Calyx Institute announced that the CalyxOS Founder Nicholas Merrill has left the project, and that the lead developer has moved on to other things. In the meantime CalyxOS updates and images are now paused.

The planned interval for the pause is 6 months but obviously this signals a reorganization and we don't really know what will emerge. Let's examine what brought this about, what this all means, and what to do if you have a CalyxOS phone.