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  This page explains the various Fedora repositories that exist for

  For stable releases, _fedora_ represents the frozen release state. It is a part of the frozen tree that is created by https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ReleaseEngineering[Release Engineering] when a release is approved at a https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Go_No_Go_Meeting[Go/No-Go Meeting]. The package set it contains never changes after that time. It represents the _stable_ state of a stable release in conjunction with _updates_ repository.

  [[the-fedora-repository-in-branched-releases]]

  === The _fedora_ repository in Branched releases

  In Branched releases - the state a release is in between branching from Rawhide and stable release, see https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Branched[Branched] for more details - the fedora repository alone represents the release's stable state. The _updates_ repository for Branched releases is not used until they become stable. Before the https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy#Bodhi_enabling[Bodhi enabling point], package builds for the Branched release are sent directly to this repository. After the _Bodhi enabling point_, package builds that pass the https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy[Updates Policy] move from _updates-testing_ repository to this repository.

  [[the-updates-repository]]

  == The _updates_ repository

  For stable releases, _updates_ together with _fedora_ represents the current _stable_ state of the release. Package builds that pass the https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Updates_Policy[Updates Policy] move from the _updates-testing_ repository to this repository. This difference from Branched is a result of the need to maintain a precise representation of the initial, 'frozen' state of a stable release.

  [[the-updates-testing-repository]]

  === The _updates-testing_ repository

  The _updates-testing_ repository is enabled by default for Branched releases, but disabled by default for stable releases. The switchover is made around the time of the https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Milestone_freezes[Final Freeze] for each release. Testers moving from Branched to stable may encounter errors running updates around this time, caused by dependency mismatches between packages already installed from the now-disabled _updates-testing_ repository. Running `dnf distro-sync`(or with yum command) or re-enabling the _updates-testing_ repository will both usually alleviate the issue; it is up to the individual user whether they wish to continue using the _updates-testing_ repository after the stable release or not.

  [[the-rawhide-repository]]

  === The _rawhide_ repository