# VTK 9.4.0 Release

**URL:** https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-4-0-release/14577
**Category:** Announcements
**Created:** [September 13, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-4-0-release/14577 "2024-09-13T16:10:11Z")
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### Author: ![mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/user_avatar/discourse.vtk.org/mwestphal/32/19_2.png) [@mwestphal](https://discourse.vtk.org/u/mwestphal)
#### Post date: [September 13, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://discourse.vtk.org/t/vtk-9-4-0-release/14577/1 "2024-09-13T16:10:11Z")

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# VTK Release Plan

Starting with v9.4.0, VTK will follow a regular (calendar-based) release plan.

- Expect a minor release every 6 months with intermediate patch releases in between, as needed.
- Depending on the features added to the release, the release may become a major release.
- The master and release branches will split one month before the scheduled release date. Please ensure that all feature branches are merged before the split.
- A proposed detailed release plan will be announced a few weeks before each release.

Following this schedule, the next planned releases are as follows:

- VTK v9.4.0 is planned for **November 2024**
- VTK v9.5.0 is planned for **May 2025**

# Specific planning for 9.4.0 release:

- 10/05/2024: Release split, **no new features will be going into VTK 9.4.0 after this date**
- 10/05/2024 to 11/05/2024: Release candidates are published and tested. Critical bug fixes are integrated into the VTK release branch.
- 11/05/2024: VTK 9.4.0 is released.

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