Releases and supported versions

This page summarizes the public release, security-update, and upgrade support policies for Weblate. For maintainer release steps, see Weblate-Veröffentlichungen. For upgrade commands, see Weblate aktualisieren. For published release artifacts, SBOMs, signatures, and provenance attestations, see Release artifacts and verification.

Veröffentlichungszyklus

Weblate uses calendar versioning with monthly releases. The version format is <YEAR>.<MONTH>.<PATCH> with a numeric, non-zero-padded month. The <PATCH> part is omitted for the first release in a month when it would be 0, for example 2026.5. Patch releases use the full version number, for example 2026.5.1.

Monthly releases are usually published at the beginning of the month. Patch releases include bug fixes, security fixes, and dependency updates which should not wait for the next monthly release.

The Docker container includes an additional version component to track changes in the container itself, such as dependencies. Fixed Docker image tags include the patch component together with this build component, even when the Weblate version omits a 0 patch component. These updates may include security updates.

Sicherheitsupdates

Weblate provides security updates to address vulnerabilities and enhance the application’s security posture. Only the latest release is guaranteed to receive security updates. Users are encouraged to keep Weblate up to date to benefit from the latest security improvements.

Security update coverage and direct upgrade support are separate policies.

Version	Security update coverage	End of guaranteed security updates	Direct upgrade support
Latest Weblate release	Guaranteed.	When the next Weblate release is published, normally the following month.	Supported.
Older releases from the current or previous calendar year	Not guaranteed. Upgrade to the latest release to receive guaranteed security updates.	Ended when a newer Weblate release was published.	Direct upgrades are supported.
Older releases	Not guaranteed.	Ended when a newer Weblate release was published.	Upgrade through the intermediate versions listed in Versionsspezifische Anweisungen.

Direct upgrades are supported from releases in the current or previous calendar year. The first release in a new year drops direct upgrade support for releases from the year before the previous year.