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Expand Up @@ -647,11 +647,37 @@ <h2><a href="#changelog">Changelog</a></h2>
<p>The <a href="/history/legacy-changelog">legacy changelog page</a> has the
release notes from before the rebranding of the project in 2018 and 2019.</p>


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<h3><a href="#2023090600">2023090600</a></h3>

<p>The September release of AOSP and the stock OS came out on 2023-09-18 and
are incorporated into this release. Unusually, they still set the patch level
to 2023-09-01 despite having all listed patches for 2023-09-05 for some of the
devices such as the Pixel 6 and Pixel 7. We left the listed patch level alone
to avoid delaying the release for aesthetic reasons while we figured out where
it could be raised. We shipped 2023-09-01 in our 2023090600 release but this
is the actual September release from AOSP and the stock OS rather than just
applying the Android Security Bulletin backports to Android 13.</p>

<p>The strange timing and inclusion of only a single Mali GPU kernel driver
patch in the September Pixel Update Bulletin is due to Android 14 being
scheduled for this month but delayed to October. The Pixel Update Bulletin for
Android 14 will include a large number of recommended AOSP security patches
and many hardware related patches, neither of which will be backported to
Android 13, so we've already put a significant effort into porting to Android
14 via our limited early access to the source code. We aim to have our Android
14 port available as soon as possible after the stable release is published
due to the importance for security. It's unfortunate we don't have full access
to the sources in advance like Android partners, but we've had access to more
than we usually do this year and for longer due to the delay.</p>

<p>We've also included additional Mali GPU kernel driver patches and a libwebp
patch in this release, similar to the kernel.org LTS patches we ship on a
regular basis many months before Android. We'll do more of this in the future
as our resources and partnerships grow, but we don't have much ability to ship
firmware patches earlier until there's hardware built to run GrapheneOS.</p>

<p>Tags:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/GrapheneOS/platform_manifest/releases/tag/2023090600-coral">2023090600-coral</a> (Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL) — extended support release for legacy devices with frozen 2022-11-01 patch level</li>
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