v4.5 Release Schedule

This is a tentative schedule for the stabilisation and roll-out of Agave v4.5. It is for informational purposes only, and all dates are subject to change. Please wait for announcements on Discord before performing any upgrades or downgrades.

Milestone	Target Date	Delivery Date
Create v4.5 branch and update master branch version to v4.5	2026-11-02	2026-11-05
Testnet: Recommend nodes running Agave adopt v4.5	2026-11-09	2026-11-06
Devnet: Upgrade to v4.5	2026-11-10	2026-11-10
Pause release activities during Breakpoint (through 2026-11-18)	2026-11-11
Testnet: Resume feature activations	2026-11-19
Devnet: Resume feature activations	2026-11-19
Mainnet-beta: Resume feature activations	2026-11-19
Tag Mainnet-beta Upgrade Candidate (MUC) on v4.5 branch	2026-11-27
Mainnet-beta: Ask for volunteers to take 20% of stake to v4.5	2026-11-30
Testnet: Begin cluster restart and downgrade/upgrade procedure	2026-11-30
Mainnet-beta: Recommend v4.5 for general adoption	2026-12-07
Create v5.0 branch	2026-12-07
Mainnet-beta: Begin v4.5 feature activation	2026-12-14