PX4 Dev Call: Feb 18, 2026 (Team sync, and Community Q&A)

PRs for Review / Updates (Ramon):

Introduce AGENTS.md for better context guidance, pointing to the right locations in our docs and updating our docs for up to date and accurate conventions. Looking for feedback.

S3 Stable Firmware Fix - Fixed the issue where QGC users got beta firmware when selecting “stable”. Tags no longer overwrite stable firmware in S3. Backported and merged to 1.17.

PX4 SITL .deb Package - New px4_sitl_sih board target with .deb packaging, composite build action, and hardened CI permissions. Looking for feedback.

Docs - README modernized, release process documented, Ubuntu/macOS dev env guides rewritten, docs CI orchestrator merged.

Other merged fixes:

CI Orchestrator - Consolidates all CI workflows into a 4-tier architecture with ccache and S3 caching across all jobs. Currently working on optimizing total run time from 60 min to under 20 min. VTOL/tailsitter SITL tests temporarily disabled while fixing test
reliability
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Firmware Manifest - Unified manifest bundled into .px4 files for release discovery. Adds label_pretty and firmware_category fields to board configs.