Hi all, Due to several factors - such as the number of ongoing improvements and new features, the significant QA effort required, and pending security issues - we have decided to adjust the timeline. All dates will be postponed by one month.
The updated timeline of 4.23.0.0 release is as follows: - *Until June 1st, 2026*: Accept new features, bug fixes, and improvements - *June 2nd, 2026*: Freeze the main branch. From this point onward, only critical/blocker fixes will be accepted - *June 3rd, 2026*, or once all blocker/critical/security issues are resolved (whichever is later): Cut RC1 and start the voting process (allow 1-3 weeks for additional RCs if necessary) Thanks for your understanding and collaboration. Kind regards, Wei & Fabricio On Tue, Feb 3, 2026 at 9:11 AM Wei ZHOU <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > We are planning to work on a CloudStack 4.23.0 release. > > CloudStack 4.23.0 will be a Regular release [1], which introduces new > features > and enhancements. It is targeted for users who require the newest > features as > early as possible and are able to upgrade when the releases are available. > > As discussed [2], I'll serve as the RM for the 4.23.0 release. Fabricio > Duarte will > act as the co-RM, assisting with triage, reviews, testing, merges, etc and > release work. > > The timeline for this would be the following (Proposed by Fabricio, > thanks): > > - Until May 3rd 2026: accept new features, bug fixes and improvements. > - May 4th 2026: freeze the main branch. From this point, we would only > accept > critical/blocker fixes. > - May 11th 2026: cut RC1 and start the vote (1-3 weeks to work on the next > RCs if necessary). > > All open issues and PRs targeted for this release are tracked in the > 4.23.0 > release milestone [3]. The design document of some features can be found > at > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/4.23+Design+Documents > > Please ping us (@weizhouapache or @winterhazel) on your PRs and issues > that > are to be included in 4.23.0 on Github. Please let us know if you have any > questions. > > > [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/LTS > [2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/z7n339vcdym9f494ngb5pkzlxx8mjf2n > [3] https://github.com/apache/cloudstack/milestone/42 > > > Kind regards, > Wei > >
