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Last LibreOffice 25.8 release candidates RC3 and RC4 available this week

LibreOffice 25.8 will be released next week, on August 20, 2025 (check the Release Plan). LibreOffice 25.8 RC3 brings us closer to the final version, which will be preceded by a last minute LibreOffice 25.8 RC4 needed for a fix solving an easy to trigger crash. Check the release notes to find the new features included in this version of LibreOffice.

LibreOffice 25.8 RC3 is already available, while LibreOffice 25.8 RC4 will be available from Thursday, August 14. Both can be downloaded for Linux, macOS and Windows, and will replace the standard installation.

In case you find any problem in these pre-releases, please report it in Bugzilla (you just need a legit email account in order to create a new account). For help, you can contact the QA Team directly in the QA IRC channel or via Matrix.

LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven community project, so please help us to test, we appreciate your contribution! Happy testing!!!

LibreOffice 25.8 RC2 is available for testing

LibreOffice 25.8 will be released as final on August, 20, 2025 (check the Release Plan). LibreOffice 25.8 Release Candidate 2 (RC2) brings us closer to the final version, which will be preceded by Release Candidate 3 (RC3). Check the release notes to find the new features included in this version of LibreOffice.

LibreOffice 25.8 RC1 can be downloaded for Linux, macOS and Windows, and it will replace the standard installation.

In case you find any problem in this pre-release, please report it in Bugzilla (you just need a legit email account in order to create a new account).

For help, you can contact the QA Team directly in the QA IRC channel or via Matrix.

LibreOffice is a volunteer-driven community project, so please help us to test, we appreciate your contribution! Happy testing!!!

LibreOffice Podcast, Episode #3 – Quality Assurance (QA) in Free and Open Source Software

Xisco Fauli, Ilmari Lauhakangas and Mike Saunders from The Document Foundation, the non-profit organisation behind LibreOffice, discuss Quality Assurance (QA) in free and open source software . (This video is also available on PeerTube.)

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LibreOffice Quality Assurance (QA) in 2024 – TDF’s Annual Report

TDF Annual Report 2024 banner

Quality Assurance (QA) is a cornerstone of the LibreOffice project, thanks to the activity of a large number of volunteers and the feedback of many users who help in reporting bugs and regressions

(This is part of The Document Foundation’s Annual Report for 2024 – we’ll post the full version here soon.)

QA team work

In 2024, the QA team triaged thousands of bugs, bisected hundreds of regressions, and answered questions from countless bug reporters. As one of the most visible groups directly responding to end users, the QA team must be nimble and able to adapt to changes. In addition, it must deal with specific requests for help from other teams.

The QA team meets regularly on IRC on the #libreoffice-qa channel, which is the best medium for discussing bugs and regressions. The IRC channel provides an excellent opportunity to remain in close contact with team members, and to tutor new members in the art and skill of LibreOffice QA. This is bridged to the Telegram group.

During 2024, 5351 bugs were reported by 2463 users, which means 103 new bugs were reported every week on average. The QA team prepared monthly reports about their activity and posted on the QA blog.

Top 10 bug reporters

  • Eyal Rozenberg (211)
  • Gabor Kelemen (193)
  • Mike Kaganski (137)
  • Telesto (86)
  • Regina Henschel (85)
  • Xisco Faulí (82)
  • Stéphane Guillou (78)
  • peter josvai (75)
  • Rafael Lima (72)
  • Heiko Tietze (54)

Triaging

During 2024, 5086 bugs were triaged by 328 people. The top 10 bug triagers were:

  • Stéphane Guillou (stragu) (762)
  • Buovjaga (684)
  • m_a_riosv (499)
  • Heiko Tietze (374)
  • V Stuart Foote (241)
  • Mike Kaganski (232)
  • Julien Nabet (186)
  • Xisco Faulí (175)
  • ady (144)
  • Dieter (144)

Bibisecting

Also, during 2024, the QA team performed 561 bibisects of regressions by 30 people. The top 10 bisecters were:

  • raal (121)
  • Buovjaga (111)
  • Stéphane Guillou (104)
  • Xisco Faulí (91)
  • Gabor Kelemen (24)
  • Aron Budea (23)
  • Timur (14)
  • zcrhonek (10)
  • Mike Kaganski (9)
  • Justin L (8)

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LibreOffice QA Team: Fixing a bug in three days

LibreOffice QA Team on Matrix-style code background

LibreOffice is used by 200 million people around the world. Every major release goes through extensive testing, with Alpha, Beta and Release Candidate versions – and there are regular monthly minor updates to fix issues too. The QA Team analyses bug reports from users, and here’s an example of how quickly they work when everything goes to plan:

  • 2025-01-21 21:14:02 UTC: Bug report submitted.
  • 2025-01-23 18:16:53 UTC: raal from the QA Team looks at the bug report and rules out Linux.
  • 2025-01-25 06:05:46 UTC: Saburo confirms that the error occurs on Windows. And – which is extremely helpful – finds the commit that has caused the error.
  • 2025-01-25 08:08:16 UTC: raal informs the affected developer.
  • 2025-01-25 09:54:38 UTC: Mike Kaganski provides a bug fix.
  • 2025-01-25 11:35:15 UTC: After the bug fix has been successfully built and tested on all supported operating systems, it is included in the next daily build of LibreOffice.

Learn more about the QA Team, and give them a hand to gain experience in the world of QA

Community Member Monday: Gladys David

Gladys David

Today we’re talking to Gladys David, who is helping out in LibreOffice’s Quality Assurance (QA) project…

Hi! My name is gladys, I’m 41 years old and I’m French. I’ve been living in Espoo (Finland) for about six years – it’s a country where I always wanted to live. Previously I stayed in London for 10 years, and was in France before that.

I work in fashion retail management, and like to hike, read, go to the sauna and my garden. I always wanted to work in IT, but as I had no experience in computer science, I never got the courage to start. So I got involved with LibreOffice through a volunteer platform on the internet.

I learnt about bug triaging, confirmed newly reported bugs, and starting to bibisect. I’m still really new to it. Big thanks to Ilmari for spending time coaching me. I wouldn’t have been able to do it on my own! His help and advice pushed me to go forward.

It’s awesome to see how the community is working together to fix issues. And a even greater feeling to be part of it.

My advice to anyone who is not from the field of computer science and would like to contribute to open source: anything can be learned with patience and dedication. I will continue learning new skills and would like to contribute much more to LibreOffice in the future.

Big thanks to Gladys for all her contributions! Everyone is welcome to join our community, build new skills, and help to make LibreOffice even better for the whole world 😊

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