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docs: skipping a major release is fine (#20075)
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Nomad has always placed an extremely high priority on backward
compatibility. We have always aimed to support N-2 major releases and
usually gone above and beyond that.

The new https://www.hashicorp.com/long-term-support policy also mentions
that N-2 is what we have always supported, so it's probably time for our
docs to reflect that reality.
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schmichael authored Mar 6, 2024
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Expand Up @@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ Nomad is designed to be flexible and resilient when upgrading from one Nomad
version to the next. Upgrades should cause neither a Nomad nor a service
outage. However, there are some restrictions to be aware of before upgrading:

- Nomad strives to be backward compatible for at least 1 point release, so
Nomad v1.6.x hosts work with v1.5.x hosts. Upgrading 2 point releases
(for example, from v1.4.0 to v1.6.0) may work but is untested and unsupported.
- Nomad strives to be backward compatible for at least 2 point release, so
Nomad v1.7.x works with v1.5.x.

- Nomad does _not_ support downgrading at this time. Downgrading clients
requires draining allocations and removing the [data directory][data_dir].
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