Drupal 8 release dates

Welcome to our Drupal 8 release dates article. This article will give you news on when specific milestones are scheduled in the development process.

Past release dates

  • Development Phase – December 1, 2012
  • Feature Freeze – December 1 2012 – April 1 2013
  • Code Freeze – April 1, 2013
  • Drupal 8 Alpha release – May 20,2013
  • Drupal 8 Alpha 2 Released – June 24, 2013
  • Drupal 8 Alpha 3 Released – September 4, 2013
  • Drupal 8 Alpha 4 Released – October 18, 2013
  • Drupal 8 Alpha 5 Released – November 19, 2013
  • Drupal 8 Alpha 6 Released – November 22, 2013
  • Drupal 8 Alpha 7 Released – December 18, 2013
  • Drupal 8 Alpha 8 Released – January 22, 2014
  • Drupal 8 Alpha 9 Released – February 19, 2014
  • Drupal 8 Alpha 10 Released – March19, 2014
  • Drupal 8 Alpha 11 Released – April 23, 2014
  • Drupal 8 Alpha 13 Released – May 28, 2014
  • Drupal 8 Alpha 13 Released – July 8, 2014
  • Drupal 8 Alpha 14 Released – August 6, 2014
  • Drupal 8 Alpha 15 Released – September 19, 2014
  • BETA!
  • Drupal 8 Beta 1 Released – October 1, 2014
  • Drupal 8 Beta 2 Released – October 15, 2014
  • Drupal 8 Beta 3 Released – November 12, 2014
  • Drupal 8 Beta 4 Released – December 17, 2014
  • Drupal 8 Beta 6 Released – January 28, 2015
  • Drupal 8 Beta 7 Released – February 25, 2015
  • Drupal 8 Beta 9 Released – March 25, 2015
  • Drupal 8 Beta 10 Released – April 29, 2015
  • Drupal 8 Beta 11 Released – May 27, 2015
  • Drupal 8 Beta 12 Released – June 29, 2015
  • Drupal 8 Beta 13 Released – July 22, 2015
  • Drupal 8 Beta 14 Released – August 3, 2015
  • Drupal 8 Beta 15 Released – September 4, 2015
  • Drupal 8 Beta 16 Released – October 2, 2015
  • RELEASE CANDIDATES!
  • Drupal 8 RC 1 Released – October 7, 2015
  • Drupal 8 RC 1 Released – October 21, 2015
  • Drupal 8 RC 1 Released – November 4, 2015 – Download here !

Current release dates

  • ANNOUNCED! Drupal 8 Official Release! – Novenber 19, 2015

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