, closing the merge window for the release. 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