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The active proposal is documented in our list archive.

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Oct 2024 -- Release 3.0.0
Oct 2024 -- after the 3.0.0 release, move main branch to 4.x (and Java 17) and move tika-pipes to its own module or create a standalone tika-pipes project
??? -- start 4.0.0-BETA releases ASAP
April 2025 (6 months from 3.x release) -- end support for 2.x (and thereby Java 8)
April 2025 (6 months from Oct 2024 or earlier???) -- release 4.0.0
Oct 2025 (one year from 3.x release) -- end support for 3.x (and thereby Java 11)

For some ideas on changes in 4.x, please join the conversation:

Tika Version	Minimum JRE	javax vs jakarta	Availability	Planned EOL
2.x	8	javax	now	April 2025
3.x	11	jakarta	October 2024	October 2025
4.x	17	jakarta	April 2025 (estimated)
5.x	21	jakarta	???
6.x	25	jakarta	???

***Please note that all dates are in Open Source Standard Time which does not always neatly align with traditional calendars.***

For some of the planned changes in 4.x, please join the conversation: