Release Policy for Automic SaaS

Automic SaaS and Automic Automation versions have slightly different release cadences. This is why you may read about features in the product documentation that are not available on your environment yet. This deviation in content happens only during a short period of time.

This topic describes Broadcom's release policy for Automic SaaS:

Release Cadence

Automic SaaS has releases with the following periodicity:

Major versions are released every 21 to 24 months.
Within a major version, every three months either a minor version or a service pack is released. This guarantees that security vulnerability fixes are delivered on a quarterly basis.
Hotfixes are released when necessary.

Software Version Information

The numbers in the software version information identify the corresponding major/minor version, service pack and hotfix. For example:

24.0.1+hf2

24 indicates the major version
0 indicates the minor version
1 indicates the service pack
hf2 indicates the hotfix

Release Content

Major Versions

Major versions can include the following:

Major architectural changes
Significant new functionality
In certain situations, they can require a migration from the previous version.

Minor Versions

Minor versions are upgrades from the previous release on the same major version; this means that they are compatible with the previous release on the same major version. They can include the following:

New functionality without major backend changes

Service Packs

Service packs DO NOT include new functions. They can contain the following:

Bug fixes
Performance optimizations
Compatibility updates
Security updates

Hotfixes

Hotfixes remove malfunctions and defects.