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The latest support policy for ESP-IDF can be found at [https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/blob/master/SUPPORT_POLICY.md](https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/blob/master/SUPPORT_POLICY.md)
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Support Period Policy
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=====================
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* [中文版](./SUPPORT_POLICY_CN.md)
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Each ESP-IDF major and minor release (V4.1, V4.2, etc) is supported for
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30 months after the initial stable release date.
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Supported means that the ESP-IDF team will continue to apply bug fixes,
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security fixes, etc to the release branch on GitHub, and periodically
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make new bugfix releases as needed.
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Support period is divided into "Service" and "Maintenance" period:
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| Period | Duration | Recommended for new projects? |
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| ------- | ------------ | ------------------------------------- |
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| Service | 12 months | Yes |
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| Maintenance | 18 months | No |
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During the Service period, bugfixes releases are more frequent. In some cases,
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support for new features may be added during the Service period (this is
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reserved for features which are needed to meet particular regulatory
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requirements or standards for new products, and which carry a very low risk of
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introducing regressions.)
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During the Maintenance period, the version is still supported but only bugfixes
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for high severity issues or security issues will be applied.
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Using an “In Service” version is recommended when starting a new project.
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Users are encouraged to upgrade all projects to a newer ESP-IDF release before
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the support period finishes and the release becomes End of Life (EOL). It is our
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policy to not continue fixing bugs in End of Life releases.
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Pre-release versions (betas, previews, `-rc` and `-dev` versions, etc)
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are not covered by any support period. Sometimes a particular feature is
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marked as "Preview" in a release, which means it is also not covered
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by the support period.
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The ESP-IDF Programming Guide has information about the
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[different versions of ESP-IDF](https://docs.espressif.com/projects/esp-idf/en/latest/versions.html)
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(major, minor, bugfix, etc).
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Example
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ESP-IDF V3.3 was released in September 2019. It will be supported for 30 months
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until February 2022.
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- The first V3.3 release was `v3.3` in September 2019.
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- The ESP-IDF team continues to backport bug fixes, security fixes,
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etc to the release branch `release/v3.3`.
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- Periodically stable bugfix releases are created from the release
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branch. For example `v3.3.1`, `v3.3.2`, etc. Users are encouraged to
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always update to the latest bugfix release.
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- V3.3 bugfix releases continue until February 2022, when all V3.3.x
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releases become End of Life.
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Existing Releases
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ESP-IDF release V4.1 and all newer releases will follow this support period
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policy. The support period for each release will be announced when the release
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is made.
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For releases made before the current support period policy was announced, the
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original support periods apply:
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* ESP-IDF V4.0.x will be supported until October 2021
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* ESP-IDF V3.3.x will be supported until February 2022
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* ESP-IDF V3.1.x and V3.2.x will both be supported until October 2020.
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* ESP-IDF versions before V3.1 are already End of Life.
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Policy History
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* September 2019. This policy split ESP-IDF releases into Standard and Long Term
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Support.
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* July 2020. All releases from now will have the same support period, which is
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equal to the previous Long Term Support period. Added “In Service” period,
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during which versions will receive more updates.
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