Release Management/Calendar
This schedule is based on the current RapidRelease plan. Future dates may change if the process changes. Code is not always released to users on the same day as the branch migration. The release to users may be a few days later, to allow for manual testing and sign-off.
Calendars
This wiki page may not always have the most current information. Please refer to one of the following calendars for up-to-date scheduling:
- Firefox Merge/Release Dates (ICS for Thunderbird/Lightning or your calendar app) (low noise)
- Firefox Merge/Release Full Scheduling Calendar (ICS) (highly detailed)
Future branch dates
quarter | merge date | central | aurora | beta | release date | release | ESR |
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Q1 | 2016-03-07 | Firefox 48 | Firefox 47 | Firefox 46 | 2016-03-08 | Firefox 45 | Firefox 38.7; 45.0 |
Q2 | 2016-04-18 | Firefox 49 | Firefox 48 | Firefox 47 | 2016-04-19 | Firefox 46 | Firefox 38.8; 45.1 |
2016-06-06 | Firefox 50 | Firefox 49 | Firefox 48 | 2016-06-07 | Firefox 47 | Firefox 45.2 | |
Q3 | 2016-08-01 | Firefox 51 | Firefox 50 | Firefox 49 | 2016-08-02 | Firefox 48 | Firefox 45.3 |
2016-09-12 | Firefox 52 | Firefox 51 | Firefox 50 | 2016-09-13 | Firefox 49 | Firefox 45.4 | |
Q4 | 2016-11-07 | Firefox 53 | Firefox 52 | Firefox 51 | 2016-11-08 | Firefox 50 | Firefox 45.5 |
2016-12-13 | Firefox 50.0.1 | Firefox 45.5.1 | |||||
Q1 | 2017-01-24 | Firefox 54 | Firefox 53 | Firefox 52 | 2017-01-24 | Firefox 51 | Firefox 45.6 |
Note that the merge from beta to release happens ahead of time (usually on the Mon/Tue a week before the release date). Release manager list
Past branch dates
More details on contents of releases can be found in Wikipedia: Firefox release history.
merge date | central | aurora | beta | release date | release | ESR |
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2016-01-25 | Firefox 47 | Firefox 46 | Firefox 45 | 2016-01-26 | Firefox 44 | Firefox 38.6 |
2015-12-14 | Firefox 46 | Firefox 45 | Firefox 44 | 2015-12-15 | Firefox 43 | Firefox 38.5 |
2015-10-29 | Firefox 45 | Firefox 44 | Firefox 43 | 2015-11-03 | Firefox 42 | Firefox 38.4 |
2015-09-21 | Firefox 44 | Firefox 43 | Firefox 42 | 2015-09-22 | Firefox 41 | Firefox 38.3 |
2015-08-10 | Firefox 43 | Firefox 42 | Firefox 41 | 2015-08-11 | Firefox 40 | Firefox 38.2 |
2015-06-29 | Firefox 42 | Firefox 41 | Firefox 40 | 2015-06-30 | Firefox 39 | Firefox 31.8; 38.1 |
2015-06-02 | Firefox 38.0.5 | |||||
2015-05-11* | Firefox 41 | Firefox 40 | Firefox 39 | 2015-05-12* | Firefox 38 | Firefox 31.7; 38.0 |
2015-03-30* | Firefox 40 | Firefox 39 | Firefox 38 | 2015-03-31* | Firefox 37 | Firefox 31.6 |
2015-02-23 | Firefox 39 | Firefox 38 | Firefox 37 | 2015-02-24 | Firefox 36 | Firefox 31.5 |
2015-01-12* | Firefox 38 | Firefox 37 | Firefox 36 | 2015-01-13* | Firefox 35 | Firefox 31.4 |
2014-11-28* | Firefox 37 | Firefox 36 | Firefox 35 | 2014-12-01* | Firefox 34 | Firefox 31.3 |
2014-10-13 | Firefox 36 | Firefox 35 | Firefox 34 | 2014-10-14 | Firefox 33 | Firefox 31.2 |
2014-09-02* | Firefox 35 | Firefox 34 | Firefox 33 | 2014-09-02 | Firefox 32 | Firefox 24.8; 31.1 |
2014-07-21 | Firefox 34 | Firefox 33 | Firefox 32 | 2014-07-22 | Firefox 31 | Firefox 24.7; 31.0 |
2014-06-09 | Firefox 33 | Firefox 32 | Firefox 31 | 2014-06-10 | Firefox 30 | Firefox 24.6 |
2014-04-28 | Firefox 32 | Firefox 31 | Firefox 30 | 2014-04-29 | Firefox 29 | Firefox 24.5 |
2014-03-17 | Firefox 31 | Firefox 30 | Firefox 29 | 2014-03-18 | Firefox 28 | Firefox 24.4 |
2014-02-03* | Firefox 30 | Firefox 29 | Firefox 28 | 2014-02-04* | Firefox 27 | Firefox 24.3 |
2013-12-09 | Firefox 29 | Firefox 28 | Firefox 27 | 2013-12-10 | Firefox 26 | Firefox 24.2 |
2013-10-28 | Firefox 28 | Firefox 27 | Firefox 26 | 2013-10-29 | Firefox 25 | Firefox 17.0.10; 24.1 |
2013-09-16 | Firefox 27 | Firefox 26 | Firefox 25 | 2013-09-17 | Firefox 24 | Firefox 17.0.9; 24.0 |
2013-08-05 | Firefox 26 | Firefox 25 | Firefox 24 | 2013-08-06 | Firefox 23 | Firefox 17.0.8 |
2013-06-24 | Firefox 25 | Firefox 24 | Firefox 23 | 2013-06-25 | Firefox 22 | Firefox 17.0.7 |
2013-05-13 | Firefox 24 | Firefox 23 | Firefox 22 | 2013-05-14 | Firefox 21 | Firefox 17.0.6 |
2013-04-01 | Firefox 23 | Firefox 22 | Firefox 21 | 2013-04-02 | Firefox 20 | Firefox 17.0.5 |
2013-02-19* | Firefox 22 | Firefox 21 | Firefox 20 | 2013-02-19 | Firefox 19 | Firefox 17.0.3 |
2013-01-07* | Firefox 21 | Firefox 20 | Firefox 19 | 2013-01-08* | Firefox 18 | Firefox 10.0.12; 17.0.2 |
2012-11-19 | Firefox 20 | Firefox 19 | Firefox 18 | 2012-11-20 | Firefox 17 | Firefox 10.0.11; 17.0 |
2012-10-08 | Firefox 19 | Firefox 18 | Firefox 17 | 2012-10-09 | Firefox 16 | Firefox 10.0.8 |
2012-08-27 | Firefox 18 | Firefox 17 | Firefox 16 | 2012-08-28 | Firefox 15 | Firefox 10.0.7 |
2012-07-16 | Firefox 17 | Firefox 16 | Firefox 15 | 2012-07-17 | Firefox 14 | Firefox 10.0.6 |
2012-06-05 | Firefox 16 | Firefox 15 | Firefox 14 | 2012-06-05 | Firefox 13 | Firefox 10.0.5 |
2012-04-24 | Firefox 15 | Firefox 14 | Firefox 13 | 2012-04-24 | Firefox 12 | Firefox 10.0.4 |
2012-03-13 | Firefox 14 | Firefox 13 | Firefox 12 | 2012-03-13 | Firefox 11 | Firefox 10.0.3 |
2012-01-31 | Firefox 13 | Firefox 12 | Firefox 11 | 2012-01-31 | Firefox 10 | Firefox 10.0 |
2011-12-20 | Firefox 12 | Firefox 11 | Firefox 10 | 2011-12-20 | Firefox 9 | |
2011-11-08 | Firefox 11 | Firefox 10 | Firefox 9 | 2011-11-08 | Firefox 8 | |
2011-09-27 | Firefox 10 | Firefox 9 | Firefox 8 | 2011-09-27 | Firefox 7 | |
2011-08-16 | Firefox 9 | Firefox 8 | Firefox 7 | 2011-08-16 | Firefox 6 | |
2011-07-05 | Firefox 8 | Firefox 7 | Firefox 6 | |||
2011-06-21 | Firefox 5 | |||||
2011-05-24 | Firefox 7 | Firefox 6 | ||||
2011-05-17 | Firefox 5 | |||||
2011-04-12 | Firefox 6 | Firefox 5 |
Note: Firefox 5 was on a slightly different schedule. It spent five weeks each on Aurora and Beta while all subsequent releases will spend six weeks on each branch.
*Some release dates and merge dates are rescheduled to avoid conflicts with holidays.