The following packages have been updated since the 8.5 release Nov 14, 2021 (including updated module packages):

annobin: annobin-9.65-1.el8 -> annobin-9.72-1.el8_5.2
binutils: binutils-2.30-108.el8 -> binutils-2.30-108.el8_5.1
dotnet-build-reference-packages: dotnet-build-reference-packages-0-9.20200608gitcd5a8c6.el8 -> dotnet-build-reference-packages-0-10.20200608gitcd5a8c6.el8
dotnet3.1: dotnet3.1-3.1.119-2.el8.0.1 -> dotnet3.1-3.1.120-2.el8_5
dotnet5.0: dotnet5.0-5.0.207-3.el8.0.1 -> dotnet5.0-5.0.208-2.el8_5
dotnet6.0: dotnet6.0-6.0.0-0.6.28be3e9a006d90d8c6e87d4353b77882829df718.el8.0.1 -> dotnet6.0-6.0.100-0.10.el8_5
firefox: firefox-78.13.0-2.el8 -> firefox-91.3.0-1.el8
flatpak: flatpak-1.8.5-4.el8 -> flatpak-1.8.5-5.el8_5
freerdp: freerdp-2:2.2.0-2.el8 -> freerdp-2:2.2.0-7.el8_5
gcc: gcc-8.5.0-3.el8 -> gcc-8.5.0-4.el8_5
gcc-toolset-10-annobin: gcc-toolset-10-annobin-9.29-1.el8 -> gcc-toolset-10-annobin-9.29-1.el8_5.2
gcc-toolset-10-binutils: gcc-toolset-10-binutils-2.35-8.el8_4.4 -> gcc-toolset-10-binutils-2.35-8.el8_5.6
gcc-toolset-10-gcc: gcc-toolset-10-gcc-10.2.1-8.2.el8 -> gcc-toolset-10-gcc-10.3.1-1.2.el8_5
gcc-toolset-11-annobin: gcc-toolset-11-annobin-9.73-1.el8 -> gcc-toolset-11-annobin-9.85-1.el8_5.1
gcc-toolset-11-binutils: gcc-toolset-11-binutils-2.36.1-1.el8 -> gcc-toolset-11-binutils-2.36.1-1.el8_5.1
gcc-toolset-11-dyninst: gcc-toolset-11-dyninst-11.0.0-1.el8 -> gcc-toolset-11-dyninst-11.0.0-2.el8
gcc-toolset-11-gcc: gcc-toolset-11-gcc-11.1.1-3.el8 -> gcc-toolset-11-gcc-11.2.1-1.2.el8_5
gcc-toolset-11-systemtap: gcc-toolset-11-systemtap-4.5-3.el8 -> gcc-toolset-11-systemtap-4.5-4.el8
gcc-toolset-11-valgrind: gcc-toolset-11-valgrind-1:3.17.0-4.el8 -> gcc-toolset-11-valgrind-1:3.17.0-6.el8
gnome-settings-daemon: gnome-settings-daemon-3.32.0-14.el8 -> gnome-settings-daemon-3.32.0-16.el8
gnome-shell-extensions: gnome-shell-extensions-3.32.1-20.el8 -> gnome-shell-extensions-3.32.1-20.el8_5.1
httpd: httpd-2.4.37-41.module+el8.5.0+695+1fa8055e -> httpd-2.4.37-43.module+el8.5.0+714+5ec56ee8
ibus: ibus-1.5.19-13.el8 -> ibus-1.5.19-14.el8_5
java-1.8.0-openjdk: java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.302.b08-3.el8 -> java-1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.312.b07-2.el8_5
java-11-openjdk: java-11-openjdk-1:11.0.12.0.7-4.el8 -> java-11-openjdk-1:11.0.13.0.8-3.el8_5
java-17-openjdk: java-17-openjdk-1:17.0.0.0.35-4.el8 -> java-17-openjdk-1:17.0.1.0.12-2.el8_5
kernel: kernel-4.18.0-348.el8.0.2 -> kernel-4.18.0-348.2.1.el8_5
kernel-rt: kernel-rt-4.18.0-348.rt7.130.el8.0.2 -> kernel-rt-4.18.0-348.2.1.rt7.132.el8_5
kronosnet: kronosnet-1.18-1.el8 -> kronosnet-1.18-2.el8
rust: rust-1.54.0-2.module+el8.5.0+678+cf7bc64b -> rust-1.54.0-3.module+el8.5.0+712+d335422a
rust-toolset: rust-toolset-1.54.0-1.module+el8.5.0+678+cf7bc64b -> rust-toolset-1.54.0-1.module+el8.5.0+712+d335422a
sssd: sssd-2.5.2-2.el8 -> sssd-2.5.2-2.el8_5.1
thunderbird: thunderbird-78.13.0-1.el8 -> thunderbird-91.3.0-2.el8
udftools: udftools-2.2-5.el8 -> udftools-2.3-2.el8

The following packages have been dropped and also removed from dnf groups:
insights-client: insights-client-3.1.5-1.el8 (Standard Group)

For packages that been dropped, it is safe to remove them using `dnf remove`

The following modules have been updated since the 8.5 release Nov 14, 2021:

rust-toolset-rhel8-8050020211112021616.f73640c0
httpd-2.4-8050020211115030420.b4937e53

=======
Updates
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Updates released since upstream are posted across our current architectures. We
strongly recommend that all users apply *all* updates, including the content
released today on your existing Rocky Linux machines. This can be done by
running `dnf update`.

All Rocky Linux components are built from the sources hosted at
git.rockylinux.org. In addition, SRPMs are being published alongside the
repositories in a corresponding "source" directory. You can find these on any
of our mirrors. These source packages match every binary RPM we release.

============
Known Issues
============

https://bugs.rockylinux.org/show_bug.cgi?id=174 - We are aware of an issue that kdump does not work on vmware systems such as ESXi.

We are also aware of our mirror system reporting back the wrong directory for doing updates. It was going to `kickstart` rather than `os`. This should be resolved and updates should work normally.

Louis Abel
Release Engineering