--- title: The Linux 7.4 Merge Window Is Easily The Largest In... description: The Linux 7.4 merge window has nearly 20,000 Git commits, the largest merge window in kernel history. Typical merge windows historically saw 13,000 to 14,000... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-linux-7-4-merge-window-is-easily-the-largest-in-kernel-history-doiwl8bzu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Linux 7.4 Merge Window Is Easily The Largest In Kernel History | daily.dev og:description: The Linux 7.4 merge window has nearly 20,000 Git commits, the largest merge window in kernel history. Typical merge windows historically saw 13,000 to 14,000... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-linux-7-4-merge-window-is-easily-the-largest-in-kernel-history-doiwl8bzu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/Doiwl8bZu.png og:image:alt: The Linux 7.4 Merge Window Is Easily The Largest In Kernel History 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. # The Linux 7.4 Merge Window Is Easily The Largest In Kernel History **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary The Linux 7.4 merge window has nearly 20,000 Git commits, the largest merge window in kernel history. Typical merge windows historically saw 13,000 to 14,000 commits or fewer. The jump is tied to a surge in AI/LLM-generated patches and bug reports, which has left kernel maintainers 'completely overwhelmed.' Linux 7.3 was already the first full kernel cycle to break 20,000 commits total, with 20,260 commits from v7.2 to v7.3; Linux 7.4's merge window alone is now approaching that figure. ## 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 in the Linux 7.4 kernel merge window? The Linux 7.4 merge window saw nearly 20,000 Git commits (reported as approaching 19,671), making it the largest merge window in kernel history. Typical merge windows historically ranged between 13,000 and 14,000 commits. Linux 7.3's merge window had 16,267 commits, and the prior record before that trend was Linux 6.7 with 16,203. _Developers tracking kernel velocity and AI's effect on open source can follow the data on daily.dev._ ### Why has Linux kernel commit activity surged recently? The surge is largely driven by AI/LLM activity, including AI-generated bug reports and AI-generated patches and fixes submitted to the kernel. This has left Linux kernel maintainers 'completely overwhelmed.' Linux 7.3 was the first full kernel cycle to exceed 20,000 total commits, with 20,260 commits recorded between v7.2 and v7.3. _Anyone weighing how AI-generated contributions affect maintainer workload can follow this trend on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Linux 7.2 Surpasses More Than 43 Million Lines In The Kernel Tree](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-surpasses-more-than-43-million-lines-in-the-kernel-tree-np8wbtqhn) · Phoronix · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Linux 7.1 released, Bootlin contributions inside – Bootlin](https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-1-released-bootlin-contributions-inside-bootlin-xgqm1eps6) · Bootlin · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#git](https://daily.dev/tags/git) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-linux-7-4-merge-window-is-easily-the-largest-in-kernel-history-doiwl8bzu) ```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":"The Linux 7.4 Merge Window Is Easily The Largest In Kernel History","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-linux-7-4-merge-window-is-easily-the-largest-in-kernel-history-doiwl8bzu","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-linux-7-4-merge-window-is-easily-the-largest-in-kernel-history-doiwl8bzu"},"datePublished":"2026-11-01T12:11:52.598Z","dateModified":"2026-11-04T01:10:46.863Z","description":"The Linux 7.4 merge window has nearly 20,000 Git commits, the largest merge window in kernel history. 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