Schedule

This page describes the JOSM release cycle.

The JOSM project has a very pragmatic development model, see Releases for details. Basically we are alternating between two states: Free to modify and Stabilization.

Free to modify

This phase is for normal development. No special restrictions, but be aware, that the nightly builds are used by a lot of people. We usually get overwhelmed with bug reports when josm-latest is seriously broken.

Stabilization

Feature freeze, string freeze, focus on bug fixing. Sometimes minor changes are okay (especially when there is some time left till the release), but try to avoid introducing new bugs. Stabilization phase can exceed the release date by a couple of days.

The stabilization phase starts always a few days before a release (to make sure no major bug is included and to give the translators time to translate the latest strings) and ends a few days after a release (in case of a required hotfix if a major bug was part of the release).

Usually a release is planned at the end of each month (the weekend nearest to this date). Check the roadmap for the next planned release.

Creating a release simply means doing a last translation update, getting the latest version and mark it as josm-tested.

Log of JOSM-tested versions

date	tested version
2025-07-12	r19423
2025-06-03	r19412
2025-05-02	r19396
2025-03-30	r19369
2025-03-01	r19342
2025-02-04	r19307
2025-01-03	r19277
2024-12-04	r19265
2024-10-31	r19253
2024-10-02	r19230
2024-09-03	r19207
2024-08-01	r19160
2024-07-06	r19128
2024-06-04	r19096
2024-05-02	r19067
2024-04-10	r19039
2024-03-18	r19017
2024-02-06	r18969
2024-01-17	r18940
2023-12-07	r18907
2023-12-07	r18822
2023-12-05	r18906
2023-12-05	r18905
2023-08-30	r18822
2023-08-01	r18789
2023-07-07	r18772
2023-06-05	r18746
2023-05-03	r18721
2023-04-03	r18700
2023-03-02	r18678
2023-01-30	r18646
2023-01-04	r18622
2023-01-02	r18621
2022-11-01	r18583
2022-10-07	r18570
2022-09-30	r18565
2022-08-30	r18543
2022-08-02	r18531
2022-08-01	r18513
2022-08-01	r18530
2022-07-07	r18513
2022-07-06	r18511
2022-05-30	r18463
2022-04-05	r18427
2022-03-07	r18387
2022-01-03	r18360
2021-11-01	r18303
2021-09-05	r18193
2021-09-02	r18191
2021-08-02	r18118
2021-07-12	r18004
2021-07-11	r18002
2021-06-02	r17919
2021-05-31	r17915
2021-04-28	r17833
2021-04-01	r17702
2021-04-01	r17701
2021-03-18	r17580
2021-03-14	r17560
2020-12-29	r17428
2020-11-22	r17329
2020-10-05	r17084
2020-09-07	r17013
2020-07-31	r16812
2020-07-02	r16731
2020-06-02	r16538
2020-04-06	r16239
2020-04-06	r16238
2020-02-26	r15937
2020-02-24	r15927
2020-02-23	r15915
2020-02-01	r15806
2020-01-02	r15628
2019-12-31	r15625
2019-12-02	r15553
2019-11-02	r15492
2019-09-30	r15390
2019-08-26	r15322
2019-07-10	r15238
2019-07-09	r15237
2019-07-08	r15234
2019-06-03	r15155
2019-06-02	r15150
2019-04-29	r15031
2019-04-01	r14945
2019-03-03	r14824
2019-02-05	r14760
2018-12-31	r14620
2018-11-28	r14460
2018-10-28	r14382
2018-10-02	r14289
2018-08-22	r14178
2018-08-18	r14163
2018-07-29	r14066
2018-07-09	r14026
2018-07-09	r14025
2018-07-01	r13996
2018-05-31	r13878
2018-05-31	r13877
2018-05-27	r13860
2018-05-07	r13710
2018-03-26	r13576
2018-03-04	r13500
2018-03-01	r13478
2018-01-28	r13367
2017-12-31	r13265
2017-11-26	r13170
2017-10-29	r13053
2017-10-03	r12921
2017-10-02	r12914
2017-09-02	r12712
2017-08-13	r12545
2017-07-30	r12542
2017-07-03	r12450
2017-07-01	r12443
2017-05-29	r12275
2017-05-29	r12271
2017-05-02	r12039
2017-04-02	r11826
2017-02-27	r11639
2017-02-02	r11526
2017-01-30	r11514
2017-01-02	r11427
2016-12-31	r11425
2016-11-06	r11223
2016-09-06	r10966
2016-08-12	r10786
2016-07-12	r10526
2016-06-05	r10327
2016-05-30	r10301
2016-05-03	r10168
2016-04-28	r10161
2016-04-28	r10160
2016-03-13	r9979
2016-03-11	r9963
2016-02-28	r9900
2016-01-06	r9329
2016-01-06	r9327
2015-12-31	r9229
2015-12-30	r9224
2015-11-24	r9060
2015-10-30	r8969
2015-10-29	r8964
2015-09-28	r8800
2015-08-22	r8677
2015-06-17	r8491
2015-05-09	r8339
2015-04-27	r8279
2015-03-30	r8159
2015-03-02	r8109
2015-02-01	r7995
2014-12-29	r7906
2014-12-10	r7777
2014-10-21	r7643
2014-09-30	r7588
2014-09-01	r7480
2014-07-29	r7347
2014-07-28	r7346
2014-07-04	r7287
2014-05-27	r7182
2014-04-25	r7000
2014-03-30	r6950
2014-02-28	r6891
2014-01-29	r6767
2014-01-29	r6766
2014-01-28	r6764
2014-01-27	r6763
2013-12-20	r6502
2013-11-17	r6388
2013-11-12	r6383
2013-09-20	r6238
2013-08-07	r6115
2013-07-09	r6060
2013-06-05	r5990
2013-05-08	r5939
2013-05-06	r5932
2013-04-09	r5836
2013-03-07	r5759
2013-02-06	r5697
2012-12-02	r5608
2012-11-10	r5576
2012-10-08	r5531
2012-08-31	r5485
2012-08-29	r5482
2012-07-23	r5356
2012-07-20	r5353
2012-07-03	r5315
2012-06-04	r5267
2012-05-02	r5210
2012-05-01	r5207
2012-04-14	r5181
2012-04-12	r5177
2012-04-12	r5174
2012-03-07	r5047
2012-01-30	r4878
2011-12-21	r4667
2011-12-16	r4666
2011-10-31	r4550
2011-10-04	r4487
2011-09-06	r4399
2011-08-01	r4279
2011-07-12	r4223
2011-07-04	r4201
2011-05-02	r4064
2011-04-14	r4021
2011-03-09	r3966
2011-03-09	r3965
2011-03-07	r3961
2010-12-31	r3751
2010-12-07	r3701
2010-12-04	r3695
2010-10-07	r3592
2010-09-06	r3514
2010-07-17	r3376
2010-06-11	r3329
2010-04-26	r3208
2010-04-24	r3201
2010-04-20	r3196
2010-03-08	r3094
2010-03-05	r3070
2009-12-04	r2561
2009-11-30	r2554
2009-11-30	r2552
2009-10-08	r2255
2009-10-04	r2221
2009-08-19	r1981
2009-07-15	r1788
2009-06-15	r1669
2009-05-22	r1607
2009-05-14	r1566
Automatic release handling
2009-05-02	r1566
2009-04-16	r1529
2009-04-14	r1526
2009-03-30	r1515
2009-03-19	r1504
2009-03-18	r1497
2009-03-08	r1479
2009-03-02	r1460
2009-02-24	r1437
2009-02-23	r1432
2009-02-09	r1387
2009-01-26	r1344
Introduction of josm-tested.jar
2009-01-07	r1212
2009-01-03	r1206
2009-01-01	r1198
2008-12-31	r1191
2008-12-25	r1178
2008-12-24	r1171
2008-12-15	r1137
2008-12-14	r1132
2008-12-02	r1097
2008-11-26	r1091
2008-11-04	r1065
2008-09-28	r1010
2008-09-16	r970
2008-09-07	r929
2008-09-01	r898
2008-08-26	r869
2008-08-19	r802
Introduction of tested concept
2007-07-11	​1.5 - r285
2006-10-16	​1.4 - r166
2006-04-28	​1.3 - r100
2006-03-15	​1.2 - r61
2006-02-14	​1.1 - r53
2006-01-22	​1.0 - r43
2006-01-11	​1.0 RC 2 - r40
2005-12-28	​1.0 RC 1 - r35
2005-10-28	​1.0 Beta 2 - r25
2005-10-04	​1.0 Beta 1 - r14

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