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For more information on the changes planned for each release, please see the Project Roadmap
Note: We have not added a major release to the 2024 schedule yet. If/when we add one, it will replace a minor release in the 2.x line. See below for criteria for a major releases.
| Release Number | First RC Generated (release window opens) | Latest Possible Release Date (release window closes) | Release Manager | Tracking Issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.12.0 | February 6th, 2024 | February 20th, 2024 | Prudhvi Godithi | 4115 |
| 1.3.15 | Feb 27 2024 | March 05 2024 | Jeff Lu | 4294 |
| 2.13.0 | March 19th, 2024 | April 2nd, 2024 | Sayali Gaikawad | 4433 |
| 1.3.16 | April 16th, 2024 | April 23rd, 2024 | ||
| 2.14.0 | April 30th, 2024 | May 14th, 2024 | ||
| 1.3.17 | May 28th, 2024 | June 06th, 2024 | ||
| 2.15.0 | June 10th, 2024 | June 25th, 2024 | ||
| 1.3.18 | July 09th, 2024 | July 16th, 2024 | ||
| 2.16.0 | July 23rd, 2024 | August 06th, 2024 | ||
| 1.3.19 | Aug 20th, 2024 | August 27th, 2024 | ||
| 2.17.0 | September 03rd, 2024 | September 17th, 2024 | ||
| 2.18.0 | October 22nd, 2024 | November 05th, 2024 | ||
| 1.3.20 | December 03rd, 2024 | December 10th, 2024 | ||
| 2.19.0 | January 28th, 2025 | Feb 11th, 2025 | ||
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OpenSearch follows semver, which means we will only release breaking changes in major versions. All minor versions are compatible with every other minor version for that major. For example, 1.2.0 will work with 1.3.2, 1.4.1, etc, but may not work with 2.0.
For minor version releases, OpenSearch follows "release window" model as described in our releasing documentation. The goal is to release a new minor version approximately every six weeks which includes all the new features and fixes that are ready to go. Once we enter a release window, every day we will generate a release candidate. When the exit criteria are met by a release candidate, we will make an announcement, update the release date column above and publish new artifacts on that date.
Note: If we cannot pass the exit criteria by 2 weeks after the start of the release cycle window (1 week for 1.x patch releases), we will cancel the minor release and hold changes until the next release window.
In contrast, OpenSearch releases new major versions only when there are a critical mass of breaking changes (e.g. changes that are incompatible with existing APIs). These tend to be tied to Lucene major version releases, and will be announced in the forums at least 4 weeks prior to the release date.
Both the roadmap and the release dates reflect intentions rather than firm commitments and may change as we learn more or encounters unexpected issues. If dates do need to change, we will be as transparent as possible, and log all changes in the changelog at the bottom of this page.
For OpenSearch and other software in the OpenSearch project, new features and active development always takes place against the newest version. The OpenSearch project follows the semantic versioning specification for assigning version numbers to releases, so you should be able to upgrade to the latest minor version of that same major version of the software without encountering incompatible changes (e.g., 1.1.0 → 1.3.x).
Sometimes an incompatible change is unavoidable. When this happens, the software’s maintainers will increment the major version number (e.g., increment from OpenSearch 1.3.z to OpenSearch 2.0.0). The last minor version of the previous major version of the software will then enter a maintenance window (e.g., 1.3.x). During the maintenance window, the software will continue to receive bug fixes and security patches, but no new features.
We follow OpenSSF's best practices for patching publicly known vulnerabilities and we make sure that there are no unpatched vulnerabilities of medium or higher severity that have been publicly known for more than 60 days in our actively maintained versions.
The duration of the maintenance window will vary from product to product and release to release. By default, versions will remain under maintenance until the next major version enters maintenance, or 1 year passes, whichever is longer. Therefore, at any given time, the current major version and previous major version will both be supported, as well as older major versions that have been in maintenance for less than 12 months. Please note that, maintenance windows are influenced by the support schedules for dependencies the software includes, community input, the scope of the changes introduced by the new version, and estimates for the effort required to continue maintenance of the previous version.
The software maintainers will not back-port fixes or features to versions outside of the maintenance window. That said, PRs with said back-ports are welcome and will follow the project’s review process. No new releases will result from these changes, but interested parties can create their own distribution from the updated source after the PRs are merged.
| Major Version | Latest Minor Version | Status | Initial Release | Maintenance Window Start | Maintenance Window End |
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| 1 | 1.3.x | Maintenance | July 12, 2021 | May 26, 2022 | GA release of 3.0. |
| 2 | 2.0.0 | Current | May 26, 2022 | N/A | N/A |
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*Note that the length of the maintenance window is an estimated minimum and the project may, at its discretion, extend it to a later date
| Release Number | Release Date | Release Manager | Tracking Issue |
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| 2.12.0 | February 20th 2024 | Prudhvi Godithi | 4115 |
| 1.3.14 | December 12th 2023 | Zelin Hao | 4069 |
| 2.11.1 | November 30th | Divya Madala | 4161 |
| 2.11.0 | October 16th | Rishabh Singh & Peter Zhu | 3998 |
| 1.3.13 | September 21st | Zelin Hao | 3878 |
| 2.10.0 | September 25th | Prudhvi Godithi | 3777 |
| 1.3.11 | June 29th, 2023 | Jeff Lu | 3630 |
| 2.9.0 | July 24th, 2023 | Prudhvi Godithi | 3762 |
| 2.8.0 | June 6th, 2023 | Rishabh Singh & Peter Zhu | 3434 |
| 1.3.10 | May 11th, 2023 | Prudhvi Godithi & Peter Zhu | 3331 |
| 2.7.0 | April 17th, 2023 | Peter Zhu & Zelin Hao | 3230 |
| 1.3.9 | March 9th, 2023 | Jeff Lu | 3195 |
| 2.6.0 | February 28th, 2023 | Sayali Gaikawad | 3081 |
| 1.3.8 | February 2nd, 2023 | Rishabh Singh & Divya Madala | 3012 |
| 2.5.0 | January 24th, 2023 | Rishabh Singh, Peter Zhu & Zelin Hao | 2908 |
| 1.3.7 | December 13, 2022 | ||
| 2.4 | November 15, 2022 | ||
| 1.3.6 | October 6, 2022 | ||
| 2.3 | September 14, 2022 | ||
| 2.2.1 | September 1, 2022 | ||
| 1.3.5 | September 1, 2022 | ||
| 2.2 | August 11, 2022 | ||
| 1.3.4 | July 14, 2022 | ||
| 2.1 | July 7, 2022 | ||
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| Date | Change | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2022 | Initial Version | |
| October 20,2022 | Increased time between 2.5 code freeze and release | 7 days is standard, and there were only 2 days for 2.5 |
| October 20,2022 | Added Initial 2023 schedule | Current schedule was running out |
| January 13, 2023 | Update to 2.5.0 release date | Maps team found last minute issue, moving to accommodate resolution |
| January 19, 2023 | Update to 2.5.0 release date | Docs team due diligence, moving to accommodate |
| April 26, 2023 | Update to 2.7.0 release date | Found CVE to resolve, fix issues found in regression tests |
| July 17, 2023 | Update to 2.9.0 release date | No-Go on the release meeting call - build issues |
| July 20, 2023 | Update to 2.9.0 release date | No-Go on the release meeting call - build issues |
| August 14, 2023 | Updated release table to reflect release windows | per adoption of opensearch-project#1866 |
| September 5th, 2023 | Updated 2.10 date | Original release date was too close to US Labor Day Holiday |
| September 6th, 2023 | Updated 2.10 date | 8 hour github outage last night - moving to accomodate a few final fixes |
| September 11th, 2023 | Link to RELEASING.md | updated link from proposal to releasing documentation |
| September 29th, 2023 | Updated 2.11 date | Per discussion in this issue |
| January 4th, 2024 | Updated 2.12 date | Per discussion in this issue |
| February 2nd, 2024 | Enhancement | Added Release Manager & Tracking issue for each release back through 2023 to add clarity for the community. Reversed release history - latest is at the top |
| February 15th, 2024 | Updated 2024 release schedule | Per Proposal - 186 |
| February 21st, 2024 | Update release manager for 1.3.15 release | 1.3.15 release issue |
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