# Elasticsearch 8 release date

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-release-date/202759>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 9, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-release-date/202759 "2019-10-09T05:18:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![MKU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mku/32/48327_2.png) [@MKU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MKU)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 5:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-release-date/202759/1 "2019-10-09T05:18:51Z")

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Hi all,  
I would like to know the approximate month or date of Elasticsearch 8 release .

Thanks

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 5:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-release-date/202759/2 "2019-10-09T05:43:07Z")

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Elastic do generally not provide release date estimates. For the last couple of releases there has been an alpha/beta program that has started around half a year before release, and as that has not yet started I would say it is at least 6 months out. Why do you need to know this?

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**Author:** ![MKU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mku/32/48327_2.png) [@MKU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MKU)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 5:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-release-date/202759/3 "2019-10-09T05:46:13Z")

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I was starting with a project, so i just wanted to know .

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**Author:** ![rugenl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rugenl/32/12887_2.png) [@rugenl](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rugenl)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-release-date/202759/4 "2019-10-09T15:46:45Z")

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About a week after we roll out a major 7.x stack.... 🙂

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2019, 3:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-8-release-date/202759/5 "2019-11-06T15:46:54Z")

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