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================ Release Schedule

Pixar publishes USD releases on a semi-regular cadence.

Pixar publishes dev releases approximately weekly. Dev releases get published to the dev branch of the github OpenUSD repo <https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/tree/dev>__ and documentation is published to openusd.org (dev version) <https://openusd.org/dev/index.html>__.

Pixar publishes full releases approximately quarterly. Full releases get published to the release branch of the github OpenUSD repo <https://github.com/PixarAnimationStudios/OpenUSD/tree/release>__ and documentation is published to openusd.org (release version) <https://openusd.org/release/index.html>__. Pixar publishes at least one release candidate for early testing approximately a week prior to publishing the official full release, with additional release candidates published if any show-stopping bugs are found.

Release schedules and dates are subject to change, see the Announcements channel <https://forum.aousd.org/c/general/announcements/5>__ on the AOUSD forums or OpenUSD on X <https://twitter.com/openusd>__ for specific details.