# Will Version 6.3 be released soon?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-version-6-3-be-released-soon/128522>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 18, 2018, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-version-6-3-be-released-soon/128522 "2018-04-18T11:27:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tempy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/898d66/32.png) [@Tempy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Tempy)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 11:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-version-6-3-be-released-soon/128522/1 "2018-04-18T11:27:21Z")

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I'm planning to start a new installation of the elastic stack the week after the next week.  
As I need to have an alerting service, I wonder if version 6.3 which now contains XPack also has the ability to alert and send mails with the free license, or would I need to install a plugin which is capable of doing this?

Does anybody know when version 6.3 will be released, will it be soon or shouldn't I wait and just go for the current release?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-version-6-3-be-released-soon/128522/2 "2018-04-18T14:10:34Z")

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> As I need to have an alerting service, I wonder if version 6.3 which now contains XPack also has the ability to alert and send mails with the free license

No. Alerting is available with a gold license.

> Does anybody know when version 6.3 will be released, will it be soon or shouldn't I wait and just go for the current release?

We never announce release dates.

I hope it will happen soon (soon does not mean any delay though). But you can just start with latest 6.2 and switch to 6.3 when released.

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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:** [May 16, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/will-version-6-3-be-released-soon/128522/3 "2018-05-16T14:10:56Z")

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