Hey all, After evaluating the current state and the remaining work for 4.23.0, we have decided to postpone the release by another month. This is to ensure we can deliver a more complete, polished, and well tested version.
This postponement was primarily due to the following factors: - A good portion of the features and enhancements planned for 4.23.0 [1] are still under development. - We had some delays in addressing security issues from previous cycles. - There is a considerable number of security issues that we intend to solve on this release. - We still have a significant number of open pull requests waiting for review and testing. Hence, the updated timeline for 4.23.0 is the following: - Until July 3rd, 2026: accept new features, bug fixes, and improvements. Features that are not yet ready for merge will be moved to 4.24.0. - July 4th, 2026: freeze the main branch. From this point onward, only critical/blocker fixes will be accepted. - July 6th, 2026, or once all blocker/critical/security issues are resolved (whichever is later): cut RC1 and start the voting process. We kindly ask for the community's support in reviewing and testing the PRs marked for 4.23.0. Additional help in these will be essential to keep the schedule on track. Once again, thanks everyone for the understanding. [1]: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/4.23.0.0 On 2026/04/07 19:44:17 Wei ZHOU wrote: > 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 > > > > >
