FreeBSD 15.0 Release Process
Introduction
This is the release schedule for FreeBSD 15.0. 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 April 2025 |
Release Engineers send announcement email to developers with a rough schedule. |
|
Release schedule reminder |
11 July 2025 |
11 July 2025 |
Release Engineers send reminder announcement e-mail to developers with updated schedule. |
|
HEAD slush begins |
8 August 2025 |
8 August 2025 |
Release Engineers announce that further commits to the head branch will not require explicit approval, however new features should be avoided. |
|
stable/15 branch |
5 September 2025 |
5 September 2025 |
stable/15 branch created; future release engineering proceeds on this branch. |
|
ALPHA1 builds begin |
5 September 2025 |
6 September 2025 |
First alpha test snapshot. |
|
ALPHA2 builds begin |
12 September 2025 |
14 September 2025 |
Second alpha test snapshot. |
|
ALPHA3 builds begin |
19 September 2025 |
20 September 2025 |
Third alpha test snapshot. |
|
ALPHA4 builds begin |
26 September 2025 |
26 September 2025 |
Fourth alpha test snapshot. |
|
ALPHA5 builds begin |
3 October 2025 |
4 October 2025 |
Fifth alpha test snapshot. |
|
releng/15.0 branch |
3 October
2025 |
10 October 2025 |
releng/15.0 branch created; future release engineering proceeds on this branch. |
|
BETA1 builds begin |
3 October
2025 |
11 October 2025 |
First beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA2 builds begin |
10 October
2025 |
17 October 2025 |
Second beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA3 builds begin |
17 October
2025 |
24 October 2025 |
Third beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA4 builds begin |
24 October
2025 |
- |
Fourth beta test snapshot. |
|
RC1 builds begin |
31 October
2025 |
- |
First release candidate. |
|
RC2 builds begin* |
7 November
2025 |
- |
Second release candidate. |
|
RC3 builds begin* |
14 November
2025 |
- |
Third release candidate. |
|
RC4 builds begin |
21 November 2025 |
- |
Fourth release candidate. |
|
RELEASE builds begin |
28 November 2025 |
- |
15.0-RELEASE builds begin. |
|
RELEASE announcement |
2 December 2025 |
- |
15.0-RELEASE press release. |
|
15.0 EoL |
30 September 2026 |
- |
15.0-RELEASE no longer supported. |
|
stable/15 EoL |
31 December 2029 |
- |
stable/15 no longer supported. |
"*" indicates "as-needed" items.
Additional Information
Last modified on: October 23, 2025 by Colin Percival