Ubuntu U U Release Schedule

Week

Date (Thursday)

27.10 events

April 2027

1

April 29

Toolchain Uploaded

May 2027

2

May 06

3

May 13

4

May 20

5

May 27

June 2027

6

June 03

7

June 10

8

June 17

9

June 24

July 2027

10

July 01

Ubuntu Testing Week (optional)

11

July 08

12

July 15

13

July 22

14

July 29

August 2027

15

August 05

16

August 12

17

August 19

Feature Freeze, Debian Import Freeze

18

August 26

Ubuntu Testing Week (optional)

September 2027

19

September 02

20

September 09

User Interface Freeze

21

September 16

Documentation String Freeze, Kernel Feature Freeze

22

September 20 (Monday)

Beta Freeze, Hardware Enablement Freeze

September 23

Beta (mandatory)

23

September 30

Kernel Freeze, Non Language Pack Translation Deadline

October 2027

24

October 07

Final Freeze, Release Candidate, Language Pack Translation Deadline

25

October 14

Final Release

Planned and potentially disruptive archive-wide activities

If you’re planning a change that might have a disruptive effect on the archive - e.g. transitions or switches of important defaults (such as compiler versions) - list it here.

Week

Date (Thursday)

Planned activity

April 2027

1

April 29

May 2027

2

May 06

3

May 13

4

May 20

5

May 27

June 2027

6

June 03

7

June 10

8

June 17

9

June 24

July 2027

10

July 01

11

July 08

12

July 15

13

July 22

14

July 29

August 2027

15

August 05

16

August 12

17

August 19

18

August 26

September 2027

19

September 02

20

September 09

21

September 16

22

September 23

23

September 30

October 2027

24

October 07

25

October 14

Ubuntu U U Release Task Signup Sheet

This signup sheet is to be used for planning release milestone tasks.

The Alpha and Beta 1 milestones have been replaced with Testing Weeks, which are organized ad hoc at this point.

Milestone

Date

Image (Nusakan) Engineering

Checklist Tracking

Announcement Email

Feature Freeze

n/a

UI Freeze

n/a

n/a

Doc String Freeze

n/a

n/a

27.10 Beta

Final Freeze

27.10 Release

October 14 2027

When the archive is frozen, all members of the release team are expected to participate in bug fix reviews.

After Feature Freeze, all members of the release team are expected to participate in Feature Freeze Exception reviews in their particular area of expertise.

After Final Beta, all members of the release team are expected to participate in Bug fix reviews in their particular area of expertise.