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The Vitess maintainers aim to release a major version of Vitess every 6 months. Each major release is maintained for 1 year.
The release lifecycle of Vitess has evolved over the years, each iteration is written down in a VEP (Vitess Enhancement Proposal).
VEPs #1, #2, #5, and #6 all mention the release lifecycle of Vitess.
The last up-to-date VEP is VEP #6.
Release History #
The latest and current vitess release is v21.0
v21.0 #
- Current version: v21.0.0 (2024-10-29)
- Initial GA release: v21.0.0 (2024-10-29)
- End of life: 2025-10-29
v20.0 #
- Current version: v20.0.3 (2024-11-06)
- Initial GA release: v20.0.0 (2024-06-27)
- End of life: 2025-06-27
- Patch releases: v20.0.1, v20.0.2, v20.0.3
v19.0 #
- Current version: v19.0.7 (2024-11-06)
- Initial GA release: v19.0.0 (2024-03-06)
- End of life: 2025-03-06
- Patch releases: v19.0.1, v19.0.3, v19.0.4, v19.0.5, v19.0.6, v19.0.7
Archived Releases #
v18.0 #
- Current version: v18.0.8 (2024-11-06)
- Initial GA release: v18.0.0 (2023-11-07)
- End of life: 2024-11-07
- Patch releases: v18.0.1, [v18.0.2](https://github. com/vitessio/vitess/releases/tag/v18.0.2), v18.0.3, v18.0.4, v18.0.5, v18.0.6, v18.0.7, v18.0.8
v17.0 #
- Current version: v17.0.7 (2024-05-08)
- Initial GA release: v17.0.0 (2023-06-27)
- End of life: 2024-06-27
- Patch releases: v17.0.1, v17.0.2, v17.0.3, v17.0.4, v17.0.5, v17.0.6, v17.0.7
v16.0 #
- Current version: v16.0.7 (2023-12-20)
- Initial GA release: v16.0.0 (2023-02-28)
- End of life: 2024-02-28
- Patch releases: v16.0.1, v16.0.2, v16.0.3, v16.0.4, v16.0.5, v16.0.6, v16.0.7
v15.0 #
- Current version: v15.0.5 (2023-10-03)
- Initial GA release: v15.0.0 (2022-10-25)
- End of life: 2023-10-25
- Patch releases: v15.0.1, v15.0.2, v15.0.3, v15.0.4, v15.0.5
v14.0 #
- Current version: v14.0.5 (2023-03-30)
- Initial GA release: v14.0.0 (2022-06-28)
- End of life: 2023-06-28
- Patch releases: v14.0.1, v14.0.2, v14.0.3, v14.0.4, v14.0.5