This seems to be hitting quite a few people, so tentatively:
FinalBlocker +1
Criterion would be https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Basic_Release_Criteria#Network_requirements I guess.

Yeah, it seems to violate the "Basic networking" criteria.

FinalBlocker +1

Peter reverted[1] the patch he added in 20250917-2. Maybe that'll do the trick? He's got a new build here[2], if those affected can test it.

[1] https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/linux-firmware/c/25ca2e4
[2] https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=2842187

Yeah, it seems to violate the "Basic networking" criteria.

FinalBlocker +1

Peter reverted[1] the patch he added in 20250917-2. Maybe that'll do the trick? He's got a new build here[2], if those affected can test it.

[1] https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/linux-firmware/c/25ca2e4
[2] https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=2842187

Actually the above build won't do the trick, I was skimming the 'dist-git' commit too fast. But besides downgrading the package version, there's a workaround, details in the bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2401216#c41. This issue seems to affect Alpine and Gentoo as well.

FinalBlocker +1

Mediatek wifi seems to be increasingly chosen as a solution in AMD systems.

FinalBlocker +1

AGREED AcceptedFinalBlocker

Discussed at the 2025-10-13 (blocker / freeze exception) review meeting:

This seems a wifi chip that is widespread enough to justify a blocker. All networking criteria are violated for affected hardware: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Basic_Release_Criteria#Network_requirements

https://meetbot-raw.fedoraproject.org//blocker-review_matrix_fedoraproject-org/2025-10-13/f43-blocker-review.2025-10-13-16.00.txt

The following votes have been closed:

• Accepted FinalBlocker (+4, 0, -0)
  • +1 by adamwill, kashyapc, lruzicka, nielsenb

Release F43 is no longer tracked by BlockerBugs, closing this ticket.