Quarkus 3.20 LTS

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+layout: post
+title: 'Our next LTS will be Quarkus 3.20'
+date: 2024-12-18
+tags: release
+synopsis: 'Our next LTS (Long Term Support) Quarkus release will be Quarkus 3.20 released at the end of March. Feature freeze is February 11th.'
+author: gsmet
+---
+
+You are probably now familiar with our biannual (as in twice a year) LTS releases.
+
+Every 6 months, we pick a Quarkus release that will be supported for a full year.
+
+LTS releases are designed for users who want to keep a given version for a longer period of time
+instead of following our monthly release pace.
+
+We already released a few LTS (namely 3.2, 3.8, and 3.15 released at the end of September)
+and we know that some of our users are now planning their work according to our LTS schedule.
+
+Now is time to announce the schedule for our next LTS: Quarkus 3.20.
+
+[IMPORTANT]
+====
+**tl;dr**
+
+Quarkus 3.20 will be our next LTS release.
+It will be the direct continuation of the `3.19` branch.
+
+If you contribute to Quarkus or the Quarkus Platform and need a feature in the next Quarkus LTS,
+make sure it has been merged in the https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus[Quarkus repository] before February 11th included
+(the day before the `3.19.0.CR1` release).
+
+**February 11th is the date of the feature freeze for Quarkus 3.19 and 3.20 LTS.**
+====
+
+== Quarkus 3.18
+
+Quarkus 3.18 will be a regular minor version of Quarkus.
+
+It will be released on January 29th 2025.
+
+See our https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/wiki/Release-Planning[release schedule] for all the details.
+
+== Quarkus 3.19
+
+Quarkus 3.19 will be released on February 26th.
+
+We will branch Quarkus 3.19 from `main` when we release 3.14.0.CR1 on February 12th, as usual.
+
+After branching, `main` will host the development for Quarkus **3.21**.
+
+== Quarkus 3.20
+
+Quarkus 3.20 will be our next LTS version.
+It will be released on March 26th.
+
+This release will be the direct continuation of the 3.19 cycle and will actually get branched from the `3.19` branch.
+The focus for the 3.20 cycle will be on hardening 3.19 and fixing issues.
+It won't contain any new features.
+It might contain some additional component upgrades to fix CVEs or important bugs.
+
+**Consequently, and this is important:
+if you contribute to Quarkus or the Quarkus Platform and need a feature in the next Quarkus LTS,
+make sure it has been merged in the https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus[Quarkus repository] before February 11th included
+(the day before the `3.19.0.CR1` release).**
+
+**February 11th is the date of the feature freeze for Quarkus 3.19 and 3.20 LTS.**
+
+As this release will be maintained for 12 months, we will be recommending that extension maintainers and contributors consider bug fixes and enhancements for LTS releases.
+This will ensure that LTS releases are as stable and robust as possible, while still offering the full breadth of the Quarkus ecosystem.
+
+This means that extension maintainers and contributors will need to consider having branches and versioning in place to support 3.20 during the whole LTS cycle.
+
+== Quarkus 3.21
+
+The plan is to release Quarkus 3.21 the same day as Quarkus 3.20 LTS.
+
+It will contain the new features developed in the `main` branch during the 3.19 -> 3.20 cycle as Quarkus 3.20 LTS will be branched from the `3.19` branch.
+
+== Questions?
+
+If you have any questions about this plan, feel free to ask in the comments of this blog post or on https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/discussions/categories/community[GitHub Discussions].
+
+== Come Join Us
+
+We value your feedback a lot so please report bugs, ask for improvements... Let's build something great together!
+
+If you are a Quarkus user or just curious, don't be shy and join our welcoming community:
+
+ * provide feedback on https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/issues[GitHub];
+ * craft some code and https://github.com/quarkusio/quarkus/pulls[push a PR];
+ * discuss with us on https://quarkusio.zulipchat.com/[Zulip] and on the https://groups.google.com/d/forum/quarkus-dev[mailing list];
+ * ask your questions on https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/quarkus[Stack Overflow].