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| title: "Release Plan for Gerrit 3.13" |
| tags: news |
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| permalink: 2025-09-17-gerrit-3.13-release-plan.html |
| summary: "Release Plan for Gerrit 3.13" |
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| ## High Level Release Plan |
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| | Date | Activity | |
| |------------|---------------------------------------------------| |
| | Sep 29 | Create `stable-3.13` branch, Release `3.13.0-rc0` | |
| | Oct 6 | Release `3.13.0-rc1` | |
| | Oct 13 | Release `3.13.0-rc2` | |
| | Oct 20 | Release `3.13.0-rc3` - Feature freeze deadline. | |
| | Oct 27 | Release `3.13.0-rc4` | |
| | Nov 3 | Release `3.13.0-rc5` - Release freeze | |
| | Nov 10 | Final release of `3.13.0` | |
| |
| ## Gerrit Hackathon |
| |
| There are no official plans for Gerrit hackathon, however, the maintainers |
| attending the [Gerrit User Summit 2025, 17-19 October](https://summit2025.openinfra.org/a/schedule/#) |
| will be able to get together and work side-by-side at the release |
| during the event. |
| |
| ## End-to-end Testing |
| |
| We plan to use the |
| [Gatling e2e test framework for Git](https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/dev-e2e-tests.html), |
| developed by GerritForge and Ericsson to test the stability of the release |
| on a production-like setup. |
| |
| [GerritForge](https://www.gerritforge.com), who is also offering |
| [Gerrit-as-a-Service on Google Cloud Marketplace](https://gerritforge.com/gaas.html), |
| will be testing the scalability of Gerrit v3.13, particularly with |
| medium to large-sized projects and in a multi-primary setup with Kubernetes |
| on GKE. |
| |
| ## End of Life for Gerrit 3.10.x |
| |
| Per the support policy mentioned in the |
| [project homepage](https://www.gerritcodereview.com/support.html#supported-versions), |
| after 3.13.0 is released, 3.10.x will reach the end of life and will no |
| longer be actively supported. |
| |
| Support for 3.11.x and 3.12.x will continue as usual. |
| Users of 3.10.x or earlier are recommended to upgrade to one of these versions. |
