Una αlpha o βeta (a partire da Fedora 13), fa automaticamente parte della fase Branched, quindi per ottenere una final non occorre far altro che installare i pacchetti di aggiornamento (manualmente via yum o PackageKit GUI, oppure automaticamente, attendendo le notifiche dal sistema). Tuttavia, l'upgrade presenta alcune differenze, rispetto ad una installazione completamente nuova, per via dell'installer che opera in modo leggermente diverso rispetto al gestore dei pacchetti.
Se invece si ha una Rawhide, per ottenere una final release, si dovrebbe effettuare un downgrade, di cui non si garantisce l'efficacia - meglio procedere con una nuova installazione!
Per altre situazioni, vedere Upgrade da una precedente release via Preupgrade e Upgrade via Yum.
After updating to final, I see the new fedora and updates repos, but why is my rawhide repo also still enabled?
This will happen if you have manually modified your /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-rawhide.repo file before updating 
fedora-releasemirrorlist= to baseurl= for a repository definition, this situation occurs. Once fedora-rawhide.repo.rpmnew. To disable Rawhide, either toggle enabled=0 in your modified configuration, select the Software Sources application from System > Administration > Software Sources on the menu, or run this command:
su -c 'mv /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-rawhide.repo.rpmnew /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-rawhide.repo'
I found a Fedora 42 ISO leak before release day! Is it legit or is it exploited?
The only way to know for sure is to verify the leaked SHA256SUM CHECKSUM file's GPG signature (if available) with the official Fedora GPG key. If you can't, or won't do this, it's safer to just be patient and wait for release day. Also note that even if the early leak does check out, it might not be the FINAL release. Fedora has in the past had to re-push last-minute changes to the official releases.
If I report my problem to fedora-test list or post in fedora forum, will my issues reach the developers?
You can use such avenues for discussions however for maximum efficiency, we always recommend that all actual bugs be reported to the Fedora bug tracker (Bugzilla) against the appropriate package in rawhide. This is the only assured way of reaching the right developers.
When is Fedora 42 going to be released?
An up-to-date release schedule is always maintained at Releases/42/Schedule.
What are the new features in Fedora 42?
The Fedora 42 feature list and Fedora_42_Announcement have more details.
Should I upgrade to Fedora 42?
We offer you the choice of the greatest and latest release. Per the Fedora lifecyle policy, each release of Fedora is maintained until a month after the second following release. For example, Fedora 40 will stop getting updates a month after Fedora 42 release. We highly recommend that users of unmaintained, "end-of-life" (EOL) releases upgrade to a newer release to continue getting critical security fixes.
How can I upgrade?
Refer to Upgrading.
Where can I get support for 42 pre-releases?
For IRC Support, please use the #fedora-qa channel instead of the main #fedora channel. The FedoraForum site has a dedicated forum for Alpha and Beta pre-releases; please use that forum instead of the main forum. For email list discussions, please use the fedora-test-list.