Why Doesnt the 6.18 Kernel have the LTS flag when it is LTS according to the Archive

[Neo_Ex0]

Hi, according to the Kernel List, under the Manjaro Settings Manager, the 6.18 Kernel is not an LTS Kernel(as it doesnt have the Flag), but according to the Kernel Archive,

The Linux Kernel Archives - Releases

the 6.18 Kernel is an LTS Kernel and will continue getting support until at least Dec 2027.

As such i wanted to ask why 6.18 Doesnt have the LTS flag.

[nikgnomic]

LTS flag is usually applied after the next stable kernel version (6.19.0) is released

The Linux Kernel Archives

mainline:	6.19-rc5	2026-01-12
stable:	6.18.5	2026-01-11
stable:	6.17.13 [EOL]	2025-12-18
longterm:	6.12.65	2026-01-11

Arch Linux - linux 6.18.5.arch1-1 - 2026-01-13
Arch Linux - linux-lts 6.12.65-1 - 2026-01-12

[Phemisters]

I think it will change when the settings manager is updated:

[Stable Update] 2026-01-04 - Manjaro 26.0, Mesa, Firefox, LibreOffice, COSMIC

I suppose because it’s not LTS oficially yet. No, it’s because marking a kernel as LTS in the manjaro-settings-manager requires an update to the manjaro-settings-manager itself. It’s just because of the ad hoc way the software was written.

[soundofthunder]

Kernel 6.18 (LTS) was officially released on 2025-11-30.

@soundofthunder

This type of question arises from time to time when an LTS kernel isn’t displayed as such in the Manjaro Settings Manager (MSM).

MSM typically isn’t updated to coincide with the release of a new LTS kernel and it can take a while for the “LTS” description to be updated in MSM.

@Aragorn

marking a kernel as LTS in the manjaro-settings-manager requires an update to the manjaro-settings-manager itself. It’s just because of the ad hoc way the software was written.