openKylin Community August 2026 Operations Report
On August 18, the OpenAtom openKylin (hereinafter referred to as "openKylin") Technical Committee meeting was held online, with representatives from Kylinsoft, Lenovo Kaitian, Haiguang Information, National University of Defense Technology, National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center, Haihe Laboratory, Tsinghua University, Muxi, Phytium, Zhongke Tongliang, and Jide attending. Discussions focused on topics such as the progress of the openKylin 3.0 version, high-performance version planning, and derivative version certification status.
On August 28, the openKylin Standing Committee August meeting was held online, with representatives from Kylinsoft, Lenovo Kaitian, Haiguang Information, National University of Defense Technology, and the National Industrial Information Security Development Research Center attending. The meeting reported on the month's work progress, and the standing committee members also provided valuable suggestions for the development of openKylin.
The 6th Meeting of the 8th Council of the China Software Industry Association was successfully held in Chongqing. Wu Qingbo, Chair of the openKylin Technical Committee, Chief Scientist of China Electronics Corporation, President of Spring Research Institute, and Chief Scientist of Kylinsoft, was elected Vice President of the 8th Council of the China Software Industry Association.
This month, 1,060 valid PRs were submitted and 130 repository forks were made; 5 public SIG group meetings were held. To date, the community has accumulated over 26,996 valid PRs, 12,726 repository forks, and 450 public SIG group meetings.
➢ Active SIG Group Dynamics:
This month, 59 SIG groups were active, with an activity rate of 38%. SIG group activity distribution map (darker color indicates higher activity, reference dimensions: PR, Issue, SIG meetings, member recruitment).
➢ Monthly SIG Group Dynamics:
RISC-V SIG
- Built and released the 3.0 RISC-V K3 image.
- Built and released the 3.0 RISC-V Server version image, optimized the llama.cpp inference framework, achieving a performance improvement of over 5% for 5 matrix calculation functions.
X-TeeOS SIG
- File System: Improved kext4 inode lifecycle, xattr, FIEMAP, journal write-back, and mount semantic file systems.
- Kernel Core: Refactored the IRQ/NMI and time systems, optimized EEVDF scheduling, NOHZ workqueue, and added per-CPU slab cache.
- Networking: Introduced budget-based polling, improved TCP, Unix Socket, vsock, and TIPC, and added support for udhcp and ifconfig.
- Virtualization and Containers: KVMM supports booting Linux on RISC-V64 and AArch64, added FD-based virtual machine management; implemented basic capabilities for cgroup v2 pids and mini-OCI.
- Engineering Quality: Added FDT fuzz testing, PR review specifications, and CI failure case links; default rootfs switched to Debian OpenRC.
- Community Building: Released version 0.2.0-rc1, participated in the CCF Open Source Conference and the National University OS Course Seminar.
kernel SIG
- Merged LoongArch vendor and adaptation patches.
- Merged RISC-V vendor and adaptation patches.
- Fixed severe CVE security vulnerabilities.
- Resolved kernel compilation issues for RISC-V, LoongArch, and Phytium 7.0.
AgentOS SIG
- CUA Agent Core Capability Optimization: Added "no-progress action threshold" monitoring; when repeated actions reach the set number, the system proactively prompts a strategy change to avoid task deadlock; upgraded scrolling strategy to more actively use wheel search when the target cannot be located, improving search success rate.
- CUA Action Mechanism Improvement and Fixes: Improved text input actions, added press_enter and select_all parameters to adapt to form submission and document editing scenarios; fixed the issue of open_app opening the wrong application; streamlined log storage strategy.
- Breakpoint and Session Management Enhancement: Added breakpoint deprecation function; fixed multiple issues such as residual breakpoint markers, Token and time consumption not updating in real-time, multi-session status display errors, and cross-contamination of old and new session messages, ensuring accurate session status.
- System Stability and Experience Optimization: Fixed message reply loss after restart; optimized pip installation to use Tsinghua mirror source by default for faster download speeds; updated runtime-cache to add necessary dependencies for better compatibility; optimized startup greeting and TODO tool execution progress display for improved interaction experience.
- Voice Interaction Capability Launched: Added speech recognition function, supporting multiple voice models from the Qianwen platform.
RTOS SIG
- Completed POSIX Interface Compliance Enhancement: Around signals, threads, memory locks, semaphores, and shared memory interfaces, fixed issues with return values, error codes, null pointer checks, and exception path handling, improving POSIX standard compatibility and interface stability.
- Completed Peripheral Driver Defect Fixes and Hardening: For Flash, serial port, CAN, and other device drivers, fixed defects in area bitmap cleanup, parameter configuration, and boundary checks; improved device registration and abnormal input handling logic, enhancing driver correctness and robustness.
- Completed Build Compatibility and Code Quality Improvement: Fixed waf build errors on Windows, supplemented missing interface implementations in string handling modules, and corrected multiple interface comments, improving cross-platform buildability and code maintainability.
KylinBot SIG
- Task Routing Enhancement: Added session-level skill priority scheduling, allowing users to manually select skills within the current task.
- Model Layer: Completed KART integration, supporting unified access for local, cloud, and multimodal models, enabling upper-layer assistants to select models.
- Memory System Architecture Optimization: Stores personal information and work projects; supports full-agent and session-wide recall with editing and updating capabilities.
- Version Upgrade Data Migration: Supports retaining historical sessions, custom skills, store skills, model configurations, scheduled tasks, and other configurations after version upgrade.
- Expanded System Settings Control Items: Added over 50 atomic system control capabilities.
ZephyrProject SIG
- Completed mirroring of 41 repositories related to Zephyr, ensuring upstream mirror purity while meeting domestic innovative development needs.
- Built a complete localized infrastructure system, planned Git mirror pools, custom manifest files, SDK toolchains, and Chinese documentation, supporting one-stop access to code, tools, documentation, and community services.
- Completed technical solution design for the entire Zephyr development workflow, refactored source cloning, virtual environment and west tool deployment, module pulling, SDK installation, and compilation and running steps.
- Designed an automated repository synchronization pipeline that can automatically detect upstream branch and manifest file changes, providing support for long-term ecosystem operations.
R4L SIG
Two patch sets developed by the R4L SIG were accepted by the Linux upstream community.
- Secure Pointer Formatting Series: Resolved the kernel address leak (security risk) caused by {:p} formatting of raw pointers in rust-for-linux and the defect of incorrectly printing stack addresses; unified output using kernel-standard hashed pointer format to prevent leaking kernel address space layout.
(https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260810-hashedptr-v15-0-eafd27d36476@kylinos.cn/T/)
- File Operations Owner Series: Resolved the issue in rust-for-linux's DRM/misc and other driver abstractions where file operations lacked owner attribution, causing driver modules to be unloaded while devices were still in use (leading to use-after-free); ensured proper binding of module lifecycle with managed devices.
RapidAI SIG
- Completed MNN inference performance optimization, reducing recognition time from approximately 22 seconds to 8.4 seconds, and single-frame output extraction time from approximately 454ms to 10ms.
- Introduced lazy loading for OCR models, reducing initialization time and resource usage.
- Added concurrent lock for lazy loading of models to fix the issue of repeated initialization on the first multi-threaded call.
- Updated the pre-commit toolchain, switched to Ruff, and improved code checking and formatting processes.
- Continuously tracked issues such as Arabic language, multilingual detection combinations, and Latin script recognition accuracy, preparing for version 3.9.3.
On August 28, openKylin 3.0 was officially released. Based on the Linux 7.0 kernel, it features the built-in KylinBot agent, supports mainstream agent operations, and provides users with free Token computing power. It adds numerous features such as UKUI air gestures and screen reader, covering X86, RISC-V, ARM, and LoongArch architectures, and offers multiple versions including desktop, high-performance, WSL, and embedded editions.
Added 171 institutional members such as Ideal Technology and Xiruan Information Technology, bringing the total community members to 2,385.
SenseTime Little Raccoon Linux Version First Supports openKylin
SenseTime Little Raccoon (Raccoon Work) has officially landed on openKylin, further enriching the AI office tool ecosystem of openKylin.
openKylin 3.0 Debuts at the Big Data Expo
The 2026 China International Big Data Industry Expo was held in Guiyang from August 27 to 30. openKylin showcased the new-generation operating system at the event, attracting widespread attention from attendees and media through various forms such as special forums, keynote speeches, and booth interactions.
2026 Open Source Summer of Code Releases openKylin Topics
openKylin releases multiple project topics each year through the Open Source Summer of Code. The 2026 Open Source Summer of Code has now listed two projects! Students are welcome to apply based on their interests or expertise.
Download and Experience openKylin 3.0 Activity Launched
On August 31, the community launched an online activity to download and experience openKylin 3.0, with opportunities to win triple prizes such as a pocket lobster.
Shanghai Open Source Software Application Innovation Competition openKylin Exclusive Topic Released
The openKylin community has released the exclusive competition topic for the "Open Source AI Tools Track"—"Benchmark Design for Automated Long-term Memory Evaluation of Agents on the openKylin Operating System," calling for high-quality solutions from open-source developers nationwide, creating a standardized and actionable evaluation "yardstick" for agent long-term memory capabilities.
openKylin Participates in the 2026 CCF China Open Source Conference
From August 15 to 16, the 2026 CCF China Open Source Conference was successfully held in Chongqing. The openKylin community participated deeply as a Silver Partner of the conference.
openKylin 3.0 Beta Public Testing Activity
The openKylin community has launched public testing based on the 3.0 Beta version, inviting all users and developers to participate and build together with openKylin! Participants have the opportunity to win exquisite gifts provided by the community.
openKylin Community Website Lottery Module Launched
To further enrich community interaction forms and optimize user participation experience, the openKylin community website has launched a new interactive lottery function module. The "K Door Auspicious" lottery activity has also started, open to all community users, with customized peripheral benefits and surprises.
- Community Website Homepage Upgrade
Optimized the official website menu, adding"Become a Community Contributor"and"Become a Project Donor"sections.
- Community Website Download Page Upgrade
- Completed the construction of the openKylin 3.0 Token Incentive Platform.
Completed the development and launch of the Token claiming interface and Token management backend.
Optimized the lottery system, adding over 10 new requirements, including winning carousel and prize image display capabilities across multiple terminals; upgraded functionality and tool capabilities to support automatic PDF generation for derivative version certificates, enhanced questionnaire backend configuration capabilities; iterated news module technology, launched a news data dashboard, improved translation stability, and added RSS subscription sources.
- System Monitoring:Real-time monitoring system to promptly detect and resolve potential system issues, ensuring stable operation of the community platform.
- User Feedback:Timely collection and analysis of user opinions to continuously optimize products and improve user satisfaction.
- Security Updates:Weekly security checks and updates to ensure platform data security and user privacy protection.
- Security Hardening:All services have been configured with security acceleration and cloud protection to ensure secure operation of all services.