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* When a change in master needs to be backported to the current NixOS release, it is cherry-picked into the current <code>release-XX.YY</code> branch
* When a change in master needs to be backported to the current NixOS release, it is cherry-picked into the current <code>release-XX.YY</code> branch
* [[Nix_channels#Channel_update_process|Hydra]] picks up this change, runs tests, and if those tests pass, updates the corresponding <code>nixos-XX.YY</code> branch, which is then reified as a channel.
* [[Channel branches#Channel_update_process|Hydra]] picks up this change, runs tests, and if those tests pass, updates the corresponding <code>nixos-XX.YY</code> branch, which is then reified as a channel.


So in short, the <code>relase-XX.YY</code> branches have not been run through Hydra yet, whereas the <code>nixos-XX.YY</code> ones have.
So in short, the <code>relase-XX.YY</code> branches have not been run through Hydra yet, whereas the <code>nixos-XX.YY</code> ones have.