9 files changed, 696 insertions, 49 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/contributor-guide/submit-changes.rst b/documentation/contributor-guide/submit-changes.rst
index d0026f9e3c..43c5abe20e 100644
--- a/documentation/contributor-guide/submit-changes.rst
+++ b/documentation/contributor-guide/submit-changes.rst
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ Taking Patch Review into Account
 You may get feedback on your submitted patches from other community members
 or from the automated patchtest service. If issues are identified in your
 patches then it is usually necessary to address these before the patches are
-accepted into the project. In this case you should your commits according
+accepted into the project. In this case you should revise your commits according
 to the feedback and submit an updated version to the relevant mailing list.
 
 In any case, never fix reported issues by fixing them in new commits
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-4.0.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-4.0.rst
index 9b0cc01a1f..daacd92ffe 100644
--- a/documentation/migration-guides/release-4.0.rst
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-4.0.rst
@@ -39,3 +39,5 @@ Release 4.0 (kirkstone)
    release-notes-4.0.30
    release-notes-4.0.31
    release-notes-4.0.32
+   release-notes-4.0.33
+   release-notes-4.0.34
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-5.0.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-5.0.rst
index b98e0141ca..76d8ae3b0b 100644
--- a/documentation/migration-guides/release-5.0.rst
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-5.0.rst
@@ -23,3 +23,4 @@ Release 5.0 (scarthgap)
    release-notes-5.0.14
    release-notes-5.0.15
    release-notes-5.0.16
+   release-notes-5.0.17
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.0.33.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.0.33.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d393b59c27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.0.33.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,182 @@
+Release notes for Yocto-4.0.33 (Kirkstone)
+------------------------------------------
+
+Security Fixes in Yocto-4.0.33
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  binutils: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-1181`, :cve_nist:`2025-11494`, :cve_nist:`2025-11839` and
+   :cve_nist:`2025-11840`
+-  cups: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-58436` and :cve_nist:`2025-61915`
+-  curl: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-14017`, :cve_nist:`2025-15079` and :cve_nist:`2025-15224`
+-  dropbear: Fix :cve_nist:`2019-6111`
+-  glib-2.0: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-13601`, :cve_nist:`2025-14087` and :cve_nist:`2025-14512`
+-  gnupg: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-68973`
+-  go: Fix :cve_nist:`2023-39323`, :cve_nist:`2025-61727` and :cve_nist:`2025-61729`
+-  go: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-58187` (update patch)
+-  grub: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-61661`, :cve_nist:`2025-61662`, :cve_nist:`2025-61663` and
+   :cve_nist:`2025-61664`
+-  libarchive: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-60753` (update patch)
+-  libpcap: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-11961` and :cve_nist:`2025-11964`
+-  libsoup: fix :cve_nist:`2025-12105`
+-  libxslt: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-11731`
+-  python3: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-13836`
+-  python3-urllib3: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-66418`
+-  qemu: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-12464`
+-  qemu: Ignore :cve_nist:`2025-54566` and :cve_nist:`2025-54567`
+-  rsync: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-10158`
+-  util-linux: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-14104`
+
+
+Fixes in Yocto-4.0.33
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  build-appliance-image: Update to kirkstone head revision
+-  contributor-guide/recipe-style-guide.rst: explain difference between layer and recipe license(s)
+-  cross.bbclass: Propagate dependencies to outhash
+-  cups: allow unknown directives in conf files
+-  docs: Add a new "Security" section
+-  oeqa: Use 2.14 release of cpio instead of 2.13
+-  overview-manual/yp-intro.rst: change removed ECOSYSTEM to ABOUT
+-  overview-manual/yp-intro.rst: fix SDK type in bullet list
+-  overview-manual/yp-intro.rst: link to YP members and participants
+-  overview-manual: convert YP-flow-diagram.png to SVG
+-  poky.conf: Bump version for 4.0.33 release
+-  pseudo: Upgrade to 1.9.2+git125b020dd2
+-  ref-manual/classes.rst: document the image-container class
+-  ref-manual/release-process.rst: add a "Development Cycle" section
+-  ref-manual/svg/releases.svg: mark styhead and walnascar EOL
+-  ref-manual/svg/releases.svg: mark whinlatter as current release
+-  ref-manual/variables.rst: document the :term:`CCACHE_TOP_DIR` variable
+-  scripts/install-buildtools: Update to 4.0.31
+-  test-manual/ptest.rst: detail the exit code and output requirements
+
+
+Known Issues in Yocto-4.0.33
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- N/A
+
+
+Contributors to Yocto-4.0.33
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Aleksandar Nikolic
+-  Antonin Godard
+-  Changqing Li
+-  Deepesh Varatharajan
+-  Hitendra Prajapati
+-  Jiaying Song
+-  Kai Kang
+-  Khem Raj
+-  Libo Chen
+-  Liyin Zhang
+-  Martin Jansa
+-  Mingli Yu
+-  Paul Barker
+-  Peter Marko
+-  Richard Purdie
+-  Robert Yang
+-  Vijay Anusuri
+-  Yash Shinde
+
+Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-4.0.33
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+yocto-docs
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/yocto-docs`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </yocto-docs/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.33 </yocto-docs/log/?h=yocto-4.0.33>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`6799b1be5d48f4bf5dcd0b16c2dbc2e297d4ecd9 </yocto-docs/commit/?id=6799b1be5d48f4bf5dcd0b16c2dbc2e297d4ecd9>`
+-  Release Artefact: yocto-docs-6799b1be5d48f4bf5dcd0b16c2dbc2e297d4ecd9
+-  sha: 42a0eb89c8f87a9a966aecb8265f463486d4383cb67d1e67382ddf9d4d7f88b5
+-  Download Locations:
+
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.33/yocto-docs-6799b1be5d48f4bf5dcd0b16c2dbc2e297d4ecd9.tar.bz2
+
+   https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.33/yocto-docs-6799b1be5d48f4bf5dcd0b16c2dbc2e297d4ecd9.tar.bz2
+
+poky
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/poky`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </poky/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.33 </poky/log/?h=yocto-4.0.33>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`ff118ede826a9ae45eb35025a5f7f612880fba01 </poky/commit/?id=ff118ede826a9ae45eb35025a5f7f612880fba01>`
+-  Release Artefact: poky-ff118ede826a9ae45eb35025a5f7f612880fba01
+-  sha: 2a8c24406fa96fc52728a96f25136a3fd7ee652eea6e12319a6b7c0457ccfdfd
+-  Download Locations:
+
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.33/poky-ff118ede826a9ae45eb35025a5f7f612880fba01.tar.bz2
+
+   https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.33/poky-ff118ede826a9ae45eb35025a5f7f612880fba01.tar.bz2
+
+openembedded-core
+
+-  Repository Location: :oe_git:`/openembedded-core`
+-  Branch: :oe_git:`kirkstone </openembedded-core/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :oe_git:`yocto-4.0.33 </openembedded-core/log/?h=yocto-4.0.33>`
+-  Git Revision: :oe_git:`036f76ea35c49a78d612093dcd8eb1fac7ded8d7 </openembedded-core/commit/?id=036f76ea35c49a78d612093dcd8eb1fac7ded8d7>`
+-  Release Artefact: oecore-036f76ea35c49a78d612093dcd8eb1fac7ded8d7
+-  sha: fc180ff224529fd73a7aec4a4cf5beb40fba17646ee694715cf603baba26610c
+-  Download Locations:
+
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.33/oecore-036f76ea35c49a78d612093dcd8eb1fac7ded8d7.tar.bz2
+
+   https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.33/oecore-036f76ea35c49a78d612093dcd8eb1fac7ded8d7.tar.bz2
+
+meta-yocto
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/meta-yocto`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </meta-yocto/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.33 </meta-yocto/log/?h=yocto-4.0.33>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`677379f21941363d50f9d946963542b4ccb7e27c </meta-yocto/commit/?id=677379f21941363d50f9d946963542b4ccb7e27c>`
+-  Release Artefact: meta-yocto-677379f21941363d50f9d946963542b4ccb7e27c
+-  sha: 90f52c406f4e69748b8d73eee07b8a1247d19cc29f4893174f110a034b10415f
+-  Download Locations:
+
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.33/meta-yocto-677379f21941363d50f9d946963542b4ccb7e27c.tar.bz2
+
+   https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.33/meta-yocto-677379f21941363d50f9d946963542b4ccb7e27c.tar.bz2
+
+meta-mingw
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/meta-mingw`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </meta-mingw/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.33 </meta-mingw/log/?h=yocto-4.0.33>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`87c22abb1f11be430caf4372e6b833dc7d77564e </meta-mingw/commit/?id=87c22abb1f11be430caf4372e6b833dc7d77564e>`
+-  Release Artefact: meta-mingw-87c22abb1f11be430caf4372e6b833dc7d77564e
+-  sha: f0bc4873e2e0319fb9d6d6ab9b98eb3f89664d4339a167d2db6a787dd12bc1a8
+-  Download Locations:
+
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.33/meta-mingw-87c22abb1f11be430caf4372e6b833dc7d77564e.tar.bz2
+
+   https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.33/meta-mingw-87c22abb1f11be430caf4372e6b833dc7d77564e.tar.bz2
+
+meta-gplv2
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/meta-gplv2`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </meta-gplv2/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.33 </meta-gplv2/log/?h=yocto-4.0.33>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a </meta-gplv2/commit/?id=d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a>`
+-  Release Artefact: meta-gplv2-d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a
+-  sha: c386f59f8a672747dc3d0be1d4234b6039273d0e57933eb87caa20f56b9cca6d
+-  Download Locations:
+
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.33/meta-gplv2-d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a.tar.bz2
+
+   https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.33/meta-gplv2-d2f8b5cdb285b72a4ed93450f6703ca27aa42e8a.tar.bz2
+
+bitbake
+
+-  Repository Location: :oe_git:`/bitbake`
+-  Branch: :oe_git:`2.0 </bitbake/log/?h=2.0>`
+-  Tag:  :oe_git:`yocto-4.0.33 </bitbake/log/?h=yocto-4.0.33>`
+-  Git Revision: :oe_git:`8e2d1f8de055549b2101614d85454fcd1d0f94b2 </bitbake/commit/?id=8e2d1f8de055549b2101614d85454fcd1d0f94b2>`
+-  Release Artefact: bitbake-8e2d1f8de055549b2101614d85454fcd1d0f94b2
+-  sha: fad4e7699bae62082118e89785324b031b0af0743064caee87c91ba28549afb0
+-  Download Locations:
+
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.33/bitbake-8e2d1f8de055549b2101614d85454fcd1d0f94b2.tar.bz2
+
+   https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.33/bitbake-8e2d1f8de055549b2101614d85454fcd1d0f94b2.tar.bz2
+
diff --git a/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.0.34.rst b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.0.34.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d2de165df1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/documentation/migration-guides/release-notes-4.0.34.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+Release notes for Yocto-4.0.34 (Kirkstone)
+------------------------------------------
+
+Security Fixes in Yocto-4.0.34
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  avahi: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-24401`, :cve_nist:`2025-68276`, :cve_nist:`2025-68468` and
+   :cve_nist:`2025-68471`
+-  bind: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-13878`
+-  expat: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-24515` and :cve_nist:`2026-25210`
+-  ffmpeg: Ignore :cve_nist:`2025-25468` and :cve_nist:`2025-25469`
+-  glib-2.0: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-0988`, :cve_nist:`2026-1484`, :cve_nist:`2026-1485` and
+   :cve_nist:`2026-1489`
+-  glibc: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-15281`, :cve_nist:`2026-0861` and :cve_nist:`2026-0915`
+-  harfbuzz: Ignore :cve_nist:`2026-22693`
+-  inetutils: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-24061`
+-  libpng: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-22695`, :cve_nist:`2026-22801` and :cve_nist:`2026-25646`
+-  libtasn1: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-13151`
+-  libxml2: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-0990` and :cve_nist:`2026-0992`
+-  linux-yocto/5.15: Fix :cve_nist:`2022-49465`, :cve_nist:`2023-54207`, :cve_nist:`2025-22058`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-40040`, :cve_nist:`2025-40149`, :cve_nist:`2025-40164`, :cve_nist:`2025-68211`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-68340`, :cve_nist:`2025-68365`, :cve_nist:`2025-68725`, :cve_nist:`2025-68817`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71147`, :cve_nist:`2025-71154`, :cve_nist:`2025-71162`, :cve_nist:`2025-71163`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-22976`, :cve_nist:`2026-22977`, :cve_nist:`2026-22978`, :cve_nist:`2026-22980`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-22982`, :cve_nist:`2026-22984`, :cve_nist:`2026-22990`, :cve_nist:`2026-22991`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-22992`, :cve_nist:`2026-22997`, :cve_nist:`2026-22998`, :cve_nist:`2026-22999`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23060`, :cve_nist:`2026-23061`, :cve_nist:`2026-23063`, :cve_nist:`2026-23064`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23076`, :cve_nist:`2026-23078`, :cve_nist:`2026-23080`, :cve_nist:`2026-23083`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23084`, :cve_nist:`2026-23085`, :cve_nist:`2026-23087`, :cve_nist:`2026-23089`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23090`, :cve_nist:`2026-23091`, :cve_nist:`2026-23093`, :cve_nist:`2026-23095`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23096`, :cve_nist:`2026-23097`, :cve_nist:`2026-23119`, :cve_nist:`2026-23120`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23121`, :cve_nist:`2026-23124`, :cve_nist:`2026-23125`, :cve_nist:`2026-23133`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23146`, :cve_nist:`2026-23150`, :cve_nist:`2026-23164`, :cve_nist:`2026-23167`
+   and :cve_nist:`2026-23170`
+-  openssl: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-15467`, :cve_nist:`2026-22795`, :cve_nist:`2026-22796`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-68160`, :cve_nist:`2025-69418`, :cve_nist:`2025-69419`, :cve_nist:`2025-69420`
+   and :cve_nist:`2025-69421`
+-  python3: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-12084` and :cve_nist:`2025-13837`
+-  vim: Ignore :cve_nist:`2025-66476`
+-  zlib: Ignore :cve_nist:`2026-22184`
+
+
+Fixes in Yocto-4.0.34
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  bind: Upgrade to 9.18.44
+-  build-appliance-image: Update to kirkstone head revision
+-  classes/buildhistory: Do not sign buildhistory commits
+-  dev-manual/packages.rst: fix example recipe version
+-  dev-manual/packages.rst: pr server: fix and explain why r0.X increments on :term:`SRCREV` change
+-  dev-manual/packages.rst: rename r0.0 to r0 when :term:`PR` server is not enabled
+-  glibc: stable 2.35 branch updates
+-  linux-yocto/5.15: update to v5.15.199
+-  migration-guides: add release notes for 4.0.32
+-  openssl: upgrade to 3.0.19
+-  poky.conf: Bump version for 4.0.34 release
+-  poky.conf: add fedora-41, debian-12, rocky-8&9 to :term:`SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS`
+-  pseudo: Update to 1.9.3+git43cbd8fb49
+-  ref-manual/classes.rst: fix broken links to U-Boot documentation
+-  ref-manual/system-requirements.rst: update untested distros
+-  scripts/install-buildtools: Update to 4.0.32
+-  u-boot: move CVE patch out of u-boot-common.inc
+-  what-i-wish-id-known.rst: replace figure by the new SVG
+
+
+Known Issues in Yocto-4.0.34
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- N/A
+
+
+Contributors to Yocto-4.0.34
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Aleksandar Nikolic
+-  Amaury Couderc
+-  Ankur Tyagi
+-  Antonin Godard
+-  Bruce Ashfield
+-  Fabio Berton
+-  Hugo SIMELIERE
+-  Lee Chee Yang
+-  Michael Opdenacker
+-  Paul Barker
+-  Peter Marko
+-  Richard Purdie
+-  Scott Murray
+-  Vijay Anusuri
+-  Yoann Congal
+
+Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-4.0.34
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+yocto-docs
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/yocto-docs`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </yocto-docs/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.34 </yocto-docs/log/?h=yocto-4.0.34>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`7c348dd67cfd169b1a56bf969606b03dccb76c56 </yocto-docs/commit/?id=7c348dd67cfd169b1a56bf969606b03dccb76c56>`
+-  Release Artefact: yocto-docs-7c348dd67cfd169b1a56bf969606b03dccb76c56
+-  sha: 0677fc3aee3c936599f3bcffbe16792494058bd3506ca3ab1697ceac1822829b
+-  Download Locations:
+
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.34/yocto-docs-7c348dd67cfd169b1a56bf969606b03dccb76c56.tar.bz2
+
+   https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.34/yocto-docs-7c348dd67cfd169b1a56bf969606b03dccb76c56.tar.bz2
+
+poky
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/poky`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`kirkstone </poky/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-4.0.34 </poky/log/?h=yocto-4.0.34>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`8334e82e1d85e50557bd3da64054fc9e3eafc495 </poky/commit/?id=8334e82e1d85e50557bd3da64054fc9e3eafc495>`
+-  Release Artefact: poky-8334e82e1d85e50557bd3da64054fc9e3eafc495
+-  sha: 74fcc57d1dd3bb0c6ef77bfaaeca7504f393e705a55149cf52d4b61981c9c387
+-  Download Locations:
+
+   https://downloads.yoctoproject.org/releases/yocto/yocto-4.0.34/poky-8334e82e1d85e50557bd3da64054fc9e3eafc495.tar.bz2
+
+   https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-4.0.34/poky-8334e82e1d85e50557bd3da64054fc9e3eafc495.tar.bz2
+
+openembedded-core
+
+-  Repository Location: :oe_git:`/openembedded-core`
+-  Branch: :oe_git:`kirkstone </openembedded-core/log/?h=kirkstone>`
+-  Tag:  :oe_git:`yocto-4.0.34 </openembedded-core/log/?h=yocto-4.0.34>`
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+-  Release Artefact: oecore-7b6c9faa301a6d058ca34e230586f6a81ffa3ffb
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+-  sha: fad4e7699bae62082118e89785324b031b0af0743064caee87c91ba28549afb0
+-  Download Locations:
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+Release notes for Yocto-5.0.17 (Scarthgap)
+------------------------------------------
+
+Openssl 3.2 has reached EOL. Some projects would like to use LTS version due to criticality and exposure of this component, so upgrade to 3.5 branch.
+
+Security Fixes in Yocto-5.0.17
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  alsa-lib: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-25068`
+-  avahi: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-68276`, :cve_nist:`2025-68468`, :cve_nist:`2025-68471` and
+   :cve_nist:`2026-24401`
+-  bind: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-13878`
+-  busybox: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-60876`
+-  ffmpeg: ignore :cve_nist:`2025-1594`, :cve_nist:`2025-10256`, :cve_nist:`2025-12343` and
+   :cve_nist:`2025-25468`
+-  freetype: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-23865`
+-  gdk-pixbuf: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-6199`
+-  glib-2.0: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-1484`, :cve_nist:`2026-1485` and :cve_nist:`2026-1489`
+-  gnupg: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-68973`
+-  gnutls: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-14831`
+-  go 1.22.12: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-61726`, :cve_nist:`2025-61728`, :cve_nist:`2025-61730`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-61731`, :cve_nist:`2025-61732`, :cve_nist:`2025-68119` and :cve_nist:`2025-68121`
+-  harfbuzz: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-22693`
+-  inetutils: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-28372` and :cve_nist:`2026-32746`
+-  libpng: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-25646`
+-  libsndfile1: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-56226`
+-  libtheora: Ignore :cve_nist:`2024-56431`
+-  linux-yocto/6.6: Fix :cve_nist:`2025-38593`, :cve_nist:`2025-38643`, :cve_nist:`2025-38678`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-40039`, :cve_nist:`2025-40040`, :cve_nist:`2025-40149`, :cve_nist:`2025-40164`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-40251`, :cve_nist:`2025-68211`, :cve_nist:`2025-68214`, :cve_nist:`2025-68223`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-68340`, :cve_nist:`2025-68365`, :cve_nist:`2025-68725`, :cve_nist:`2025-68817`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71068`, :cve_nist:`2025-71071`, :cve_nist:`2025-71075`, :cve_nist:`2025-71077`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71078`, :cve_nist:`2025-71079`, :cve_nist:`2025-71081`, :cve_nist:`2025-71082`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71083`, :cve_nist:`2025-71084`, :cve_nist:`2025-71085`, :cve_nist:`2025-71086`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71087`, :cve_nist:`2025-71088`, :cve_nist:`2025-71089`, :cve_nist:`2025-71091`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71093`, :cve_nist:`2025-71094`, :cve_nist:`2025-71095`, :cve_nist:`2025-71096`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71097`, :cve_nist:`2025-71098`, :cve_nist:`2025-71101`, :cve_nist:`2025-71102`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71104`, :cve_nist:`2025-71105`, :cve_nist:`2025-71107`, :cve_nist:`2025-71108`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71111`, :cve_nist:`2025-71112`, :cve_nist:`2025-71113`, :cve_nist:`2025-71114`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71116`, :cve_nist:`2025-71118`, :cve_nist:`2025-71119`, :cve_nist:`2025-71120`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71121`, :cve_nist:`2025-71122`, :cve_nist:`2025-71125`, :cve_nist:`2025-71126`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71127`, :cve_nist:`2025-71129`, :cve_nist:`2025-71130`, :cve_nist:`2025-71131`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71132`, :cve_nist:`2025-71133`, :cve_nist:`2025-71136`, :cve_nist:`2025-71137`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71138`, :cve_nist:`2025-71141`, :cve_nist:`2025-71143`, :cve_nist:`2025-71147`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71148`, :cve_nist:`2025-71149`, :cve_nist:`2025-71150`, :cve_nist:`2025-71151`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71153`, :cve_nist:`2025-71154`, :cve_nist:`2025-71160`, :cve_nist:`2025-71162`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71163`, :cve_nist:`2025-71180`, :cve_nist:`2025-71182`, :cve_nist:`2025-71183`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71185`, :cve_nist:`2025-71186`, :cve_nist:`2025-71188`, :cve_nist:`2025-71189`,
+   :cve_nist:`2025-71190`, :cve_nist:`2025-71191`, :cve_nist:`2025-71200`, :cve_nist:`2026-22976`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-22977`, :cve_nist:`2026-22978`, :cve_nist:`2026-22979`, :cve_nist:`2026-22980`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-22982`, :cve_nist:`2026-22984`, :cve_nist:`2026-22990`, :cve_nist:`2026-22991`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-22992`, :cve_nist:`2026-22994`, :cve_nist:`2026-22997`, :cve_nist:`2026-22998`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-22999`, :cve_nist:`2026-23001`, :cve_nist:`2026-23003`, :cve_nist:`2026-23005`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23006`, :cve_nist:`2026-23010`, :cve_nist:`2026-23011`, :cve_nist:`2026-23019`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23020`, :cve_nist:`2026-23021`, :cve_nist:`2026-23025`, :cve_nist:`2026-23026`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23060`, :cve_nist:`2026-23061`, :cve_nist:`2026-23062`, :cve_nist:`2026-23063`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23064`, :cve_nist:`2026-23068`, :cve_nist:`2026-23069`, :cve_nist:`2026-23071`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23073`, :cve_nist:`2026-23074`, :cve_nist:`2026-23075`, :cve_nist:`2026-23076`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23078`, :cve_nist:`2026-23080`, :cve_nist:`2026-23083`, :cve_nist:`2026-23084`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23085`, :cve_nist:`2026-23086`, :cve_nist:`2026-23087`, :cve_nist:`2026-23088`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23089`, :cve_nist:`2026-23090`, :cve_nist:`2026-23091`, :cve_nist:`2026-23093`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23094`, :cve_nist:`2026-23095`, :cve_nist:`2026-23096`, :cve_nist:`2026-23097`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23098`, :cve_nist:`2026-23099`, :cve_nist:`2026-23101`, :cve_nist:`2026-23102`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23103`, :cve_nist:`2026-23105`, :cve_nist:`2026-23107`, :cve_nist:`2026-23108`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23110`, :cve_nist:`2026-23113`, :cve_nist:`2026-23116`, :cve_nist:`2026-23119`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23120`, :cve_nist:`2026-23121`, :cve_nist:`2026-23123`, :cve_nist:`2026-23124`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23125`, :cve_nist:`2026-23126`, :cve_nist:`2026-23128`, :cve_nist:`2026-23131`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23133`, :cve_nist:`2026-23135`, :cve_nist:`2026-23136`, :cve_nist:`2026-23139`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23140`, :cve_nist:`2026-23141`, :cve_nist:`2026-23142`, :cve_nist:`2026-23144`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23146`, :cve_nist:`2026-23150`, :cve_nist:`2026-23156`, :cve_nist:`2026-23160`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23163`, :cve_nist:`2026-23164`, :cve_nist:`2026-23167`, :cve_nist:`2026-23168`,
+   :cve_nist:`2026-23170`, :cve_nist:`2026-23172`, :cve_nist:`2026-23173` and :cve_nist:`2026-23212`
+-  openssl: fix :cve_nist:`2025-15468` and :cve_nist:`2025-69419`
+-  python3-cryptography: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-26007`
+-  python3-pip: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-1703`
+-  python3-pyopenssl: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-27448` and :cve_nist:`2026-27459`
+-  tiff: ignore :cve_nist:`2025-61144` and :cve_nist:`2025-61145`
+-  vim: ignore :cve_nist:`2025-66476`
+-  zlib: Fix :cve_nist:`2026-27171`
+
+
+Fixes in Yocto-5.0.17
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  README: Add scarthgap subject-prefix to git-send-email suggestion
+-  bind: upgrade to 9.18.44
+-  bitbake: COW: Fix hardcoded magic numbers and work with python 3.13
+-  bitbake: fetch2: Fix LFS object checkout in submodules
+-  bitbake: fetch2: Fix incorrect lfs parametrization for submodules
+-  bitbake: fetch2: don't try to preserve all attributes when unpacking files
+-  bitbake: gitsm: Add clean function
+-  build-appliance-image: Update to scarthgap head revision
+-  classes/buildhistory: Do not sign buildhistory commits
+-  create-pull-request: Keep commit hash to be pulled in cover email
+-  dev-manual: delete references to "tar" package format
+-  docs: Makefile: pass -silent to latexmk
+-  go-vendor: Fix absolute paths issue
+-  improve_kernel_cve_report: add option to read debugsources.zstd
+-  improve_kernel_cve_report: do not override backported-patch
+-  improve_kernel_cve_report: do not use custom version
+-  linux-yocto/6.6: upgrade to v6.6.123
+-  lsb.py: strip ' from os-release file
+-  migration-guides: add release notes for 5.0.16
+-  mobile-broadband-provider-info: upgrade to 20251101
+-  oe-setup-build: Fix typo
+-  oeqa/selftest/wic: test recursive dir copy on ext partitions
+-  openssl: upgrade to 3.5.5
+-  overview-manual/concepts: list other possible class directories
+-  overview-manual: escape wildcard in inline markup
+-  poky.conf: Bump version for 5.0.17 release
+-  poky.conf: add Centos Stream 9, fedora-41, rocky-8 to :term:`SANITY_TESTED_DISTROS`
+-  pseudo: Update to include a fix for systems with kernel <5.6
+-  python3-pip: drop unused Windows distlib launcher templates
+-  python3-setuptools: drop Windows launcher executables on non-mingw builds
+-  ref-manual/classes.rst: fix broken links to U-Boot documentation
+-  ref-manual/system-requirements.rst: update supported, end-of-life and untested distros
+-  scripts/install-buildtools: Update to 5.0.15
+-  spdx30_tasks: Exclude 'doc' when exporting :term:`PACKAGECONFIG` to :term:`SPDX`
+-  spdx: add option to include only compiled sources
+-  systemd-systemctl: Fix instance name parsing with escapes or periods
+-  tzdata,tzcode-native: upgrade to 2025c
+-  u-boot: move CVE Fixes out of the common .inc file
+-  uboot-config: Fix devtool modify
+-  weston: fix a touch-calibrator issue
+-  what-i-wish-id-known.rst: replace figure by the new SVG
+-  wic/engine: error on old host debugfs for standalone directory copy
+-  wic/engine: fix copying directories into wic image with ext* partition
+-  wireless-regdb: upgrade to 2026.02.04
+
+
+Known Issues in Yocto-5.0.17
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+- N/A
+
+Contributors to Yocto-5.0.17
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+-  Aleksandar Nikolic
+-  Amaury Couderc
+-  Ankur Tyagi
+-  Antonin Godard
+-  Benjamin Robin (Schneider Electric)
+-  Bruce Ashfield
+-  Daniel Dragomir
+-  Daniel Turull
+-  Deepak Rathore
+-  Dragomir, Daniel
+-  Eduardo Ferreira
+-  Fabio Berton
+-  Hitendra Prajapati
+-  Hugo SIMELIERE
+-  João Marcos Costa (Schneider Electric)
+-  Kristiyan Chakarov
+-  Krupal Ka Patel
+-  Lee Chee Yang
+-  Livin Sunny
+-  Martin Jansa
+-  Michael Opdenacker
+-  Ming Liu
+-  Nguyen Dat Tho
+-  Paul Barker
+-  Peter Marko
+-  Philip Lorenz
+-  Quentin Schulz
+-  Richard Purdie
+-  Robert P. J. Day
+-  Robert Yang
+-  Ross Burton
+-  Ryan Eatmon
+-  Shaik Moin
+-  Tom Hochstein
+-  Trent Piepho
+-  Vijay Anusuri
+-  Yoann Congal
+
+Repositories / Downloads for Yocto-5.0.17
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+yocto-docs
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/yocto-docs`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`scarthgap </yocto-docs/log/?h=scarthgap>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-5.0.17 </yocto-docs/log/?h=yocto-5.0.17>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`aa7226705451e6c1ef964d49963bbed29b267c27 </yocto-docs/commit/?id=aa7226705451e6c1ef964d49963bbed29b267c27>`
+-  Release Artefact: yocto-docs-aa7226705451e6c1ef964d49963bbed29b267c27
+-  sha: d429833609637657f213611317dfadbd70293fff2f9e22753d1f71ef8515a6c0
+-  Download Locations:
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+
+   https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-5.0.17/yocto-docs-aa7226705451e6c1ef964d49963bbed29b267c27.tar.bz2
+
+poky
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/poky`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`scarthgap </poky/log/?h=scarthgap>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-5.0.17 </poky/log/?h=yocto-5.0.17>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`1e8099846661571ede077f533eb1b6c86818ddce </poky/commit/?id=1e8099846661571ede077f533eb1b6c86818ddce>`
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+-  sha: b56890576f593cc881ea8e467562d842cfca248099ce653d28ca14d250f6219e
+-  Download Locations:
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+   https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-5.0.17/poky-1e8099846661571ede077f533eb1b6c86818ddce.tar.bz2
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+openembedded-core
+
+-  Repository Location: :oe_git:`/openembedded-core`
+-  Branch: :oe_git:`scarthgap </openembedded-core/log/?h=scarthgap>`
+-  Tag:  :oe_git:`yocto-5.0.17 </openembedded-core/log/?h=yocto-5.0.17>`
+-  Git Revision: :oe_git:`52380df998b3a8fe6a091f8547434a3231320a8e </openembedded-core/commit/?id=52380df998b3a8fe6a091f8547434a3231320a8e>`
+-  Release Artefact: oecore-52380df998b3a8fe6a091f8547434a3231320a8e
+-  sha: a948d75acf76a392d170129ce6eb6f5fe45082d95b4fd28045aac58b8373cb26
+-  Download Locations:
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+   https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-5.0.17/oecore-52380df998b3a8fe6a091f8547434a3231320a8e.tar.bz2
+
+meta-yocto
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/meta-yocto`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`scarthgap </meta-yocto/log/?h=scarthgap>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-5.0.17 </meta-yocto/log/?h=yocto-5.0.17>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`c7c38663a1cafb1fa8593c0b246811e51d3bbe20 </meta-yocto/commit/?id=c7c38663a1cafb1fa8593c0b246811e51d3bbe20>`
+-  Release Artefact: meta-yocto-c7c38663a1cafb1fa8593c0b246811e51d3bbe20
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+-  Download Locations:
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+
+   https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-5.0.17/meta-yocto-c7c38663a1cafb1fa8593c0b246811e51d3bbe20.tar.bz2
+
+meta-mingw
+
+-  Repository Location: :yocto_git:`/meta-mingw`
+-  Branch: :yocto_git:`scarthgap </meta-mingw/log/?h=scarthgap>`
+-  Tag:  :yocto_git:`yocto-5.0.17 </meta-mingw/log/?h=yocto-5.0.17>`
+-  Git Revision: :yocto_git:`bd9fef71ec005be3c3a6d7f8b99d8116daf70c4f </meta-mingw/commit/?id=bd9fef71ec005be3c3a6d7f8b99d8116daf70c4f>`
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+
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+
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+
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+-  Tag:  :oe_git:`yocto-5.0.17 </bitbake/log/?h=yocto-5.0.17>`
+-  Git Revision: :oe_git:`d3b4c352dd33fca90cd31649eda054b884478739 </bitbake/commit/?id=d3b4c352dd33fca90cd31649eda054b884478739>`
+-  Release Artefact: bitbake-d3b4c352dd33fca90cd31649eda054b884478739
+-  sha: 1021fc412780e21b25ccb045b66368ebe3fc4e785a65066ac0cafb9bdd5492fa
+-  Download Locations:
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+
+   https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/yocto/yocto/yocto-5.0.17/bitbake-d3b4c352dd33fca90cd31649eda054b884478739.tar.bz2
+
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
index cb253ab2f8..48b50e4be3 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/system-requirements.rst
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ supported on the following distributions:
 
 -  AlmaLinux 8
 -  AlmaLinux 9
+-  CentOS Stream 9
 -  Debian 11
 -  Debian 12
 -  Fedora 39
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 62417d045c..e7e5400d3b 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -1638,7 +1638,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
          (set via :term:`RRECOMMENDS`) are always ignored.
 
    :term:`COMPONENTS_DIR`
-      Stores sysroot components for each recipe. The OpenEmbedded build
+      Stores sysroot components provided by each recipe. The OpenEmbedded build
       system uses :term:`COMPONENTS_DIR` when constructing recipe-specific
       sysroots for other recipes.
 
@@ -2144,7 +2144,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
 
       The practical effect of the previous assignment is that all files
       installed by bar will be available in the appropriate staging sysroot,
-      given by the :term:`STAGING_DIR* <STAGING_DIR>` variables, by the time
+      given by the :term:`STAGING_DIR* <STAGING_DIR_HOST>` variables, by the time
       the :ref:`ref-tasks-configure` task for ``foo`` runs. This mechanism is
       implemented by having :ref:`ref-tasks-configure` depend on the
       :ref:`ref-tasks-populate_sysroot` task of each recipe listed in
@@ -6841,19 +6841,17 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       Points to a shared, global-state directory that holds data generated
       during the packaging process. During the packaging process, the
       :ref:`ref-tasks-packagedata` task packages data
-      for each recipe and installs it into this temporary, shared area.
+      for each recipe and installs it into this shared area.
       This directory defaults to the following, which you should not
       change::
 
-         ${STAGING_DIR_HOST}/pkgdata
+         ${TMPDIR}/pkgdata/${MACHINE}
 
       For examples of how this data is used, see the
       ":ref:`overview-manual/concepts:automatically added runtime dependencies`"
       section in the Yocto Project Overview and Concepts Manual and the
       ":ref:`dev-manual/debugging:viewing package information with ``oe-pkgdata-util```"
-      section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual. For more
-      information on the shared, global-state directory, see
-      :term:`STAGING_DIR_HOST`.
+      section in the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
 
    :term:`PKGDEST`
       Points to the parent directory for files to be packaged after they
@@ -7435,13 +7433,13 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       section.
 
    :term:`RECIPE_SYSROOT`
-      This variable points to the directory that holds all files populated from
+      This variable points to the directory populated with all files provided by
       recipes specified in :term:`DEPENDS`. As the name indicates,
-      think of this variable as a custom root (``/``) for the recipe that will be
+      think of this variable as a custom root (``/``) for the recipe, that will be
       used by the compiler in order to find headers and other files needed to complete
       its job.
 
-      This variable is related to :term:`STAGING_DIR_HOST` or :term:`STAGING_DIR_TARGET`
+      This variable is used to define :term:`STAGING_DIR_HOST` or :term:`STAGING_DIR_TARGET`
       according to the type of the recipe and the build target.
 
       To better understand this variable, consider the following examples:
@@ -7455,11 +7453,11 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       Do not modify it.
 
    :term:`RECIPE_SYSROOT_NATIVE`
-      This is similar to :term:`RECIPE_SYSROOT` but the populated files are from
-      ``-native`` recipes. This allows a recipe built for the target machine to
-      use ``native`` tools.
+      This is similar to :term:`RECIPE_SYSROOT` but files in it are provided by
+      native recipes. This allows a recipe built for the target machine to
+      use native tools.
 
-      This variable is related to :term:`STAGING_DIR_NATIVE`.
+      This variable is used to define :term:`STAGING_DIR_NATIVE`.
 
       The default value is ``"${WORKDIR}/recipe-sysroot-native"``.
       Do not modify it.
@@ -7720,7 +7718,9 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
    :term:`RSUGGESTS`
       A list of additional packages that you can suggest for installation
       by the package manager at the time a package is installed. Not all
-      package managers support this functionality.
+      package managers support this functionality. This feature takes effect
+      only when the package manager is being used to install packages on
+      the target system from a package feed.
 
       As with all package-controlling variables, you must always use this
       variable in conjunction with a package name override. Here is an
@@ -7728,6 +7728,10 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
 
          RSUGGESTS:${PN} = "useful_package another_package"
 
+      For more information on package management, see the
+      :ref:`dev-manual/packages:Using Runtime Package Management` section
+      of the Yocto Project Development Tasks Manual.
+
    :term:`RUST_CHANNEL`
       Specifies which version of Rust to build - "stable", "beta" or "nightly".
       The default value is "stable". Set this at your own risk, as values other
@@ -8893,8 +8897,7 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
       directory for the build host.
 
    :term:`STAGING_DIR`
-      Helps construct the ``recipe-sysroot*`` directories, which are used
-      during packaging.
+      Used for constructing directory trees used during staging.
 
       For information on how staging for recipe-specific sysroots occurs,
       see the :ref:`ref-tasks-populate_sysroot`
@@ -8914,31 +8917,31 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
          those files into the sysroot.
 
    :term:`STAGING_DIR_HOST`
-      Specifies the path to the sysroot directory for the system on which
-      the component is built to run (the system that hosts the component).
-      For most recipes, this sysroot is the one in which that recipe's
-      :ref:`ref-tasks-populate_sysroot` task copies
-      files. Exceptions include ``-native`` recipes, where the
-      :ref:`ref-tasks-populate_sysroot` task instead uses
-      :term:`STAGING_DIR_NATIVE`. Depending on
-      the type of recipe and the build target, :term:`STAGING_DIR_HOST` can
-      have the following values:
+      Specifies the path to the recipe's input sysroot directory, populated with files
+      for the system on which the component is built to run
+      (the system that hosts the component).
+      For most recipes, this sysroot is populated by their
+      :ref:`ref-tasks-populate_sysroot` task (when sharing files
+      between recipes). Exceptions include native recipes, for which the files from
+      :ref:`ref-tasks-populate_sysroot` task are instead copied to
+      :term:`STAGING_DIR_NATIVE`. Depending on the type of recipe and the build target,
+      :term:`STAGING_DIR_HOST` can have the following values:
 
       -  For recipes building for the target machine, the value is
-         "${:term:`STAGING_DIR`}/${:term:`MACHINE`}".
+         ``"${RECIPE_SYSROOT}"``, check :term:`RECIPE_SYSROOT`.
 
-      -  For native recipes building for the build host, the value is empty
-         given the assumption that when building for the build host, the
-         build host's own directories should be used.
+      -  For native recipes (building for the :term:`build host`), the value is empty
+         given the assumption that when building for the :term:`build host`, the
+         :term:`build host`'s own directories should be used.
 
          .. note::
 
-            ``-native`` recipes are not installed into host paths like such
-            as ``/usr``. Rather, these recipes are installed into
-            :term:`STAGING_DIR_NATIVE`. When compiling ``-native`` recipes,
+            Native recipe files are not installed into host paths such
+            as ``/usr``. Rather, such files are installed into
+            :term:`STAGING_DIR_NATIVE`. When compiling native recipes,
             standard build environment variables such as
             :term:`CPPFLAGS` and
-            :term:`CFLAGS` are set up so that both host paths
+            :term:`CFLAGS` are set up so that both :term:`build host`'s paths
             and :term:`STAGING_DIR_NATIVE` are searched for libraries and
             headers using, for example, GCC's ``-isystem`` option.
 
@@ -8946,16 +8949,15 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
             should be viewed as input variables by tasks such as
             :ref:`ref-tasks-configure`,
             :ref:`ref-tasks-compile`, and
-            :ref:`ref-tasks-install`. Having the real system
-            root correspond to :term:`STAGING_DIR_HOST` makes conceptual sense
-            for ``-native`` recipes, as they make use of host headers and
-            libraries.
-
-      Check :term:`RECIPE_SYSROOT` and :term:`RECIPE_SYSROOT_NATIVE`.
+            :ref:`ref-tasks-install`. Having the real system root
+            (the :term:`build host`'s root) play the role of :term:`STAGING_DIR_HOST`
+            makes conceptual sense for native recipes, as they make use
+            of the :term:`build host`'s headers and libraries.
 
    :term:`STAGING_DIR_NATIVE`
-      Specifies the path to the sysroot directory used when building
-      components that run on the build host itself.
+      Specifies the path to the recipe's input sysroot directory, populated with
+      files provided by native recipes (recipes building components that
+      run on the :term:`build host` itself).
 
       The default value is ``"${RECIPE_SYSROOT_NATIVE}"``,
       check :term:`RECIPE_SYSROOT_NATIVE`.
diff --git a/documentation/sphinx-static/theme_overrides.css b/documentation/sphinx-static/theme_overrides.css
index d235cb826f..3cb16dbccc 100644
--- a/documentation/sphinx-static/theme_overrides.css
+++ b/documentation/sphinx-static/theme_overrides.css
@@ -99,14 +99,19 @@ em {
 [alt='Permalink'] { color: #eee; }
 [alt='Permalink']:hover { color: black; }
 
+.literal-block {
+    background: #f8f8f8;
+}
+
 @media screen {
-    /* content column
-     *
-     * RTD theme's default is 800px as max width for the content, but we have
-     * tables with tons of columns, which need the full width of the view-port.
-     */
+    .wy-nav-content {
+       max-width: 1000px;
+       background: #fcfcfc;
+    }
 
-    .wy-nav-content{max-width: none; }
+    .wy-nav-content-wrap {
+       background: #efefef;
+    }
 
     /* inline literal: drop the borderbox, padding and red color */
     code, .rst-content tt, .rst-content code {