Product Release Life Cycle
4D Product Release Cycle
Product Line | Feature Release | 4D 20 LTS | 4D 19 LTS | 4D 18 LTS | 4D 17 | 4D 16 |
Status | Current | Current | Current | Obsolete | Obsolete | Obsolete |
Original release | N/A | 10 JUL 23 | 12 JUL 21 | 16 JAN 20 | 10 JUL 18 | 10 JAN 17 |
Latest Release | 20 R3 (9 JAN 23) |
20.3 (18 MAR 24) |
19.7 (11 SEP 23) |
18.6 (13 JUN 22) |
17.5 (3 DEC 20) |
16.6 (24 JUL 19) |
End of Sales | JUL 26 | 12 JUL 2024 | 17 JUN 22 | 13 DEC 20 | 26 JUL 19 | |
End of Support | JUL 26 | 12 JUL 2024 | 17 JUN 22 | 13 DEC 20 | 26 JUL 19 | |
Latest Hotfix1 | 7 FEB 24 | 29 JAN 24 | 15 FEB 24 | 10 FEB 22 | 31 AUG 20 | 21 MAY 19 |
End of Upgrades2 | DEC 25 | 15 DEC 23 | 14 JUN 22 | 18 DEC 20 |
1 Hotfixes are available to 4D Partners only. Learn more about the 4D Partner program.
2 The valid upgrade period for a product is the time in which an owner of said version may migrate to the latest version at reduced upgrade pricing. After this period, you must purchase a full license.
Current
- Version maintained under development, with fixes and improvements performed. Intermediary Hotfixes are provided to Partners.
- Full-versions and upgrades to higher versions are available for sale.
- Eligible to Technical support for Partners.
- Bug fixes are delivered:
- LTS: in regular minor versions, Hotfixes and Nightly builds.
- Feature Releases: Every 3 months with the next Feature Release, and every month with the Hotfixes for blocking deployment issues of the current Feature Release.
Ended
- Development ended.
- Full version sales and upgrades to higher versions scheduled to be phased out (see table).
- Technical support no longer available, no new bug fixes will be issued.
Obsolete
- Development ended.
- All sales ended. Upgrades to higher versions no longer sold.
- No technical support available.