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# Long Term Support
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- Prometheus LTS are selected releases of Prometheus which gets bugfixes for an
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+ Prometheus LTS are selected releases of Prometheus that receive bugfixes for an
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extended period of time.
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- Every 6 weeks, a new Prometheus minor release cycle is started. Past those 6
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- weeks, minor releases generally don't receive bugfixes anymore . If a user is
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- impacted by a bug in a minor release, very often they need to upgrade to the
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+ Every 6 weeks, a new Prometheus minor release cycle begins. After those 6
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+ weeks, minor releases generally no longer receive bugfixes. If a user is
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+ impacted by a bug in a minor release, they often need to upgrade to the
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latest Prometheus release.
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Upgrading Prometheus should be straightforward thanks to our [ API stability
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guarantees] [ stab ] . However,
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- there is a risk that new features and enhancements also bring regressions,
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- requiring to upgrade again.
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- Prometheus LTS only gets bug, security, and documentation fixes. The build
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- toolchain will also be kept up-to-date. This enables companies relying on
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- Prometheus to limit the risks of upgrades while having a Prometheus server still
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- maintained by the community.
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- The first Prometheus LTS release will be Prometheus v2.37. This version will be
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- released in July 2022 and will be supported until January 31 2023.
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- ![ A picture showing the LTS release cycle.] ( /assets/lts-cycle.png )
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+ there is a risk that new features and enhancements could also bring regressions,
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+ requiring another upgrade.
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+ Prometheus LTS only receive bug, security, and documentation fixes, but over a
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+ time window of one year. The build toolchain will also be kept up-to-date. This
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+ allows companies that rely on Prometheus to limit the upgrade risks while still
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+ having a Prometheus server maintained by the community.
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+ ## List of LTS releases
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+ <table class =" table table-bordered downloads " >
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+ <thead>
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+ <tr>
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+ <th>Release</th>
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+ <th>Date</th>
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+ <th>End of support</th>
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+ </tr>
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+ </thead>
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+ <tbody>
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+ <tr>
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+ <td>Prometheus 2.37</td><td>2022-07-14</td><td>2023-07-31</td>
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+ </tr>
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+ </tbody>
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+ </table >
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## Limitations of LTS support
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