Apache Cassandra is a free and open-source, distributed, wide-column store, NoSQL database management system designed to handle large amounts of data across many commodity servers, providing high availability with no single point of failure.
| Release | Released | Security Support | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.1 |
1 week ago (13 Dec 2022)
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Ends
in 2 years and 4 months (01 May 2025)
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4.1.0
(13 Dec 2022)
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| 4.0 |
1 year and 4 months ago (26 Jul 2021)
|
Ends
in 1 year and 4 months (01 May 2024)
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4.0.7
(23 Oct 2022)
|
| 3.11 |
5 years ago (23 Jun 2017)
|
Ends
in 4 months (01 May 2023)
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3.11.14
(23 Oct 2022)
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| 3.0 |
7 years ago (09 Nov 2015)
|
Ends
in 4 months (01 May 2023)
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3.0.28
(23 Oct 2022)
|
Three GA releases (MAJOR and/or MINOR) are supported at any given time. The release of a new MINOR or MAJOR will cause the oldest supported GA release to go End-of-Life. The 3.0 release will be supported for one more cycle, on an exceptional basis.
Versioning
Cassandra follows SemVer. These are the rough heuristics followed for what can be included in a given release.
- Patch releases on a GA branch should only include bug fixes.
- Minor release should prioritize introducing new, non-API changing, and non-default behavior breaking features and changes (Bug Fix, Improvements, New Features).
- Disruptive changes (API changes, protocol changes, etc.) are deferred to Major releases.
Release Cadence
The project currently targets yearly Minor or Major releases (depending on whether they’re API breaking or not). Patch releases are cut based on either volume of fixes or severity of bugfixes that get committed to the project.
More information is available on the Apache Cassandra website.
You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.
You can submit an improvement to this page
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. This page has a corresponding Talk Page.
A JSON version of this page is available at /api/apache-cassandra.json. See the API Documentation for more.
This page was last updated on 14 December 2022. Latest releases are automatically updated.