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Scheduled support lifecycle announcement about Fluent Package v6

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Hi users!

We had launched fluent-package v5 series last year, recently shipped v5.0.4 in LTS release channel and v5.1.0 in normal release channel.

In this blog article, we explains the planned next major updates - v6.0.0.

When the next LTS (Long Term Support) version available?

In short, we will ship fluent-package v6 in Aug, 2025.

We keeps two release channels as follows:

  • Normal release
  • LTS (Long Term Support)

Here is the difference of these channels.

  • Normal release (6.x series)
    • Recommended for early adopters (eager to try new features of Fluentd)
    • Rapid release development (planned semi-annually releases, but it may vary.)
    • Fluentd will be upgraded occasionally
      • Minor upgrade will be applied. e.g. 1.18 => 1.19 and so on.
      • e.g. v6.0.1 (Fluentd v1.18.1), v6.0.2 (Fluentd v1.18.2), ... v6.1.0 (Fluentd v1.19.0)
    • The only latest version will be supported (bug fix will not be backported into older version)
  • LTS (Long Term Support, 6.0.x series)
    • Recommended for enterprise services
    • Security and bug fix release only
    • Fluentd will be upgraded only in the teeny version and will stick to 1.18.x series. (T.B.D.)
      • Thus, the version number will be 6.0.x. (6.1 series will not be shipped for LTS channel)
      • e.g. v6.0.1 (Fluentd v1.18.1), v6.0.2 (Fluentd v1.18.2), v6.0.3 (Fluentd v1.18.3) ... v6.0.x (Fluentd v1.18.x) and so on.
    • Next major version will be fluent-package v7.0.0, and will be shipped in 2027 (T.B.D.).

As for fluent-package v6,

  • fluent-package v5 LTS will be supported until Dec, 2025.
    • We expect users upgrade from v5 to v6 during the grace period.
  • Until 6.1.0 is released, normal release channel and LTS channel are the same package.
  • Upgrade from v4 or older version is not supported. Upgrade to v5 first, then upgrade it to v6.

Current releases and future plans:

Release VersionRelease DateEnd of life
v5.0.x (LTS)Aug, 2023Dec, 2025
v6.0.0 (LTS)Aug, 2025Dec, 2027 (T.B.D.)
v7.0.0 (LTS)Aug, 2027 (T.B.D.)T.B.D.

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