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Ansible-core 2.21

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Release Schedule

Expected

PRs must be raised sufficiently in advance of the following dates to have a chance of inclusion in this ansible-core release.

.. note:: Dates are subject to change.

Development Phase ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

The milestone branch will be advanced at the start date of each development phase and the beta 1 release.

• 2025-10-13 Development Phase 1
• 2025-11-10 Development Phase 2
• 2025-12-08 Development Phase 3
• 2026-01-05 Development Phase 4
• 2026-02-02 Development Phase 5
• 2026-03-02 Development Phase 6

Release Phase ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

• 2026-03-30 Feature Freeze

• 2026-04-06 Beta 1

• 2026-04-27 Release Candidate 1

• 2026-05-18 Release

.. note:: The beta and release candidate schedules allow for up to 3 releases on a weekly schedule depending on the necessity of creating a release.

Release Manager

Ansible Core Team

Planned work

• TBD

Delayed work

The following work has been delayed and retargeted for a future release:

• TBD