All, Thank you for your comments, feedback and appreciation on the discussion thread.
The proposed text and EOL date have been updated here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/LTS With this change, annual LTS releases will enjoy a total of 24 months of support starting with the current (4.20) LTS release, the next (4.22) LTS release and onwards. Regards. > >> On Mon, Sep 8, 2025 at 8:06 AM Rohit Yadav <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> All, > >>> > >>> The guidelines on regular & LTS releases [1] defined support timelines > >>> for doing maintenance and security releases. Historically we had both > >>> regular and LTS releases, however, over time, all releases effectively > >>> became LTS releases and made maintenance and release efforts > >>> unsustainable. The recent re-introduction of regular releases (starting > >>> with v4.21), will allow annual LTS release efforts to be more sustainable > >>> moving forward (the next LTS v4.22 is already in the works). > >>> > >>> Adopting a cadence of one regular release and one LTS release annually > >>> will improve sustainability. This (old) model will enable us to deliver > >>> feature-rich regular releases (typically supported until the next release > >>> or up to six months, whichever comes first), while allowing us to focus > >>> more thoroughly on LTS releases. As a result, we can potentially extend > >>> LTS support timeline from 18 to 24 months. That said, this transition > >>> presents a short-term challenge -- once v4.20 reaches EOL in July 2026, > >>> only one actively supported LTS release (v4.22) will remain, creating a > >>> temporary gap in overlapping LTS support. > >>> > >>> Considering this, the following two changes are proposed in the LTS > >>> guidelines [1]: > >>> > >>> 1. Extend the LTS support cycle [1], from 18 to 24 months as follows: > >>> LTS branches are supported for a total of 24 months in the following > >>> manner: > >>> > >>> * > >>> 1-18 months: All defect fixes, improvements, as well as Blocker, > >>> Critical, CVEs fixes identified in the LTS branch will be merged and > >>> shipped as part of proactive maintenance releases. > >>> * > >>> 18-24 months: All Blocker defects and CVEs that impact the LTS branch > >>> will be merged and shipped as part of security/maintenance releases as > >>> needed. > >>> > >>> 2. Extend the EOL date for 4.20 from 1st July 2026 to 1st Jan 2027, i.e. > >>> by 6-months. > >>> > >>> Please review and share your thoughts and comments. A formal vote may not > >>> be necessary if there are no objections. > >>> > >>> [1] https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/LTS > >>> > >>> Thanks and Regards, > >>> Rohit Yadav > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Daan >
