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title: "FreeBSD 14.5 Release Process"
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= FreeBSD {localRel} Release Process
:localRelPrev: 14.4
:localRel: 14.5
:localBranchHead: head
:localBranchStable: stable/14
:localBranchReleng: releng/14.5
:localMailingList: stable
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== Introduction
This is the release schedule for FreeBSD {localRel}.
For more information about the release engineering process, please see the link:../../../releng/[Release Engineering] section of the web site.
General discussions about the pending release and known issues should be sent to the public mailto:FreeBSD-{localMailingList}@FreeBSD.org[freebsd-{localMailingList}] mailing list.
// link:{handbook}glossary/#mfc-glossary[MFC] requests should be sent to link:mailto:[email protected][[email protected]] following the link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/Releng/ChangeRequestGuidelines[Change Request Guidelines].
// link:{handbook}glossary/#mfc-glossary[MFC] requests are no longer being accepted for {localBranchReleng}.
// link:{handbook}glossary/#mfc-glossary[MFC] requests should be sent to [email protected].
== Schedule
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|Action |Expected |Actual |Description
|Initial release schedule announcement |- |15 April 2026 |Release Engineers send announcement email to developers with a rough schedule.
|Release schedule reminder |10 July 2026 |- |Release Engineers send reminder announcement e-mail to developers with updated schedule.
|Code slush begins |24 July 2026 |- |Release Engineers announce that all further commits to the {localBranchStable} branch will not require explicit approval, however new features should be avoided.
|{localBranchReleng} branch |7 August 2026 |- |{localBranchReleng} branch created; future release engineering proceeds on this branch.
|BETA1 builds begin |7 August 2026 |- |First beta test snapshot.
|BETA2 builds begin |14 August 2026 |- |Second beta test snapshot.
|BETA3 builds begin |21 August 2026 |- |Third beta test snapshot.
|RC1 builds begin |28 August 2026 |- |First release candidate.
|RELEASE builds begin |4 September 2026 |- |{localRel}-RELEASE builds begin.
|RELEASE announcement |8 September 2026 |- |{localRel}-RELEASE press release.
|{localRelPrev} EoL |31 December 2026 |- |{localRelPrev}-RELEASE no longer supported.
|{localRel} EoL |30 June 2027 |- |{localRel}-RELEASE no longer supported.
|{localBranchStable} EoL |30 November 2028 |- |{localBranchStable} no longer supported.
|===
"*" indicates "as-needed" items.
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== Status / TODO
link:todo/[FreeBSD Release Engineering TODO Page]
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== Additional Information
* link:../../../releng/[FreeBSD Release Engineering website]