# Zeek 3.0.0 schedule

**URL:** <https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-3-0-0-schedule/5770>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** development\
**Created:** [July 23, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-3-0-0-schedule/5770 "2019-07-23T15:09:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![robin](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/community.zeek.org/robin/32/599_2.png) [@robin](https://community.zeek.org/u/robin)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2019, 3:09pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-3-0-0-schedule/5770/1 "2019-07-23T15:09:47Z")

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Some of us met last week to discuss the timeline for Zeek 3.0.0. This  
release will undertake the Big Zeekification(TM), and we’ll need to be  
careful to avoid breaking existing setups wherever we can. With that  
in mind, this is the current plan:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Code freeze on August 5. We’ll do a few days of internal testing  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;on git master and then release a public beta version for broader  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;testing.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- We’re planning for four weeks of testing the beta version and  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;will aim to address any issues coming up from the renaming (and  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;otherwise) during that time. We’ll make further beta versions  
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;available during that period as needed.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;- Assuming things go well, we’ll release 3.0.0 in early September.

Zeek 3.0.0 will be our first long-term stable release. According to  
the new release schedule, we’ll support it with critical fixes for a  
year (see [https://blog.zeek.org/2019/04/new-zeek-release-schedule.html](https://blog.zeek.org/2019/04/new-zeek-release-schedule.html)).  
The next feature release will be 3.1.0, four months after 3.0.0.

The remaining work before the 3.0.0 code freeze is tracked through  
this GitHub Project: [https://github.com/zeek/zeek/projects/3](https://github.com/zeek/zeek/projects/3).

For people comfortable running git master, now would be a good time to  
give the current state a try. Please let us know if you run into any  
issues, in particular if something in your existing setup breaks due  
to the renaming. If you believe it’s something that we can/should fix,  
please file a ticket on GitHub. If you have any specific advice for  
people on how to adjust aspects of their setups to Zeek 3, please send  
a note to this mailing list; we’re working on a HOWTO for user-facing  
implications of the renaming and will include any input we receive.

Thanks for helping us test!

Robin

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/zeek/original/1X/f09d732bc2cc7c7cc7e35db67cf4e1d5233ce7a7.png) [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [May 6, 2022, 3:46pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/zeek-3-0-0-schedule/5770/2 "2022-05-06T15:46:38Z")

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