Release plan - v20.x Maintenance LTS

[RafaelGSS]

Draft schedule - all dates subject to change

Version	Release Date	Releaser
v20.9.0	2023-10-24	@richardlau (LTS transition)
v20.10.0	2023-11-22	@targos
v20.11.0	2024-01-10	@UlisesGascon
v20.11.1	2024-02-08	@RafaelGSS (Security)
v20.12.0	2024-03-26	@richardlau
v20.12.1	2024-04-03	@RafaelGSS (Security)
v20.12.2	2024-04-10	@RafaelGSS (Security)
v20.13.0	2024-05-07	@marco-ippolito
v20.13.1	2024-05-09	@marco-ippolito
v20.14.0	2024-05-28	@marco-ippolito
v20.15.0	2024-06-20	@marco-ippolito
v20.15.1	2024-07-02	@RafaelGSS (Security)
v20.16.0	2024-07-24	@marco-ippolito
v20.17.0	2024-08-21	@marco-ippolito
v20.18.0	2024-10-01	@targos
Maintenance transition	2024-10-22	no release
v20.18.1	2024-11-20	@marco-ippolito
v20.18.2	2025-01-21	@RafaelGSS (Security)
v20.18.3	2025-02-10	@marco-ippolito
v20.19.0	2025-03-13	@marco-ippolito Minor bump require(esm)
v20.19.1	2025-04-22	@RafaelGSS / @UlisesGascon
v20.19.2	2025-05-14	@RafaelGSS (Security)
v20.19.3	2025-06-23	@marco-ippolito
v20.19.4	2025-07-15	@RafaelGSS (Security)
v20.19.5	2025-09-03	@marco-ippolito
v20.19.6	2025-11-25	@marco-ippolito
v20.20.0	2026-01-13	@marco-ippolito (Security)
v20.20.1	2026-03-05	@marco-ippolito

Current

Version	Release Date	Releaser
v20.0.0	2023-04-18	@RafaelGSS
v20.1.0	2023-05-03	@targos
v20.2.0	2023-05-16	@targos
v20.3.0	2023-06-05	@targos / @RafaelGSS
v20.3.1	2023-06-20	@RafaelGSS (security)
v20.4.0	2023-07-04	@RafaelGSS
v20.5.0	2023-07-18	@juanarbol
v20.5.1	2023-08-08	@RafaelGSS (security)
v20.6.0	2023-08-24	@juanarbol / @UlisesGascon
v20.7.0	2023-09-13	@UlisesGascon
v20.8.0	2023-09-28	@ruyadorno
v20.8.1	2023-10-13	@RafaelGSS (security)

[RafaelGSS]

I can't "pin issue". Github limits the pinned issues by 3.

[richardlau]

We could swap the pin with the v19.x one. Since v19.x is in maintenance we might decide not to do another v19.x release.

[TomasHubelbauer]

@targos Looks like 20.1.0 is slated for release today. Can we expect it will appear on https://nodejs.org/en/download/current today as well or does it take a few days to show up there? I am awaiting this release because it should fix a bug with ESM loaders that I am running into (nodejs/node#47566) hence my curiosity about the release timeline. Thank you!

[targos]

It's unlikely. I'm aiming for a release tomorrow, May 3.

[TomasHubelbauer]

Looks like 20.1.0 is up for download! Thank you @targos

Although I think the Commits section on the Releases page got cut off:
https://github.com/nodejs/node/releases

My issue of interest nodejs/node#47566 is there through the PR nodejs/node#47620 so I'm happy and ready to test. Thanks again.

[targos]

I'm moving the release to Monday next week (05 June)

[gabrielschulhof]

I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, but is it possible to include nodejs/node#48933 in 20.6.0? It merges cleanly as of right now.

[RafaelGSS]

It should be included, yeah.

[RafaelGSS]

FWIW v20.6.0 might be delayed by one day (16-08-2023). @UlisesGascon is working on it.

[Miguel736j]

His language will forever language will forever fix our problems

[UlisesGascon]

FWIW v20.6.0 is delayed until Monday (21-08-2023) because we need to run CITGM/CI/V8-CI.

[RafaelGSS]

@nodejs/releasers folks, we need volunteers for the next v20.x release. Unfortunately, I can't prepare any release until the end of the month. Since we've just released v20.6.0, I'm pushing the v20.7.0 release date by a week (there are a bunch of commits already).