Canonical begins rolling out Ubuntu 26.04.1 “Resolute Raccoon” to 24.04 users

# What happened Canonical has flipped the switch to offer Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS, codenamed "Resolute Raccoon," to users still running Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The point release was published earlier, but the automatic upgrade prompt for 24.04 systems was intentionally delayed while Canonical backported fixes for regressions related to rust-coreutils.

# Why the delay matters

# Before you upgrade: prepare the system

1. 1Install outstanding updates first. Run:

1. 1If some updates are "held back" by the phased rollout, re-running sudo apt full-upgrade -y may pull them in.

1. 1Free disk space if your root partition is small. Cleaning APT's cache often recovers significant space:

1. 1Reboot after updates so the system is in a clean state before attempting the upgrade.

# How to get the upgrade

That will check and, if the phased offer is available to your system, start the upgrade process and present the usual release-upgrade prompts.

# Phased rollouts and what to do if you don't see the offer Canonical uses phased updates. If you don't see the GUI prompt and do-release-upgrade finds no new release, wait a few days or try again after fully updating and rebooting. Avoid forcing upgrades with unsupported workarounds unless you accept the risk of encountering regressions that the backports were intended to address.

# Desktop behavior and notable changes

# Practical tips and troubleshooting

• If updates remain "held back," re-run sudo apt full-upgrade -y and reboot, then try the upgrade again.

# Bottom line Ubuntu 26.04.1 is now being offered to 24.04 users but the rollout is phased and was delayed to apply rust-coreutils-related backports. Prepare by fully updating and freeing space, then use Software Updater or do-release-upgrade when the offer appears.