NetBSD Release Engineering

This page contains various information about NetBSD Release Engineering, including status information about various branches, pointers to release engineering procedures and other documentation, and the status of various branches.

Next Major Release

The next major release will be NetBSD 11.0.

• currently in BETA state, moving to RC1 state in first week of december (unless blockers are resolved earlier). 11.0 release expected this year.
  • CVS branch tag: netbsd-11
• Current pull-up queue for the netbsd-11 branch
• open issues to solve before the 11.0 release

Active Major Releases

NetBSD 10.x

• Next minor release: NetBSD 10.2 (early in 2026, about a month after the 11.0 release)
  • CVS branch tag: netbsd-10
• Current pull-up queue for the netbsd-10 branch

NetBSD 9.x

• Next minor release: NetBSD 9.5 (no schedule)
  • CVS branch tag: netbsd-9
• Current pull-up queue for the netbsd-9 branch
• end of support for netbsd-9 in first quarter 2026

Automated Status Information

• Daily build snapshot status
• Test results page

Developer Documentation

• Submitting Pull-up requests

Release Engineer Documentation

• Pull-up workflow and policies
• Long and mid-term releng chores