Qt Creator Releases

Upcoming Releases

Tentative dates:

Qt Creator 4.6.2: end of May

Qt Creator 4.7

• Feature freeze wk20 (~ May 15 2018)
• Beta release wk23 (~ Jun 06 2018)
• String freeze wk25 (~ Jun 19 2018)
• Release candidate wk27 (~ Jul 03 2018)
• Final release wk29 (~ Jul 17 2018)

Qt Creator 4.8

• Feature freeze wk39 (~ Sep 25 2018)
• Beta release wk41 (~ Oct 9 2018)
• String freeze wk43 (~ Oct 23 2018)
• Release candidate wk45 (~ Nov 6 2018)
• Final release wk47 (~ Nov 20 2018)

The mentioned dates are typically Tuesdays of the weeks, packages are meant to be ready by then. Actual release typically happens on Wednesday or Thursday.

A collection of older release plans is found at Old Qt Creator Releases.

Qt Creator Release Cycle

We aim for 3 Qt Creator minor releases each year. Each minor release goes through the following stages before the final release date:

• T-8 Weeks: Feature freeze
• T-6 Weeks: Beta release + soft string freeze
• T-4 Weeks: String freeze
• T-2 Weeks: Release candidate
• T-0 Weeks: Final release

These times are approximate and can vary a bit, depending on the state of Qt Creator during the process.

Patch releases can happen after the final release, mostly with the scope of fixing brown paper bag and high priority issues (see also the Qt Creator Submit Policies [qt.io]). We do not maintain multiple Qt Creator minor releases in parallel, usually there is no patch release after the beta of the next minor release has been released. Qt Creator’s schedule is not aligned with Qt’s schedule, but we typically provide a patch release exactly matching Qt releases which is then released at the same time.

The time after a final (.0) release starts with a period of about two months (52 weeks / 3 releases - 8 weeks from feature freeze to final = 9 1/3 weeks) which focuses on feature development for the upcoming release. (During that time there might be patch releases as described above.)