# 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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**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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