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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions site/versioning-policy.html
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Expand Up @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ <h2>Release cadence</h2>
Hence, Spark 2.3.0 would generally be released about 6 months after 2.2.0. Maintenance releases happen as needed
in between feature releases. Major releases do not happen according to a fixed schedule.</p>

<h3>Spark 4.1 release window</h3>
<h3>Spark 4.2 release window</h3>

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<td>November 1st 2025</td>
<td>July 15th 2026</td>
<td>Code freeze. Release branch cut.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>November 15th 2025</td>
<td>Late July 2026</td>
<td>QA period. Focus on bug fixes, tests, stability and docs. Generally, no new features merged.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>November 23th 2025</td>
<td>August 2026</td>
<td>Release candidates (RC), voting, etc. until final release passes</td>
</tr>
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Expand Up @@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ The branch is cut every January and July, so feature ("minor") releases occur ab
Hence, Spark 2.3.0 would generally be released about 6 months after 2.2.0. Maintenance releases happen as needed
in between feature releases. Major releases do not happen according to a fixed schedule.

<h3>Spark 4.1 release window</h3>
<h3>Spark 4.2 release window</h3>

| Date | Event |
| ----- | ----- |
| November 1st 2025 | Code freeze. Release branch cut.|
| November 15th 2025 | QA period. Focus on bug fixes, tests, stability and docs. Generally, no new features merged.|
| November 23th 2025 | Release candidates (RC), voting, etc. until final release passes|
| July 15th 2026 | Code freeze. Release branch cut.|
| Late July 2026 | QA period. Focus on bug fixes, tests, stability and docs. Generally, no new features merged.|
| August 2026 | Release candidates (RC), voting, etc. until final release passes|

<h2>Maintenance releases and EOL</h2>

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