FreeBSD 14.3 Release Process
Introduction
This is the release schedule for FreeBSD 14.3. 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 |
- |
15 January 2025 |
Release Engineers send announcement email to developers with a rough schedule. |
|
Release schedule reminder |
4 April 2025 |
4 April 2025 |
Release Engineers send reminder announcement e-mail to developers with updated schedule. |
|
Code slush begins |
18 April 2025 |
18 April 2025 |
Release Engineers announce that all further commits to the stable/14 branch will not require explicit approval, however new features should be avoided. |
|
releng/14.3 branch |
2 May 2025 |
2 May 2025 |
releng/14.3 branch created; future release engineering proceeds on this branch. |
|
BETA1 builds begin |
2 May 2025 |
2 May 2025 |
First beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA2 builds begin |
9 May 2025 |
9 May 2025 |
Second beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA3 builds begin |
16 May 2025 |
16 May 2025 |
Third beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA4 builds begin |
23 May 2025 |
23 May 2025 |
Fourth beta test snapshot. |
|
RC1 builds begin |
30 May 2025 |
30 May 2025 |
First release candidate. |
|
RELEASE builds begin |
6 June 2025 |
6 June 2025 |
14.3-RELEASE builds begin. |
|
RELEASE announcement |
10 June 2025 |
10 June 2025 |
14.3-RELEASE press release. |
|
14.2 EoL |
30 September 2025 |
- |
14.2-RELEASE no longer supported. |
|
14.3 EoL |
30 June 2026 |
- |
14.3-RELEASE no longer supported. |
|
stable/14 EoL |
30 November 2028 |
- |
stable/14 no longer supported. |
Additional Information
Last modified on: June 7, 2025 by Colin Percival