Recent improvements to our build-to-staging pipeline has dramatically improved our compose time, saving hours of work and reducing errors. Check out how Jonathan Dieter, our engineering lead, did that here: https://rockylinux.org/news/2026-08-05-compose-improvements

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yes, we remembered to bring a towel

As a result of recent improvements to our compose process, we've significantly reduced our build time. This allowed us to have a fix for CVE-2026-64531 less than 3 hours after the embargo was lifted. Thanks to Jonathan Dieter for his work and to CIQ who so quickly made this patch available to us! 🎊

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