Long Term Support releases

In June 2020, we rebranded Enterprise releases with a new name: Long Term Support releases. In addition to continuing to backport critical security and product bug fixes, we’ll now when architecturally possible also backport all other security bug fixes to Long Term Support releases throughout its standard 2-year support window:

Critical security bug fixes
Critical bug fixes
All other security bug fixes, whenever possible

This allows you to get the maximum value from our continuous product development without strictly keeping up with the frequent release cadence.

Long Term Support releases are designed specifically for larger, more complex instances – ones that require significant planning and effort to upgrade. We understand that upgrades for such instances can be few and far between, and so every upgrade needs to count. So if you can manage only one feature release upgrade every year, make sure you upgrade to the latest Long Term Support release.

Policy and details

We compiled a list of resources to help you understand how Long Term Support releases differ from other Feature releases:

For details on what security fixes get backported to Long Term Support releases, see Security Bug Fix Policy.
Some bug fixes can also be backported: for related details, see Atlassian Data Center and Server Bug Fix Policy.
To learn the differences between each type of release, see Release terminology and Long Term Support releases.
There's also a brief overview of Long Term Support releases on this blog post from our Head of Product. You can also post your questions and comments on this community post.
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Latest Long Term Support releases

Long Term Support changes for Server customers

If you have a Server license, you’ll only be eligible to upgrade to versions released prior to February 15, 2024 PT, when we officially end support for our Server product line. If you intend to move your instance to Cloud or Data Center, contact our Support team.