# Expected julia 1.8 release date

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/expected-julia-1-8-release-date/80785>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** release\
**Created:** [May 10, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/expected-julia-1-8-release-date/80785 "2022-05-10T00:41:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![Joris\_Pinkse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/joris_pinkse/32/216398_2.png) [@Joris\_Pinkse](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Joris_Pinkse)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 12:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/expected-julia-1-8-release-date/80785/1 "2022-05-10T00:41:56Z")

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Hello,

What is the expected release date for Julia 1.8?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![Oscar\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oscar_smith/32/25343_2.png) [@Oscar\_Smith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oscar_Smith)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/expected-julia-1-8-release-date/80785/2 "2022-05-10T03:41:07Z")

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when it’s ready. We are fairly close to a release candidate, at which point the release will be 1 week after we have made a release candidate that people don’t find bugs in.