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Linux kernel archives temporarily unavailable, fix has been implemented

The Linux kernel archives were temporarily unavailable but a fix has now been implemented to restore access.

Background

- **kernel.org** is the official online home of the Linux kernel, the open-source operating system core used by everything from Android phones to web servers and supercomputers. - The site hosts source code, documentation, and a patch system used daily by thousands of developers worldwide to submit and review changes. - A temporary outage (seen on social.kernel.org, the project's own Mastodon instance) means developers could briefly not push new code or access archives — even a short disruption can stall progress across the entire ecosystem. - The fix being "implemented" suggests an infrastructure or configuration issue rather than a security breach, but kernel.org has suffered high-profile hacks in the past (e.g., 2011 intrusion), so the community is always sensitive to any downtime.