2022-12-21 09:48:14 +00:00
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
|
|
title: "Versioning Policy"
|
|
|
|
|
description: "The Authelia Versioning Policy which is important reading for administrators"
|
2022-12-22 00:21:29 +00:00
|
|
|
date: 2022-12-21T20:48:14+11:00
|
2022-12-21 09:48:14 +00:00
|
|
|
draft: false
|
|
|
|
|
images: []
|
|
|
|
|
aliases:
|
|
|
|
|
- /versioning-policy
|
|
|
|
|
- /versioning
|
|
|
|
|
---
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The __Authelia__ team aims to abide by the [Semantic Versioning 2.0.0](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html) policy. This
|
|
|
|
|
means that we use the format `major.minor.patch` for our version numbers, where a change to `major` denotes a breaking
|
|
|
|
|
change which will likely require user interaction to upgrade, `minor` which denotes a new feature, and `patch` denotes a
|
|
|
|
|
fix.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
It is therefore recommended users do not automatically upgrade the `minor` version without reading the patch notes, and
|
|
|
|
|
it's critically important users do not upgrade the `major` version without reading the patch notes. You should pin your
|
|
|
|
|
version to `4.37` for example to prevent automatic upgrades from negatively affecting you.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
## Exceptions
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
There are exceptions to this versioning policy.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
### Breaking Changes
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All features which are marked as:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- beta
|
|
|
|
|
- experimental
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Notable examples:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- OpenID Connect 1.0
|
|
|
|
|
- File Filters
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The reasoning is as we develop these features there may be mistakes and we may need to make a change that should be
|
|
|
|
|
considered breaking. As these features graduate from their status to generally available they will move into our
|
|
|
|
|
standard versioning policy from this exception.
|
