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Update docs to reflect extended support policy
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## Support policy
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We produce new builds of Istio for each commit. Around once a quarter, we build a minor release and run through several
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We produce new builds of Istio for each commit. Once a quarter, we build a minor release and run through several
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additional tests as well as release qualification. We release patch versions for issues found in minor releases.
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The various types of releases represent a different product quality level and level of assistance from the Istio community.
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|Type | Support Level | Quality and Recommended Use
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|Development Build | No support | Dangerous, may not be fully reliable. Useful to experiment with.
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|Minor Release | Support is provided until 3 months after the next minor release | Safe to deploy in production. Users are encouraged to upgrade to these releases as soon as possible.
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|Minor Release | Support is provided until 4 and a half months after the next minor release | Safe to deploy in production. Users are encouraged to upgrade to these releases as soon as possible.
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|Patch | Same as the corresponding Minor release | Users are encouraged to adopt patch releases as soon as they are available for a given release.
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|Security Patch | Same as a Patch, however, it will not contain any additional code other than the security fix from the previous patch | Given the nature of security fixes, users are **strongly** encouraged to adopt security patches after release.
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{{< tip >}}
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Minor releases occur every 3 months and are supported for 4 and a half months after the next
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minor release, which means a minor version is supported until 6 weeks after the minor version 2 after it is released. This provides a six-week window to
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perform a direct upgrade while remaining within both releases' support windows.
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{{< /tip >}}
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You can find available releases on the [releases page](https://github.com/istio/istio/releases),
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and if you're the adventurous type, you can learn about our development builds on the [development builds wiki](https://github.com/istio/istio/wiki/Dev%20Builds).
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You can find high-level releases notes for each minor and patch release [here](/news).
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| master | No, development only | | | | |
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| 1.12 | Yes | November 18, 2021 | ~June 2022 (Expected) | 1.19, 1.20, 1.21, 1.22 | 1.16, 1.17, 1.18 |
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| 1.11 | Yes | August 12, 2021 | ~Mar 2022 (Expected) | 1.19, 1.20, 1.21, 1.22 | 1.16, 1.17, 1.18 |
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| 1.10 | Yes | May 18, 2021 | ~Dec 2021 (Expected) | 1.18, 1.19, 1.20, 1.21 | 1.16, 1.17, 1.22 |
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| 1.10 | Yes | May 18, 2021 | Dec 30, 2021 | 1.18, 1.19, 1.20, 1.21 | 1.16, 1.17, 1.22 |
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| 1.9 | Yes | February 9, 2021 | Oct 8, 2021 | 1.17, 1.18, 1.19, 1.20 | 1.15, 1.16 |
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| 1.8 | No | November 10, 2020 | May 12, 2021 | 1.16, 1.17, 1.18, 1.19 | 1.15 |
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| 1.7 | No | August 21, 2020 | Feb 25, 2021 | 1.16, 1.17, 1.18 | 1.15 |

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