Linus has released 6.18-rc6 for testing.
"So we have a slightly larger rc6 than usual, but I think it's just the
random noise and a result of pull request timings rather than due to any
issues with the release. But I guess we have a couple of weeks remaining to find out."

https://lwn.net/Articles/1046651/
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