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LineageOS 24 rebases on Android 17

lineageos.org 17 min read Editor score 6/10

LineageOS says version 24 is based on Android 17 and describes rebasing its changes after extensive upstream refactoring. Maintaining long-lived OS forks offers lessons in adapting to upstream churn.

What

LineageOS 24 rebases the community OS on Android 17 after adapting its changes to Google's codebase.

How

Security patches from August 2025 through October 2026 were merged to branches 18.1 through 24.0; older branches also received backports.

Why it matters

Maintaining OS forks requires upstream rebases and security backports, and some patches can be too difficult to adapt.

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