Rialto Hardening

ETA:

Q3

Q4

Dev Owner:

Comcast

11 Sep 2026 

No additional playback issue seen. Comcast PR fix exists but has not yet been merged

Vaisakh to investigate pending Comcast PR merge

Netflix requires ER Manager. Enabling ER Manager causes a Rialto crash.

28 Aug 2026 

Analysis of App playback failures in progress. 3 tickets are suspected to be of Rialto. As Comcast AVPK test passes on BCM(they have a different branch), need investigation

NRDP25 DPI9

ETA:

Q4

Dev Owner:

Comcast

11 Sep 2026 

Feature-by-feature testing ongoing.Full certification dry run not yet executed

28 Aug 2026 

Dual video playback testing is underway through Rialto, Intermittent failures remain under investigation

*: in DPI9, Multi-video alone is not sufficient; multi-audio support also needs validation. Such capability gaps should result in formal tickets. Dependencies on resource-management infrastructure( like Dual-video capability ) also  must be clearly tracked.

Chrobalt 2027

ETA:

Q4

Dev Owner:

Comcast

11 Sep 2026 

CLA and CMF-requested updates pending. YT25 fixes continue and will be reused for YT27.

YT27 task breakdown completed.

28 Aug 2026 

Develop branch is prepared to intake YT 27 changes, Google changes are being evaluated and merged incrementally. 

Create tickets for dependencies and mark as blockers

Amazon Prime AVPK 6.2

ETA:

Q4

Dev Owner:

Comcast

11 Sep 2026 AVPK7 Originally expected on 7 September. Team continues on AVPK6. Two playback-failure tickets under investigation.

28 Aug 2026 After test run ,3 tickets are suspected to be of Rialto. As Comcast AVPK test passes on BCM(they have a different branch), need investigation

Create tickets for dependencies and mark as blockers

Firebolt 9

ETA:

Q3

Q4

Dev Owner:

Comcast

11 Sep 2026  Web client library architecture approved and targeted for Q3. Native client library architecture still under discussion.

28 Aug 2026  Thunder and Firebolt can coexist. Runtime fallback is available during development.Comcast plans to implement APIs using OpenSpec-generated code. Ongoing discussions continue around DTID handling and possible server-side management. 

Common Flutter runtime for RDK

ETA:

TBD

Dev Owner:

Comcast & Infosys

14 Aug 2026 

Low priority as of now

31 Jul 2026 

RDKM POC is planned to validate Flutter UX/runtime capabilities. Infosys has completed their activities. Comcast continuing their activities

AppManagers

ETA:

Q3

Q4

Dev Owner:

Comcast

11 Sep 2026  Waiting for dial changes from Comcast team. External plugin updates expected next week.

Resource Monitor

ETA:

Q3

Q4

Dev Owner:

Comcast & Infosys

11 Sep 2026 

Dependent on upcoming Comcast Q3 release. Validation planned after delivery.

31 Jul 2026 

Most implementation done by Infosys. Integration efforts in progress.

DAC2.0 tooling

ETA:

Q3

Q4

Dev Owner:

Infosys

OCDM

ETA:

Q3

Q4

Dev Owner:

Infosys

11 Sep 2026 

Antony working on plan alignment.Multi-decrypt and persistent-license discussions ongoing.

Most deliverables planned in Q3. WIP for netflix related OCDM patches. Due to diff b/w Comcast media key session implementation and RDKM implementation, some bugs are attributed to this. Alignment discussions in progress

Browser runtime OIPF API requirements

ETA:

Q3

Q4

Dev Owner:

Infosys

Infosys internal. Narayanaswamy Ramaiyer  to check with Ajith if this is relevant for RDK9

Native IP Player in the app layer

ETA:

Q4

Q1

Dev Owner:

Infosys

Infosys internal. Narayanaswamy Ramaiyer  to check with Ajith if this is relevant for RDK9

Network Manager support for Wi-Fi 7

ETA:

Q4

Dev Owner:

Infosys

Network Diagnostics

ETA:

Q4

Q1

Dev Owner:

Infosys

A US

Westeros Refactoring

ETA:

Q3

Q4

Dev Owner:

Comcast

21 Aug 2026  Available as part of M8 release 

SOC SDK upgrade

ETA:

Q4

Dev Owner:

RDKM

21 Aug 2026  BCM and RTK are expected to be done by Sep. Rest of the changes - like HAL - is blocked on until HAL ( like AIDL ) API are defined and passed to SOC

SOC Unification among all community members

ETA:

Q4

Dev Owner:

RDKM

21 Aug 2026  HAL unification (part of this )in BCM is planned for Q4. This activity is more of a POC

DRM upgrade

ETA:

TBD

Dev Owner:

RDKM

11 Sep 2026 

BCM targeting Widevine 20.3.
RTK targeting Widevine 19.3.
AMLstatus pending. 

21 Aug 2026  Widevine 19 is required for YT 27 so this needs to be checked and planned

Platform Upgrades

ETA:

TBD

Dev Owner:

RDKM

11 Sep 2026 

New WiFi 7 module expected.Firmware impacts require evaluation.

04 Sep 2026 New BSP packages containing Kernel 6.x have been received and integration activities have started. Will be available in Q3 release

YouTube 27  certification

ETA:

TBD

Dev Owner:

Comcast & RDKM

Ref UI Update

ETA:

TBD

Dev Owner:

RDKM

21 Aug 2026  Implementation is in progress

Firebolt JS Client integration

ETA:

TBD

Dev Owner:

Comcast

VTS Improvements

ETA:

TBD

Dev Owner:

Comcast/SOC

04 Sep 2026 Keeping ticket open to match 100% for future VL releases

Generic RDK Resource Manager  to replace Essos Resource Manager

ETA:

TBD

Dev Owner:

Comcast

21 Aug 2026  Too many dependencies as of now, so will be known at a later stage only. open sourcing still pending

DIAL

ETA:

Q3

Q4

Dev Owner:

Comcast

04 Sep 2026 DIAL delivery remains targeted for Q3, with UA integration expected afterward. The feature has dependencies on app certification activities

DAB

ETA:

Q3

Q4

Dev Owner:

Comcast

04 Sep 2026   Comcast is implementing DAB adapters while the UI team must integrate the feature into the user interface. Additional tasks are required to address RDK6 to RDK9 architectural differences and voice-related validation considerations. 

Subtec

ETA:

Q3

Q4

Dev Owner:

Infosys

04 Sep 2026 subtec open sourcing is a blocker

21 Aug 2026  Infosys has not yet started. Opening up texttrack repo to Infosys is nearing closure. Opening up repo to public - no OSCR ticket yet

Thunder Support for Firebolt Media Capabilities APIs 

ETA:

TBD

Dev Owner:

Comcast

21 Aug 2026  This is the MW implementation of Firebolt APIs. Blocked on Firebolt spec finalization

Telemetry markers for resource pressure

ETA:

TBD

Dev Owner:

Comcast

04 Sep 2026 Dev in progress

21 Aug 2026  Dev expected from Comcast

Chrony NTP Client

ETA:

Q3

Dev Owner:

RDKM

21 Aug 2026  All activities are completed. Feature can be considered closed

Firebolt Connect Automaton

ETA:

TBD

Dev Owner:

RDKM

mABR Agent in MW

ETA:

Q4

Q1

Dev Owner:

Infosys

21 Aug 2026 Infosys yet to start definition

Miracast support

ETA:

Q3

Q4

Dev Owner:

Comcast

Splash screen on RDK Device Boot

ETA:

Q3

Q4

Dev Owner:

RDKM

04 Sep 2026 

Comcast has provided Window Manager APIs to show/hide splash screens. BCM has already provided a fix and validation is underway. 

21 Aug 2026  SOC specific changes expected for BCM/RTK. No changes possible in AML. A change of approach on Comcast side has now resulted some delays in RDKM approach for this ( due to availability of a couple of APIs )