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# Release Cycle
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Rook plans to release a new minor version three times a year, or about every four months.
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The most recent two minor Rook releases are actively maintained.
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Patch releases for the latest minor release are typically bi-weekly.
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Urgent patches may be released sooner.
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Patch releases for the previous minor release are commonly monthly, though will vary
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depending on the urgency of fixes.
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## Definition of Maintenance
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The Rook community defines maintenance in that relevant bug fixes that are merged to the main
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development branch will be eligible to be back-ported to the release branch of any currently
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maintained version. Patches will be released as needed. It is also possible that a fix may
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be merged directly to the release branch if no longer applicable on the main development branch.
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While Rook maintainers make significant efforts to release urgent issues in a timely manner,
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maintenance does not indicate any SLA on response time.
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## K8s Versions
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The minimum version supported by a Rook release is specified in the
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[Quickstart Guide](quickstart.md#minimum-version).
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Rook expects to support the most recent six versions of Kubernetes. While these K8s
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versions may not all be supported by the K8s release cycle, we understand that
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clusters may take time to update.
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