FreeBSD 15.1 Release Process
Introduction
This is the release schedule for FreeBSD 15.1. 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 2026 |
Release Engineers send announcement email to developers with a rough schedule. |
|
Release schedule reminder |
3 April 2026 |
- |
Release Engineers send reminder announcement e-mail to developers with updated schedule. |
|
Code slush begins |
17 April 2026 |
- |
Release Engineers announce that all further commits to the stable/15 branch will not require explicit approval, however new features should be avoided. |
|
releng/15.1 branch |
1 May 2026 |
- |
releng/15.1 branch created; future release engineering proceeds on this branch. |
|
BETA1 builds begin |
1 May 2026 |
- |
First beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA2 builds begin |
8 May 2026 |
- |
Second beta test snapshot. |
|
BETA3 builds begin |
15 May 2026 |
- |
Third beta test snapshot. |
|
RC1 builds begin |
22 May 2026 |
- |
First release candidate. |
|
RELEASE builds begin |
29 May 2026 |
- |
15.1-RELEASE builds begin. |
|
RELEASE announcement |
2 June 2026 |
- |
15.1-RELEASE press release. |
|
15.0 EoL |
30 September 2026 |
- |
15.0-RELEASE no longer supported. |
|
15.1 EoL |
31 March 2027 |
- |
15.1-RELEASE no longer supported. |
|
stable/15 EoL |
31 December 2029 |
- |
stable/15 no longer supported. |
"*" indicates "as-needed" items.
Additional Information
Last modified on: January 15, 2026 by Colin Percival