================================ Maintenance and release schedule ================================ You can find the detailed schedule for major and maintenance releases at: `detailed schedule `_. Major releases -------------- Major releases are typically scheduled once every 4 months with the first 10 weeks being the development phase followed by freeze phase with four beta release, two RCs and one final each one with an interval of 1 week. Specific dates for each release can be found on `detailed schedule `_. Major releases are planned to be actively maintained for 12 months after their initial release. For long term support options check out the `Nextcloud Subscription `_ offered by `Nextcloud GmbH `_. Maintenance releases -------------------- Maintenance releases are scheduled in a 4 week cycle with one week before the release date having the freeze and RC 1. Critical changes ---------------- * PHP 8.0 is now deprecated. Please upgrade to PHP 8.1 or higher. * PHP 8.2 is now supported. * The recommended webserver configuration has changed to no longer include a default redirect to the login page * For Apache this change will automatically come with the ``.htaccess`` file provided by the release * for nginx administrators should ensure that their config is up to date with the `documentation `_ * The relevant lines to remove are ``error_page 403 /core/templates/403.php;`` and ``error_page 404 /core/templates/404.php;`` You can find important documentation for app developers here: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/latest/developer_manual/app_publishing_maintenance/app_upgrade_guide/index.html Each document lists a link to the breaking changes of the corresponding release. .. TODO ON RELEASE: Update version number above on release