VTK 9.6.0 Release Planning

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VTK Release Plan

As announced in this post, VTK now follows 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 and a half 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 v9.6.0 is planned for December 2025
  • VTK v9.7.0 is planned for June 2026
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Here is the precise planning for VTK v9.6.0 release:

  • 12/12/2025: Release split, no new features will be going into VTK 9.6.0 after this date
  • 12/12/2025 to 01/17/2026: Release candidates are published and tested. Critical bug fixes are integrated into the VTK release branch.
  • 01/16/2026: VTK 9.6.0 is released.
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