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Development releases are interim builds of Confluence that we make available so that interested customers can try out new features, especially those features that you may have been waiting for, and don't want to wait another month for the next official release. Development releases are also called early access program (EAP) releases.
Are you looking for the production releases of Confluence? See Confluence Release Notes.
Please note the following
- Development releases are not safe— Development releases are snapshots of the ongoing Confluence development process. For that reason:
- While we try to keep these releases stable, they have not undergone the same degree of testing as a full release.
- Features in development releases may be incomplete, or may change or be removed before the next full release.
- No upgrade path — Because development releases represent work in progress, we can not provide a supported upgrade path between development releases, or from any development release to the eventual final release. Thus, it is possible that you will not be able to migrate any data you store in a Confluence development release to a future Confluence release.
Current Development Release Cycle
The links below show the latest development releases:
- Confluence 5.0-rc1 Release Notes – 14 February 2013
- Confluence 5.0-Beta4 Release Notes – 5 February 2013
- Confluence 5.0-Beta2 Release Notes – 17 January 2013
- Confluence 5.0-m9 EAP Release Notes – 12 December 2012
- Confluence 5.0-m3 EAP Release Notes – 14 November 2012
Previous Development Release Cycles
4.3 development
- Confluence 4.3-RC1 Release Notes – 1 August 2012
- Confluence 4.3-Beta1 Release Notes – 6 July 2012
- Confluence 4.3-m11 EAP Release Notes – 31 May 2012
4.2 development
- Confluence 4.2-Beta3 Release Notes – 27 March 2012
- Confluence 4.2-Beta2 Release Notes – 16 March 2012
- Confluence 4.2-Beta1 Release Notes – 13 March 2012
4.1 development
- Confluence 4.1-rc1 Release Notes – 5 December 2011
- Confluence 4.1-m5 ("Milestone 5") Release Notes – 15 November 2011
4.0 development
- Confluence 4.0-beta2 ("Beta 2") Release Notes – 18 August 2011
- Confluence 4.0-m36 ("Milestone 36") Release Notes – 1 August 2011
- Confluence 4.0-m29 ("Milestone 29") Release Notes – 27 June 2011
- Confluence 4.0-m27 ("Milestone 27") Release Notes – 3 June 2011
3.5 development
- Confluence 3.5-rc1 ("Release Candidate 1") Release Notes – 9 March 2011
- Confluence 3.5-beta3 ("Beta 3") Release Notes – 4 March 2011
- Confluence 3.5-beta2 ("Beta 2") Release Notes – 4 March 2011
- Confluence 3.5-beta1 ("Beta 1") Release Notes – 10 February 2011
- Confluence 3.5-m4 ("Milestone 4") Release Notes – 22 December 2010
- Confluence 3.5-m3 ("Milestone 3") Release Notes – 17 December 2010
- Confluence 3.5-m2 ("Milestone 2") Release Notes – 7 December 2010
- Confluence 3.5-m1 ("Milestone 1") Release Notes – 22 November 2010
3.4 Development
- Release Notes 3.4-m4 ("Milestone 4") 2/SEP/2010
- Release Notes 3.4-m2 ("Milestone 2") 8/AUG/2010
- Release Notes 3.4-m1 ("Milestone 1") 20/JUL/2010
3.3 Development
- Release Notes 3.3-m3 ("Milestone 3") 18/MAY/2010
- Release Notes 3.3-m1 ("Milestone 1") 8/APR/2010
3.2 Development
- Release Notes 3.2-beta ("Beta") 1/MAR/2010
- Release Notes 3.2-m4 ("Milestone 4") 22/FEB/2010
- Release Notes 3.2-m3 ("Milestone 3") 5/FEB/2010
3.1 Development
- Release Notes 3.1-rc1("Release Candidate 1") 27/NOV/2009
- Release Notes 3.1-beta2 ("Beta 2") 19/NOV/2009
- Release Notes 3.1-beta1 ("Beta 1") 9/NOV/2009
- Release Notes 3.1-m7 ("Milestone 7") 5/NOV/2009
- Release Notes 3.1-m6 ("Milestone 6") 26/OCT/2009
- Release Notes 3.1-m5 ("Milestone 5") 8/OCT/2009
- Release Notes 3.1-m4 ("Milestone 4") 22/SEPT/2009
- Release Notes 3.1-m3 ("Milestone 3") 10/SEPT/2009
- Release Notes 3.1-m1 ("Milestone 1") 22/JULY/2009
Other Resources for 3.1:
Confluence 3.1 Deprecated Code Cleanup
Prototype REST API
Confluence 3.1 Newly Deprecated Code
3.0 Development
- Release Notes 3.0-beta2 ("Beta 2") 16/MAY/2009
- Release Notes 3.0-m9 ("Milestone 9") 28/APRIL/2009
- Release Notes 3.0-m8 ("Milestone 8") 20/APRIL/2009
- Release Notes 3.0-m7 ("Milestone 7") 31/MARCH/2009
- Release Notes 3.0-m6 ("Milestone 6") 16/MARCH/2009
- Release Notes 3.0-m5 ("Milestone 5") 24/FEBRUARY/2009
- Release Notes 3.0-m3 ("Milestone 3") 29/JANUARY/2009
2.10 Development
- Release Notes 2.10-rc1 ("Release Candidate 1") 23/NOV/2008
- Release Notes 2.10-m8 ("Milestone 8") 13/NOV/2008
- Release Notes 2.10-m7 ("Milestone 7") 12/NOV/2008
- Release Notes 2.10-m5 ("Milestone 5") 23/OCT/2008
- Release Notes 2.10-m4 ("Milestone 4") 2/OCT/2008
- Release Notes 2.10-m3 ("Milestone 3") 18/SEPT/2008
- Release Notes 2.10-m2 ("Milestone 2") 08/SEPT/2008
- Release Notes 2.10-m1 ("Milestone 1") 22/AUGUST/2008
2.9 Development
- Release Notes 2.9-rc1 ("Release Candidate 1") 31/JULY/2008
- Release Notes 2.9-m5 ("Milestone 5") 9/JULY/2008
- Release Notes 2.9-m3 ("Milestone 3") 11/JUNE/2008
- Release Notes 2.9-m2 ("Milestone 2") 27/MAY/2008
2.8 Development
- Release Notes 2.8-m9 ("Milestone 9") 26/MAR/2008
- Release Notes 2.8-m7 ("Milestone 7") 11/MAR/2008
- Release Notes 2.8-m6 ("Milestone 6") 05/MAR/2008
- Release Notes 2.8-m4 ("Milestone 4") 08/FEB/2008
- Release Notes 2.8-m3 ("Milestone 3") 30/JAN/2008
- Release Notes 2.8-m2 ("Milestone 2") 16/JAN/2008
2.7 Development
- Release Notes 2.7-rc1 ("Release Candidate 1") 05/DEC/2007
- Release Notes 2.7-m5 ("Milestone 5") 26/NOV/2007
- Release Notes 2.7-m4 ("Milestone 4") 06/NOV/2007
- Release Notes 2.7-m2 ("Milestone 2") 10/OCT/2007
2.6 Development
2.3 Development
1.5 - 2.0 Development
- 1.5-DR1 was not released
- Release Notes 1.5-DR2
- Release Notes 2.0-RC1
- Release Notes 2.0-RC2
1.4 Development
- Release Notes 1.4-DR1
- Release Notes 1.4-DR2
- Release Notes 1.4-DR3
- Release Notes 1.4-DR4
- 1.4-DR5 was not released
- Release Notes 1.4-DR6
- Release Notes 1.4-DR7
- 1.4-RC1 was not released
- Release Notes 1.4-RC2
1.3 Development