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CockroachDB

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Velocity2.5

Distributed SQL database

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CockroachDB holds a metronomic dual-track release rhythm through v26

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◆Current state
CockroachDB is shipping on a predictable two-track cadence: Innovation releases roughly quarterly (v26.1 Feb, v26.3 May 2026) and Regular releases anchoring long-term support twice a year (v25.2, v25.4, v26.2). The schedule has held without slippage across the 18 months of entries visible here. Release artifacts are thin — version, date, track — with detail delegated to docs.
◆Where it's heading
The product is in steady-cadence mode rather than narrative-driven release mode. Investment is visibly going into release engineering discipline — predictable GA dates, clean dual-track support windows — not into headline features that would surface in changelogs. Innovation acts as the feature pipeline; Regular acts as the LTS anchor enterprises pin against.
◆Prediction
v26.3 lands on the announced May/June 2026 date; a v26.4 Innovation slot opens around late summer with v27.1 Regular following the established November cadence.

◆Recent moves

  1. 27d ago

    CockroachDB v26.3 Innovation Release

    Pre-announces the next Innovation release on the four-month cadence with detail deferred to docs. Fits the established pattern of telegraphing schedule before substance.

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  2. 2mo ago

    CockroachDB v26.2 Regular Release

    Lands on the LTS half of the dual-track cadence. This is the v26-line version enterprises will pin to through the rest of 2026.

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  3. 4mo ago

    CockroachDB v26.1 Innovation Release

    Opens the v26 line on the Innovation track — faster cadence, shorter support window, aimed at teams that prefer new features over long-term stability.

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  4. 7mo ago

    CockroachDB v25.4 (Regular)

    Closes the v25 cycle on the LTS track. This is the version most large deployments are running heading into 2026 while waiting on v26.2.

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  5. 1y ago

    CockroachDB v25.2 (Regular)

    Mid-2025 Regular release in the May slot, matching the November pairing — the LTS rhythm Cockroach Labs has held to ever since.

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  6. 1y ago

    CockroachDB v24.3 (Regular Release)

    Late-2024 Regular release that set the precedent for the dual-track cadence still holding 18 months later.

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