From 0ec22f4a55983663bdea000a8a51e3008928924e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leon <82407168+sed-i@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:14:01 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Update release policy document for clarity Signed-off-by: Leon <82407168+sed-i@users.noreply.github.com> --- docs/reference/release-policy.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/reference/release-policy.md b/docs/reference/release-policy.md index 20b33087..9700cfe4 100644 --- a/docs/reference/release-policy.md +++ b/docs/reference/release-policy.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ We release every six months, same as Ubuntu, and our LTS releases coincide with ## Short-term releases Short-term releases are supported for nine months by providing security patches and critical bug fixes. -| Track | Release date | End of life | Ubuntu base | Min. Juju version | Brief summary | +| Track | Release date | End of standard security maintenance | Ubuntu base | Min. Juju version | Brief summary | | ----- | ------------ | ----------- | ------------------------------------ | ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | `2` | 2025-11 | 2026-07 | 24.04 (rocks), 22.04+ (subordinates) | 3.6 | Mimir 2.x, Prometheus 2.x, Loki 2.x (COS Lite), Loki 3.0 (COS), Grafana 12.x, opentelemetry-collector 0.x | | `1` | 2025-05 | 2026-02 | 24.04 (rocks) | 3.1 | Mimir 2.x, Prometheus 2.x, Loki 2.x (COS Lite), Loki 3.0 (COS), Grafana 9.x, Grafana Agent 0.40.4 | @@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ Short-term releases are supported for nine months by providing security patches ## Long-term support -| Track | Release date | End of life | Ubuntu base | Min. Juju version | Brief summary | +| Track | Release date | End of standard security maintenance | Ubuntu base | Min. Juju version | Brief summary | | ------- | ------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------------------------ | ----------------- | ------------- | -| `3-lts` | 2026-04 (predicted) | 2038-04 (predicted) | 26.04 (rocks), 22.04+ (subordinates) | | | +| `3-lts` | 2026-04 (predicted) | 2031-04 (predicted) | 26.04 (rocks), 22.04+ (subordinates) | | | ## Charmhub tracks and git branches