Release Cycles
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Timelines
The ProcessFactorial release timelines are as follows:
| Type | Timeframe | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Major Releases | Every 6 months | These are significant releases and will typically include major feature additions or extensions as well other significant All previous Minor, Security and Ad-hoc releases and patches will be rolled up into this release |
| Minor Releases | Every month | These will be regular bug fix and incremental improvement releases. All previous Security releases and patches will be rolled up into this releases |
| Security Releases | On demand | If a significant security issue arises either directly due to ProcessFactorial code or external libraries or components used by ProcessFactorial, a security patch will be created outside of the regular release cycle. Depending on the nature of the security issue: - This release may be applicable to all customers or only some. - This may have a dependency on the customer's current Major and Minor release, depending on the nature of the security issue. - There may be a requirement that customers move to the most up to date version of ProcessFactorial to be able to accept this release |
| Ad-Hoc Releases | On demand | Specific customers may request an early-adopter version of a new feature or request an immediate patch for a bug causing them significant issues. These requests will be evaluated on a case by case bases and a customer may be provided with an out of cycle version of ProcessFactorial |
| ## SaaS Model |
The SaaS Model will always receive the most recent stable version of ProcessFactorial and will receive this version in advance of the customer hosted version.
Customer Hosted Version
Warning
The supportability of your particular instance of ProcessFactorial is dependant on how up to date your ProcessFactorial platform is. There is not currently a requirement that the most recent version of ProcessFactorial must be deployed within a specified timeframe. However, we will always recommend that the customer deploy the most recent version as soon as is reasonable to ensure security and functionality is optimal
In the Customer Hosted Model, the customer will be notified of a new version being available.
The customer will be given sufficient time to deploy the version on canary instance for testing before deploying the newest version of ProcessFactorial