So, now it’s happened. It’s April and the monthly update was not distributed on time. I always ask myself the question, if the March update is delivered in April, will the April update still be rolled out in April?
Let’s hope that the next update will be rolled out quickly. I think it will be something more than just a security update.
Its most times rolled out the next month, i.e. march beginning of April. So beside the fact that feb was not published, for march its not late yet.
Which monthly update are you talking about? The February one, or the March one?
My phone is still on “Security update: January 5th” and claims I have the latest version. 
For the record, today is April 3rd.
I’ll refrain from commenting, lest I get accused of being judgmental and/or negative…
You know yourself that the security update is always a month behind. This is nothing new and is also the case with almost all other manufacturers. Nevertheless, there was an update in February (Big Camera Update). There’s no need to dramatize it now.
I think you missed the point: I’m talking about Security Updates, and I’m still waiting for the February security update.
The fact they updated the camera is nice, I’m very thankful they did, but it’s irrelevant here since it doesn’t replace Security Updates.
And this is connected
As a beta tester I’m just gonna say one thing: don’t get your hopes up 
A bit strange that the February update is this late though.
I am on FP5.TT46.A.144.20240205. The security date is 5th February 2024.
Yes, but FP4 is still unfortunately on January one.
Can you say whether the beta released a week or so had February security patch included?
In general: beta info is not for the public.
For this: its the march patch level not feb.
So to repeat myself:
But with this pace of updates, FP users can be super sure they won’t get hit by the recent xz library backdoor 
That many FP users who run SSH servers on their phones, huh?
Who says that xz is only used in SSH servers? This is how the backdoor is exploited, but it can also happen in other ways
see The XZ Backdoor: Everything You Need to Know | WIRED
or in German: https://www.bsi.bund.de/SharedDocs/Cybersicherheitswarnungen/DE/2024/2024-223608-1032.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=4
The backdoor uses a hardcoded key and remote code execution to make the authentication happen. SSH seems to be be the target for this backdoor.
All right :D, could have been 
You always get the update from the previous month. If the update had been released in March, you would have received it. If it comes in April, it should contain the security update from March. It’s not new breaking news that this is the case.
This time it is noticeable that no update was released in March that included the February security update.
It’s not the end of the world.
And what about the Security updates from February? It’s not like there haven’t been any… 
I sure hope they will eventually release the February ones, maybe alongside the March ones. It doesn’t bode well if they start just randomly dropping some. Security updates are a must-have, not optional goodies, and one of the main reasons I bought a Fairphone, because of their promise of “long-term support and software updates”.
Because of the update for the month of March, which contains the February security patch, we are here to ask why the update has not been released.
If you have read the last post, one of the beta testers wrote that this time it is taking a little longer than usual.
And the long-term update promise from Fairphone does not mean that you will get an update every month. It can also be every 3 months at some point. By the way, this is also the case with older Lineage OS versions.
So everything is fine
Everything is fun and games until the work profile stops working due to being too far behind on security updates.