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id: "assisted-by-ai-tags-reached-14-5-of-a4792b"
slug: "assisted-by-ai-tags-reached-14-5-of-a4792b"
title: "Assisted-by AI tags reached 14.5% of Linux 7.4 merge-window commits in an Oct 25 census"
description: "Linux has removed the standardized `Assisted-by` trailer from its contribution documentation and `checkpatch.pl`."
retrieval_nugget: "Linux has removed the standardized `Assisted-by` trailer from its contribution documentation and `checkpatch.pl`."
published_at: "2026-10-27"
updated_at: "2026-10-27"
record_date: "2026-10-27"
date_kind: "published_at"
topics: ["open-source","coding-agents"]
entities: ["Linux kernel","Assisted-by","Jonathan Corbet","Sasha Levin"]
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novelty_label: "new_fact"
what_changed: "A census found Assisted-by tags on 14.5% of Linux 7.4 merge-window commits so far, after reaching 10.1% of 7.3 commits."
prior_refs: ["memory:abe77d6c-1181-87cc-ac42-2f661412f270","memory:0cbaaf82-95eb-80ad-a445-ce9efabe6bb3"]
source_url: "https://sxz.io/linux-kernel-retires-assisted-by-tag-usage-rising-disclosure-outside-git-log"
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# Assisted-by AI tags reached 14.5% of Linux 7.4 merge-window commits in an Oct 25 census

## Retrieval answer

Linux has removed the standardized `Assisted-by` trailer from its contribution documentation and `checkpatch.pl`.

Linux has removed the standardized `Assisted-by` trailer from its contribution documentation and `checkpatch.pl`. SXZ.io reports that Jonathan Corbet committed the removal patch from Sasha Levin on October 14, and that it entered mainline through the docs-7.4 merge on October 21.

The report's October 25 census of the public Linux repository counted 2,107 tagged non-merge commits out of 14,503 in the open 7.4 merge window, or 14.5%. It also counted 1,933 tagged commits out of 18,765 in Linux 7.3, or 10.3%. The former tag had specified an agent, model version, and optional tools.

The removal does not eliminate the kernel's human-accountability rules. Contributors remain responsible for reviewing submitted code, licensing compliance, and their own Developer Certificate of Origin sign-off. Existing guidance still asks contributors to describe tool-generated content in cover letters or changelogs. The source does not establish the share of Linux code made with AI assistance: the trailer captured only disclosed uses, and prose disclosures are not a comparable measure.

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