Drupal 8 core release window on Wednesday, September 07, 2016
Start:
2016-09-06 12:00 - 2016-09-15 12:00 UTC
Organizers:
Event type:
Online meeting (eg. IRC meeting)
The monthly core patch (bug fix) release window is this Wednesday, September 07. Drupal 8.1.9 will be released with dozens of fixes for Drupal 8. This is the final scheduled patch release for Drupal 8.1.x and sites should plan to update to 8.2.x following this release.
Drupal 8.2.0-rc1 will also be released during this window. There will be no Drupal 7 bugfix release this month.
To ensure a reliable release window for the patch release, there will be a Drupal 8.2.x and 8.1.x commit freeze from 12:00 UTC Tuesday to 12:00 UTC Thursday. Now is a good time to update your development/staging servers to the latest 8.2.x-dev or 8.1.x-dev code and help us catch any regressions in advance. If you do find any regressions, please report them in the issue queue. Thanks!
To see all of the latest changes that will be included in the release, see the 8.1.x commit log.
Other upcoming core release windows after this week include:
- Wednesday, September 21 (security release window)
- Wednesday, October 5 (patch release window and scheduled minor release)
Drupal 6 is end-of-life and will not receive further releases.
For more information on Drupal core release windows, see the documentation on release timing and security releases, as well as the Drupal core release cycle overview.