The Fedora Project’s Code of Conduct and its reports are managed by the Fedora Code of Conduct Committee, the Fedora Community Architect, and the Fedora Project Leader. We publish this summary to demonstrate our commitment to community safety and our project’s social fabric.
This post covers the year of reports received in the 2024 calendar year. The 2023 and 2024 annual report posts are published with delays due to changes in membership in the Code of Conduct Committee and rebalancing existing work. The purpose of publishing the reports now is to provide transparency, insight, and awareness into the health signs of the community.
How’d it go in 2024
The Fedora community continues to see a mix of hurdles in collaborations within the community, off-platform brand management, and a significant focus on moderator accountability.
2024 included reports about external social media posts made outside of our core community spaces. The Fedora Code of Conduct Committee (CoCC) were no longer just “putting out fires” of individual indifferences; we actively set expectations for how contributors represent Fedora on the web and its communities. To support this mission and bring in fresh perspectives to our work, we expanded our committee by welcoming three new members Jona Azizaj, Dave Cantrell, and Dorka Volavkova.
Overall, the 2024 data shows a significant decrease in new reports opened from the previous years. Additionally, fewer warnings and moderations were issued than previous years. The data matches the experience of the Code of Conduct Committee, in that the case load from new reports was finally beginning to decrease in volume. The incidents we received in 2024 were typically less intense and time-consuming than prior years. This supports a hypothesis made by the Committee that reports will decrease as time goes on from the global pandemic. The 2021 initiative of modernizing the Fedora Code of Conduct for sustainability was a successful effort.
| Year | Reports Opened | Reports Closed | Warnings Issued | Moderations Issued | Suspensions Issued | Bans Issued |
| 2024 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 21 | 24 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 23 | 24 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 20 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
Looking forward to 2025
If you witness or are part of a situation that violates Fedora’s Code of Conduct, please open a private report on the Code of Conduct repo or email codeofconduct@fedoraproject.org. As always, your reports are confidential and only visible to the Code of Conduct Committee.
Remember that opening a CoC report does not automatically mean action will be taken. Sometimes things can be clarified, improved, or resolved entirely. Or, it could be something pretty small, but it definitely wasn’t okay, and you don’t want to make a big deal… open that report anyway, because it could show a pattern of behavior that is negatively impacting more people than yourself.
Here is a reminder to our Fedora community to be kind and considerate to each other in all our interactions. We all depend on each other to create a community that is healthy, safe, and happy. Most of all, we love seeing folks self-moderate and stand up for the right thing day-to-day in our community. Keep it up, and keep being awesome Fedora, we <3 you!
About the Committee
Fedora Project’s Code of Conduct and reports are managed by the Fedora Code of Conduct Committee (CoCC). The Fedora CoCC is made up of the Fedora Project Leader, Matthew Miller; the Fedora Community Architect, Justin Wheeler; the Red Hat legal team, as appropriate; and community nominated members. In 2024, the Fedora Code of Conduct Committee (CoCC) expanded its membership by adding three new members. Jona Azizaj, David Cantrell, Dorka Volavkova came in this year.
Cannot underscore how proud I am of the folks behind-the-scenes doing this important but very difficult work. Thanks @chris for helping get us caught up on the reports, and to provide transparency to the community about our work for the last three years.
The 2025 report is on the way next week! And then we will be officially caught up to present-day.
Thanks so much for the kind words! It’s definitely been team effort getting these reports across the finish line
I greatly appreciate that the Pledge says,
I think most people are looking to Fedora for a great OS, not for lectures on politics or anything else. Thank you for having a policy that maintains the proper focus!