information on early October security patch

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                 <article id="2023100100">
                     <h3><a href="#2023100100">2023100100</a></h3>
 
+                    <p>Android 14 is replacing Android 13 this month. There will no longer be any
+                    monthly or quarterly releases of Android 13, only the monthly backports of
+                    Android Security Bulletin patches. This is an early October release based on
+                    the Android Security Bulletin backports. We'll need to port to Android 14 to
+                    provide the full 2023-10-05 patch level. We've spent months porting to Android
+                    14 in advance in order to make this migration as smooth and quick as possible.
+                    We weren't accepted as an Android partner so we don't have full early access
+                    to new major releases, but we've had partial early access to the sources and
+                    were able to do a lot of the porting in advance.</p>
+
+                    <p>There wasn't a proper Android Open Source Project or stock Pixel OS release
+                    for September since Android 14 was meant to be released. They only shipped a
+                    release marked as having the 2023-09-01 patch level, but most patches which
+                    were going to be included in 2023-09-05 were deferred to October and most of
+                    them ended up providing the published 2023-09-05 patch level. Devices with
+                    a Qualcomm SoC (Pixel 4a (5G), Pixel 5, Pixel 5a) or standalone Qualcomm Wi-Fi
+                    (Pixel 7a) still need firmware/driver patches for 2023-09-05. Other supported
+                    devices (Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro, Pixel 6a, Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel Tablet,
+                    Pixel Fold) were already on the 2023-09-05 patch level and will now be on the
+                    2023-10-01 patch level. All of these devices will be quickly upgraded to the
+                    full Android 14 2023-10-05 patch level once it's released.</p>
+
                     <p>Pixel 4, Pixel 4 XL and Pixel 4a are end-of-life and shouldn't be used
                     anymore due to lack of most security patches for firmware and drivers. We
                     provide extended support for harm reduction with the displayed patch level
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                     <p>Changes since the 2023100100 release:</p>
 
                     <ul>
+                        <li>full 2023-10-01 security patch level (early release based on AOSP 13 security backports since the AOSP/stock monthly release is not available yet)</li>
                     </ul>
                 </article>
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