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title: "FreeBSD 14.1 Release Process"
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= FreeBSD {localRel} Release Process
:localRel: 14.1
:localBranchHead: head
:localBranchStable: stable/14
:localBranchReleng: releng/14.1

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== Introduction

This is the release schedule for FreeBSD {localRel}.
For more information about the release engineering process, please see the link:../../../releng/[Release Engineering] section of the web site.

General discussions about the pending release and known issues should be sent to the public mailto:FreeBSD-stable@FreeBSD.org[freebsd-stable] mailing list.

// link:{handbook}glossary/#mfc-glossary[MFC] requests should be sent to link:mailto:re@FreeBSD.org[re@FreeBSD.org] following the link:https://wiki.freebsd.org/Releng/ChangeRequestGuidelines[Change Request Guidelines].

// link:{handbook}glossary/#mfc-glossary[MFC] requests are no longer being accepted for {localBranchReleng}.

// link:{handbook}glossary/#mfc-glossary[MFC] requests should be sent to re@FreeBSD.org.

== Schedule

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|Action |Expected |Actual |Description
|Initial release schedule announcement |- |20 December 2023 |Release Engineers send announcement email to developers with a rough schedule.
|Release schedule reminder |8 April 2024 |8 April 2024 |Release Engineers send reminder announcement e-mail to developers with updated schedule.
|Code slush begins |19 April 2024 |19 April 2024 |Release Engineers announce that all further commits to the {localBranchStable} branch will not require explicit approval, however new features should be avoided.
|{localBranchReleng} branch |3 May 2024 |3 May 2024 |{localBranchReleng} branch created; future release engineering proceeds on this branch.
|BETA1 builds begin |3 May 2024 |3 May 2024 |First beta test snapshot.
|BETA2 builds begin |10 May 2024 |10 May 2024 |Second beta test snapshot.
|BETA3 builds begin |17 May 2024 |17 May 2024 |Third beta test snapshot.
|RC1 builds begin |24 May 2024 |25 May 2024 |Release candidate.
|RELEASE builds begin |31 May 2024 |31 May 2024 |{localRel}-RELEASE builds begin.
|RELEASE announcement |4 June 2024 |4 June 2024 |{localRel}-RELEASE press release.
|Turn over to the secteam |- |11 June 2024 |{localBranchReleng} branch is handed over to the FreeBSD Security Officer Team in one or two weeks after the announcement.
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== Status / TODO
link:todo/[FreeBSD Release Engineering TODO Page]
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== Additional Information

* link:../../../releng/[FreeBSD Release Engineering website]