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Release plan - v14.x Maintenance LTS #567
Description
Draft schedule - all dates subject to change
| Release candidate | Release Date | Release | Releaser |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | 2020-10-27 | v14.15.0 | @richardlau *LTS Transition Release |
| - | 2020-11-16 | v14.15.1 (Security) | @BethGriggs |
| 2020-12-08 | 2020-12-15 | v14.15.2 | @BethGriggs |
| 2020-12-17 | v14.15.3 | @BethGriggs | |
| 2021-01-04 | 2021-01-04 | v14.15.4 (security) | @BethGriggs |
| 2021-02-09 | v14.15.5 | @BethGriggs | |
| - | 2021-02-23 | v14.16.0 | @BethGriggs |
| - | 2021-04-06 | v14.16.1 | @MylesBorins |
| 2021-05-11 | 2021-05-11 | v14.17.0 | @danielleadams |
| 2021-06-05 | 2021-06-15 | v14.17.1 | @targos |
| - | 2021-07-01 | v14.17.2 (Security) | @richardlau |
| - | 2021-07-05 | v14.17.3 | @richardlau |
| 2021-07-20 | 2021-07-29 | v14.17.4 (Security) | @richardlau |
| 2021-09-07 | 2021-09-28 | v14.18.0 | @targos |
| 2021-10-12 | v14.18.1 (Security) | @danielleadams | |
| 2021-11-30 | v14.18.2 | @richardlau | |
| 2022-01-10 | v14.18.3 (Security) | @richardlau | |
| 2022-01-25 | 2022-02-01 | v14.19.0 | @richardlau |
| - | 2022-03-17 | v14.19.1 (Security) | @richardlau |
| 2022-04-X | 2022-05-04 | v14.19.2 | @juanarbol |
| 2022-05-17 | v14.19.3 | @richardlau | |
| 2022-07-07 | v14.20.0 (Security) | @juanarbol (@danielleadams) | |
| 2022-09-23 | v14.20.1 | @bengl | |
| 2022-11-01 | v14.21.0 | @danielleadams | |
| 2022-11-04 | v14.21.1 (Security) | @BethGriggs | |
| 2022-12-13 | v14.21.2 | @richardlau | |
| 2023-02-16 | v14.21.3 | @richardlau (Security) | |
| 2023-03-xx | v14.21.4 | (Tentative last release before EOL) |
Current
| Release candidate | Release Date | Release | Releaser |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | 2020-04-21 | v14.0.0 | @BethGriggs |
| - | 2020-04-28 | v14.1.0 | @BethGriggs |
| - | 2020-05-05 | v14.2.0 | @targos |
| - | 2020-05-19 | v14.3.0 | @codebytere |
| - | 2020-06-02 | v14.4.0 (Security) | @targos |
| - | 2020-06-04 | Skipped | - |
| - | 2020-06-30 | v14.5.0 | @codebytere |
| - | 2020-07-21 | v14.6.0 | @MylesBorins |
| - | 2020-07-29 | v14.7.0 | @ruyadorno / @MylesBorins |
| - | 2020-08-11 | v14.8.0 | @codebytere |
| - | 2020-08-25 | v14.9.0 | @danielleadams / @BethGriggs |
| - | 2020-09-08 | v14.10.0 | @richardlau |
| - | 2020-09-10 | v14.10.1 | @richardlau |
| - | 2020-09-15 | v14.11.0 (Security) | @richardlau |
| - | 2020-09-22 | v14.12.0 | @ruyadorno |
| - | 2020-10-06 | v14.13.0 | @danielleadams / @BethGriggs |
| - | 2020-10-15 | v14.14.0 | @MylesBorins |
Activity
targos commentedon Jun 2, 2020
@BridgeAR since there's a security release today, I suggest to postpone the regular release by two days (or a week if that's more convenient for you)
targos commentedon Jun 22, 2020
We missed the release last week. Do we want to do one tomorrow or wait for June 30?
BethGriggs commentedon Jun 22, 2020
@targos I think doing one this week makes sense if someone has the availability to do so.
codebytere commentedon Jun 22, 2020
Staging should be pretty updated, i audited most everything within the last few days - I’m ok with either but if we do one this week we might have next to nothing in the release on the 30th 🤔
MylesBorins commentedon Jul 14, 2020
@ruyadorno and I are going to pair on the 7-28 release. 🎉
MylesBorins commentedon Jul 20, 2020
As a heads up we had a number of issues with the 14.x release last week and are aiming to get it out on the 21st
ruyadorno commentedon Jul 28, 2020
heads up, we're going to be pushing the 7-28 release a day, to Wednesday 29th instead 😊 /cc @MylesBorins
codebytere commentedon Aug 5, 2020
Should we keep our original date of next tues for the next release? Given that the last one was only ~week ago it might make sense to push it out 🤔
MylesBorins commentedon Aug 5, 2020
We usually have done 14.x every two weeks. I don't see a need to push it personally
ruyadorno commentedon Aug 14, 2020
Signed up for the September 22nd release 😊
MylesBorins commentedon Oct 12, 2020
There was a noticeable performance regression in 14.13.0 with the CJS exports change. Guy has landed a significant perf improvement over the weekend
nodejs/node#35574
nodejs/node#35583
Thinking we might want to push out another release this week. Thoughts?
targos commentedon Oct 12, 2020
+1
BethGriggs commentedon Oct 12, 2020
+1, assuming someone has availability to prepare the release
7 remaining items
MylesBorins commentedon Nov 3, 2020
@dilyanpalauzov to the best of my knowledge optional assignment feature came from an update to V8, which I do not believe we will be able to land on 14
@targos can you please confirm
targos commentedon Nov 3, 2020
It's unlikely that we're able to land the V8 update on 14, but I'm still going to try soon :)
gabrielschulhof commentedon Mar 7, 2021
May we please have nodejs/node#37217 in the next v14.x release? It should make backporting subsequent commits a lot easier.
targos commentedon Apr 14, 2021
We shouldn't forget https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues?q=label%3Abaking-for-lts+is%3Aclosed while preparing the next semver-minor release
rvphilip commentedon May 22, 2021
I noticed some experts say that this release marks the transition of Node.js 14.x into Long Term Support (LTS) with the codename 'Fermium'. Therefore the 14.x release line now will move into "Active LTS" and will remain so until October 2021. I hope this is true because the version that I'm running now supports the Windows 64-bit Installer. 64 bit was also a trusted component of several Enterprise Application Development Services and Node.js 14.x is expected to help them function more properly. I just wanted to know if the maintenance will last till 2023 or not? Cheers
AlanGreene commentedon May 22, 2021
@rvphilip the release schedule (including LTS status) is documented at https://nodejs.org/en/about/releases/. According to that doc v14 (Fermium) entered active LTS on 2020-10-27, will enter maintenance LTS on 2021-10-19, and will be end-of-life on 2023-04-30.
[-]Release plan - v14.x Active LTS[/-][+]Release plan - v14.x Maintenance LTS[/+]ruyadorno commentedon Jan 12, 2023
I've signed up for a v14 release at some point (TBD) in February so that we can include nodejs/node#45936 that should take care of nodejs/nodejs-dependency-vuln-assessments#88.
Trott commentedon Apr 4, 2023
Is it likely that there will be one final release of 14.x or are we likely done barring a catastrophic security issue or something like that?
targos commentedon Apr 4, 2023
I think it's unlikely at this point, but is there something you would like to see land on v14.x?
Trott commentedon Apr 4, 2023
Nope, I just wanted to make sure I was giving someone else accurate information. Thanks!
richardlau commentedon Apr 6, 2023
There are currently 8 lts-watch-v14.x labelled PRs
https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues?q=is%3Aclosed+label%3Alts-watch-v14.x
I'm not sure anything there compels us to do a final 14.x release.
Other things that could go in a final 14.x release are a timezone update (2023c, needs manual PR targeting the version of ICU in v14.x-staging) and root certificate update (no PR yet, I have an automation PR open nodejs/node#47425 which would open a PR on
mainto update the root certificates). But those will be untested (the timezone update might go out in 19.9.0 but that's for a different version of ICU).