ROS Lyrical Luth Beta and Call for Testing

The Robot Operating System (ROS) 2 team has officially kicked off the beta phase for **ROS 2 Lyrical Luth**, the next iteration of its widely used robotics middleware. Binary packages for **Ubuntu Resolute** and **RHEL 10** are now available, though limited to the testing repository to gather early feedback. Developers can install the `ros-lyrical-*` packages by following the pre-release testing instructions or download the archive from artifact releases if building from source.

The team is actively soliciting bug reports and contributions, with maintainers urged to follow the package release guide for Lyrical. A **Tutorial Party** (starting April 30, 2026) will provide hands-on guidance for testing and development. This follows ROS 2’s tradition of community-driven testing phases, such as the prior **Galactic** and **Kilted** betas, ensuring stability before the final release.