The 5.16-rc6 kernel prepatch is out for
testing.
Regardless of what happens, I will be making an rc8 – not because
this release looks particularly problematic, but simply due to the
seasonal holidays. There’s no point in releasing a final 5.16 and
opening the merge window when people are still on holiday or just
coming back. So we’ll have at least one extra week of rc this
release, even if no nasty issues appear.