generated: '2026-07-21'
method: searched
source: https://docs.yugabyte.com/stable/releases/versioning/
versioning:
  scheme: major-even-lts-sts
  description: >-
    Release series are MAJOR.MINOR. Even minor series (MAJOR.EVEN) are stable
    (STS/LTS) and supported for production; odd minor series are preview/dev.
    Patch releases (MAJOR.EVEN.PATCH) are backwards-compatible bug fixes.
  current_lts: '2025.2'
  current_preview: '2.25'
  docs: https://docs.yugabyte.com/stable/releases/versioning/
deprecation:
  policy_url: https://docs.yugabyte.com/stable/releases/versioning/
  description: >-
    Release series carry defined support windows; end-of-life series are moved to
    the docs archive. Deprecations are announced in the versioned release notes.
  eol_reference: https://docs.yugabyte.com/stable/releases/ybdb-releases/
release_notes:
  ybdb: https://docs.yugabyte.com/stable/releases/ybdb-releases/
  anywhere: https://docs.yugabyte.com/stable/releases/yba-releases/
  aeon: https://docs.yugabyte.com/stable/yugabyte-cloud/release-notes/
status_page: https://yugabytedb.statuspage.io/
sla:
  description: YugabyteDB Aeon publishes availability targets per cluster tier; see pricing/SLA.
  url: https://www.yugabyte.com/pricing/
deprecated_operations: []