FreeBSD 13.5 Release Process
Introduction
This is the release schedule for FreeBSD 13.5. For more information about the release engineering process, please see the Release Engineering section of the web site.
General discussions about the pending release and known issues should be sent to the public freebsd-stable mailing list.
Schedule
| Action | Expected | Actual | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Initial release schedule announcement |
- |
7 October 2024 |
Release Engineers send announcement email to developers with a rough schedule. |
|
Release schedule reminder |
13 January 2025 |
- |
Release Engineers send reminder announcement e-mail to developers with updated schedule. |
|
Code slush begins |
24 January 2025 |
- |
Release Engineers announce that all further commits to the stable/13 branch will not require explicit approval, however new features should be avoided. |
|
releng/13.5 branch |
7 February 2025 |
- |
releng/13.5 branch created; future release engineering proceeds on this branch. |
|
BETA1 builds begin |
7 February 2025 |
- |
First beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA2 builds begin |
14 February 2025 |
- |
Second beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA3 builds begin |
21 February 2025 |
- |
Third beta test snapshot. |
|
RC1 builds begin |
28 February 2025 |
- |
First release candidate. |
|
RELEASE builds begin |
7 March 2025 |
- |
13.5-RELEASE builds begin. |
|
RELEASE announcement |
11 March 2025 |
- |
13.5-RELEASE press release. |
|
13.4 EoL |
30 June 2025 |
- |
13.4-RELEASE no longer supported. |
|
13.5 EoL |
30 April 2026 |
- |
13.5-RELEASE no longer supported. |
|
stable/13 EoL |
30 April 2026 |
- |
stable/13 no longer supported. |
"*" indicates "as-needed" items.
Additional Information
Last modified on: October 14, 2024 by Colin Percival