Release Policy for Automic Automation

This topic describes Broadcom's release policy for Automic Automation On-Premises:

Automic Automation

Automic Automation has a 5-year Support Lifecycle from the date of release of a major version. The lifecycle of a version includes a major version, minor versions, service packs and hotfixes.

Important!

A minor version is superseded by the subsequent minor version.
Service packs are only released for the latest minor version.

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 Cadence

Automic Automation 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.

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.