# .NET News & Release Notes

Welcome to the home of .NET news & release notes to help you stay up to date with all of latest previews and releases. 

Follow our [GitHub Discussions](https://github.com/dotnet/core/discussions), where you will find the latest new on preview releases, service releases, and CVEs for .NET.

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## Release Notes

The following [.NET releases](./releases.md) are currently supported:

|  Version  | Release Date | Support | Latest Patch Version | End of Support |
| :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- | :-- |
| [.NET 9](release-notes/9.0/README.md) | November 12, 2024 | [STS][policies] | [9.0.0-preview.3][9.0.0-preview.3] |  |
| [.NET 8](release-notes/8.0/README.md) | [November 14, 2023](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-8/) | [LTS][policies] | [8.0.4][8.0.4] | November 10, 2026 |
| [.NET 7](release-notes/7.0/README.md) | [November 8, 2022](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-dotnet-7/) | [STS][policies] | [7.0.18][7.0.18] | May 14, 2024 |
| [.NET 6](release-notes/6.0/README.md) | [November 8, 2021](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/announcing-net-6/) | [LTS][policies] | [6.0.29][6.0.29]  | November 12, 2024 |


You can find release notes for all releases, including out-of-support releases, in the [release-notes](release-notes) directory.

[9.0.0-preview.3]: release-notes/9.0/preview/preview3/9.0.0-preview.3.md
[8.0.4]: release-notes/8.0/8.0.4/8.0.4.md
[7.0.18]: release-notes/7.0/7.0.18/7.0.18.md
[6.0.29]: release-notes/6.0/6.0.29/6.0.29.md

## Release Information

* [Download .NET](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet)
* [Releases Index][releases-index.json] -- Index for all release channels in JSON format
* [dotnet-install scripts](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-install-script)
* [Installation docs](https://learn.microsoft.com/dotnet/core/install/)

[releases-index.json]: https://dotnetcli.blob.core.windows.net/dotnet/release-metadata/releases-index.json
[policies]: release-policies.md