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Product Release Life Cycle

4D Product Release Cycle

4D’s product release cycle policy helps you make the right choice when it comes to deciding which version and model to use. For information about the naming and interval of our product releases, see below.

Feature Release: A new release that introduces significant new features in the platform, as well as updated libraries and system APIs, and bug fixes. It's delivered every three months.
Long Term Support Release: Also known as LTS-release. It includes bug fixes and library updates made to a previous release.
4D 18 LTS is 4D’s initial Long Term Support release.

If you need help selecting the release that's right for you, don’t hesitate to contact a sales representative. Please note that the Maintenance program gives you access to both Feature Release and Long Term Support release lines.

Release Line Feature Release1 4D 20 LTS 4D 19 LTS 4D 18 LTS 4D 17 4D 16
Status Current Current Ended Obsolete Obsolete Obsolete
Original release N/A 10 JUL 23 12 JUL 21 16 JAN 20 10 JUL 18 10 JAN 17
Latest Release 20 R6
(24 OCT 24)		 20.5
(14 OCT 24)		 19.8
(11 JUL 24)		 18.6
(13 JUN 22)		 17.5
(3 DEC 20)		 16.6
(24 JUL 19)
End of Sales JUL 26 12 JUL 24 17 JUN 22 13 DEC 20 26 JUL 19
End of Support JUL 26 12 JUL 24 17 JUN 22 13 DEC 20 26 JUL 19
Latest Hotfix1 22 AUG 24 18 NOV 24 23 APR 24 10 FEB 22 31 AUG 20 21 MAY 19
End of Upgrades2 DEC 25 15 DEC 23 14 JUN 22 18 DEC 20

1 Hotfixes and final Feature Releases are available to 4D Partners and to customers with Maintenance contract.

2 Upgrade period for a product is the time in which an owner of said release may migrate to the latest release version at reduced upgrade pricing. After this period, full license must be purchased.


Archives: Older 4D versions


Current

  • Maintained under development, with fixes and improvements performed. Intermediary Hotfixes are provided to Partners and to customers with Maintenance contract.
  • New license sales and upgrades are available for sale.
  • Eligible to Technical support for Partners.
  • Bug fixes:
    • Feature Releases: Delivered every 3 months with the next Feature Release, and every month with the Hotfixes for blocking deployment issues of the current Feature Release.
    • LTS: Delivered in regular minor versions, Hotfixes and Nightly builds.

Ended

  • Development ended.
  • New licenses sales ended. Upgrades scheduled to be phased out (see table above).
  • Technical support no longer available, no new bug fixes will be issued.

Obsolete

  • Development ended.
  • All sales ended. Upgrades no longer sold.
  • No technical support available.