Starting with version 7.7, the Stages release frequency was increased and a new release will be issued every few months. This means that previous releases will drop out of maintenance earlier than before.

We are aware that not all our customers are able to frequently upgrade their system. For those customers, we will keep Stages version 7.11 under Long Term Support (LTS). An LTS release will be maintained for at least two years until a new LTS release will replace it.

So even if versions 7.12, 7.13, etc., are released, version 7.11 will be under maintenance at least until 2026-10-31.

So if you are starting with Stages, we recommend to use version 7.11.

Version 7.10 will only be maintained until 2025-03-31. You should plan to upgrade to 7.11 as soon as possible.

Support for version 7.9 will end on 2025-03-31.

Customers using version 7.9 should plan to upgrade to the new LTS version 7.11 as soon as possible.

Customers should not use version 6 anymore. For all customers that still use version 6, we strongly advise to upgrade to version 7.9. Due to technical limitations, we are not able to guarantee compatibility of version 6 releases with modernized infrastructure requirements (e.g. new browsers) or other security dependencies (e.g. database server, application server, or 3rd party library versions).