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## Releases

A stable version of Nextflow is released in the 4th and 10th month of each year. A edge version of Nextflow is released on a monthly basis. The edge version can be used to access the latest updates and experimental features.
A stable version of Nextflow is released in the 4th and 10th month of each year. An edge version of Nextflow is released on a monthly basis. The edge version can be used to access the latest updates and experimental features.

Nextflow uses [Calendar Versioning](https://calver.org). Versions are numbered as `<year>.<month>.<patch>`. For example, `23.10.1` corresponds to the first patch of the October 2023 stable release.

You can find an exhaustive list of releases and updates in the [Nextflow changelog](https://github.com/nextflow-io/nextflow/blob/master/changelog.txt).

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