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title: Support Schedule | Apache Grails®  Framework
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description: Support schedule for the Grails® application framework
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        <h1>Support Schedule</h1>
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                                The Apache Grails<sup>&reg;</sup> Community is committed to the continued innovation, development, maintenance, and support of the Grails framework.
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                            Our goal is to provide Grails framework users the support they need while maintaining as much focus as possible on innovation.
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                        <h2 class="subsection-header">Lifecycle Stages</h2>
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                            Versions of the Grails framework may fall into one of three lifecycle stages:
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                            <li>Active Development</li>
                            <li>Active Maintenance</li>
                            <li>End of Support</li>
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                        <h3 class="subsection-header">Active Development</h3>
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                            Grails versions that are in “Active Development” receive regular updates, including new features, performance enhancements, and bug fixes. These versions receive a majority of our time and effort investment and represent the latest and greatest that the Grails framework has to offer.
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                            We recommend that new and existing Grails applications be built with or upgraded to these versions.
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                        <h3 class="subsection-header">Active Maintenance</h3>
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                            "Active Maintenance" releases receive limited bug fixes and patches, mostly focused around the resolution of critical security advisories. New features, performance improvements, and minor bug fixes are unlikely.
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                            We recommend that organizations whose Grails applications depend on a release that's in Active Maintenance upgrade to the latest “Active Development” version in order to make use of the latest features the framework has to offer.
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                        <h3 class="subsection-header">End of Support</h3>
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                            Once a Grails framework version moves from "Active Maintenance" to "End of Support", it is unlikely to receive additional updates.
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                            We recommend that organizations which are relying on an End of Support version of the Grails framework upgrade to a "Active Maintenance" or "Active Development" version as soon as possible.
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                        <h3 class="subsection-header">Commercial Support</h3>
                        <p>Please note that the Apache Software Foundation does not offer commercial support for Apache Grails or related applications.
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                            We understand that there are situations in which it may be difficult to keep an application up to date with the latest supported versions of the Grails framework. For these situations, <a href="support.html">commercial support options</a> can help address critical security advisories for the version of the Grails framework that you are utilizing.
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                <th>Version</th>
                <th>Stage</th>
                <th>Initial Release</th>
                <th>Last Release</th>
                <th>Maintenance Support Through</th>
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                <td>7</td>
                <td>Active Development</td>
                <td>Oct 2025</td>
                <td>Ongoing</td>
                <td>Jun 2026</td>
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                <td>6</td>
                <td>End of Support</td>
                <td>Jul 2023</td>
                <td>Jan 2025<br/>(6.2.3)</td>
                <td>Jun 2025</td>
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                <td>5</td>
                <td>End of Support</td>
                <td>Oct 2021</td>
                <td>Jan 2024<br/>(5.3.6)</td>
                <td>Jun 2024</td>
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                <td>4</td>
                <td>End of Support</td>
                <td>Jul 2019</td>
                <td>Jan 2024<br/>(4.1.4)</td>
                <td>Mar 2024</td>
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                <td>3</td>
                <td>End of Support</td>
                <td>Mar 2015</td>
                <td>Jan 2024<br/>(3.3.18)</td>
                <td>Sep 2021</td>
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                <td>2</td>
                <td>End of Support</td>
                <td>Dec 2011</td>
                <td>Mar 2017<br/>(2.5.6)</td>
                <td>Jun 2021</td>
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                <td>1</td>
                <td>End of Support</td>
                <td>Feb 2008</td>
                <td>May 2012<br/>(1.3.9)</td>
                <td>Not Available</td>
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            <p><sup>* - Future dates are subject to change</sup></p>
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