Bayan fitowar kwaya 4.16, an buɗe lokacin miƙa mulki don ci gaba da sigar ta gaba. An rufe wannan lokacin miƙa mulki ko taga haɗe kuma tare da shi aka fito da nau'in ɗan takara na kernel 4.17. Kernel na gaba wanda zai zo kan kwamfutocinmu a wannan shekara. Koyaya, Linus Torvalds, mahaliccinta kuma jagoran aikin, baya farin ciki da lambar da sabbin kwayayen ke fitarwa kuma ana iya canza su nan bada jimawa ba.Linux Torvalds ya bayyana ta hanyar jerin aikawasiku na kwaya cewa ba ya son yin tsinkaya kuma cewa na gaba na iya zama na 5 ko wataƙila ba. Gaskiyar ita ce, a halin yanzu zai zama sigar 4.17 na kwaya, wanda aka cimma wata muhimmiyar ma'ana a cikin wurin ajiyar Git kuma wannan wani abu ne mai ban mamaki.
Ga sauran, sabon sigar kwaya ba ya gabatar da wani babban labari kuma har yanzu fasalin kiyayewa ne. A cikin wannan sigar, an gyara kwari da suka bayyana kuma an kawar da dandamali na kayan aikin da ba su da amfani. Jerin dandamali da aka cire shine blackfin, cris, frv, m32r, metag, mn10300, ci da tayal. A gefe guda, dandalin nds32 ko kuma ana kiransa RISC Andes Technology 32-0bit gine.
An riga an sami lambar don wannan kwaya a kernel.orgKoyaya, ba'a ba da shawarar amfani dashi akan samfuran ko kwandastan komputa tunda kwaya bata da ƙarfi. Amma mafi ban mamaki kalmomin Linus Torvalds, shugaban aikin. 'Yan kalmomi waɗanda ke haifar da babban canji a cikin lambar ƙirar kuma a cikin wanda yawancin masu haɓakawa suka yarda da Linus Torvalds, tunda lambobin sigar basu da ma'ana fiye da yadda ake amfani dasu azaman sunan kunshin.