Announcements and release notes
In this section you will find announcements and release notes for each supported version of the Camunda documentation.
Announcements include:
- Changes in supported environments (updates regarding OpenJDK, Spring Boot, Elasticsearch, Keycloak, Amazon OpenSearch, Docker tags, Helm chart versions, etc.)
- Key changes (for example, deprecations and breaking changes)
Updating your Camunda 8 application or server installation from one Camunda 8 version to the other with Self-Managed? Visit our update guides.
The supported environments page additionally lists browsers, operating systems, clients, deployment options, and component requirements, which are tested and supported for compatibility with Camunda 8.
Release notes include:
- New product features and enhancements
Release notes are separated by minor release pages and include alphas released during the development cycle.
Announcements & release notes
| Version | Release date | Release notes | Announcements | Update guide (Self-Managed) | Scheduled end of maintenance | Changelogs | Release blog |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.6 | 8 October 2024 | Release notes | Announcements | Update 8.5 to 8.6 | 14 April 2026 | - Camunda 8 core - Connectors | Release blog |
| 8.5 | 9 April 2024 | Release notes | Announcements | Update 8.4 to 8.5 | 14 October 2025 | - Camunda 8 core - Connectors | Release blog |
| 8.4 | 9 January 2024 | - | Announcements | Update 8.3 to 8.4 | 9 July 2025 | - Camunda Platform - Connectors | Release blog |
| 8.3 | 10 October 2023 | - | Announcements | Update 8.2 to 8.3 | 9 April 2025 | - Camunda Platform - Connectors | Release blog |
Camunda Cloud 1.3 is available in the site dropdown, but is unsupported. However, the corresponding Optimize version for Camunda Cloud 1.3, Optimize 3.7, remains supported at this time.
Changelogs
Technical changelogs for Camunda 8 are available on GitHub:
Release policy
Review the release policy to learn more about Camunda releases, including alpha features and alpha releases.