Release calendar

Planned release dates

Release dates have been planned through April 2027. Dates will be reviewed in October 2026 and revised if needed.

5.0 "scarthgap" series

• 5.0.18: w/c 2026-05-25
• 5.0.19: w/c 2026-07-13
• 5.0.20: w/c 2026-08-31
• 5.0.21: w/c 2026-10-19
• 5.0.22: w/c 2026-12-14
• 5.0.23: w/c 2027-01-25
• 5.0.24: w/c 2027-03-08
• 5.0.25: w/c 2027-04-19

6.0 "wrynose" series

• 6.0.0: w/c 2026-05-04
• 6.0.1: w/c 2026-06-01
• 6.0.2: w/c 2026-07-06
• 6.0.3: w/c 2026-08-24
• 6.0.4: w/c 2026-10-12
• 6.0.5: w/c 2026-12-07
• 6.0.6: w/c 2027-01-18
• 6.0.7: w/c 2027-03-01
• 6.0.8: w/c 2027-04-12

6.1 "blacksail" series

• 6.1 M1: w/c 2026-06-22
• 6.1 M2: w/c 2026-08-03
• 6.1 M3: w/c 2026-09-14
• 6.1.0: w/c 2026-11-02
• 6.1.1: w/c 2026-11-30
• 6.1.2: w/c 2027-01-04
• 6.1.3: w/c 2027-02-22
• 6.1.4: w/c 2027-04-05

6.2 series

• 6.2 M1: w/c 2026-12-21
• 6.2 M2: w/c 2027-02-01
• 6.2 M3: w/c 2027-03-15
• 6.2.0: w/c 2027-05-03

Notes

• All dates are week commencing, the exact day the release is published depends on TSC availability to approve releases and time taken to upload release artefacts.

• Releases will be built 10-14 days before the target release date to give time for QA and review.

• We aim for 6-7 weeks between releases in each series, occasionally there will be an 8 week gap due to things like Christmas/New Year vacations.

• We aim for 4 weeks between .0 and .1 releases to allow us to get any necessary fixes out for the new series.