Release Process

GNU Health HIS stable releases are those with even minor number, eg 1. 2 .3

Stages of the Release Process

For each version, some months before the actual release, GNU Health enters in feature freeze stage, and approximately two months before release, the GNU Health goes into code freeze. At this moment, no more code is accepted, except for bugfixes; the demo community server updated with the release candidate and the translator teams are notified.

Current Stable Release

The current stable release for GNU Health HIS is 5.0

Upcoming Release Schedule

The next stable GNU Health HIS release will be 5.2 based on Tryton 7.0. Estimate dates are the following, subject to changes.

Event

Expected date

Feature freeze

May 2nd, 2026

Code freeze

August 2nd, 2026

Release 5.2.0

October 4th, 2026

Security fixes

We provide security fixes for the current release. Today it applies to 5.0.

Milestones

Check the current milestones at our Codeberg page.

Announcements