# Ansible Core Holiday Release Schedule Update **URL:** \ **Category:** Ecosystem Releases\ **Tags:** ansible-core\ **Created:** [November 18, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-holiday-release-schedule-update/10988 "2024-11-18T19:01:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sivel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/sivel/32/1198_2.png) [@sivel](https://forum.ansible.com/u/sivel)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-holiday-release-schedule-update/10988/1 "2024-11-18T19:01:27Z")
Due to the upcoming holiday season, we will be skipping the Dec 23/30 ansible-core release window. This same window was skipped last year. This will likely be a pattern that holds true from year to year. We are scheduled to release ansible-core 2.18.1, 2.17.7, and 2.16.14 on Dec 2, 2023, and will then pause until the Jan 20/27 release window (pending applicable backports necessitating a release). The ansible-core release schedule operates on a 4 week cycle, with release candidates releasing 1 week before the GA release date. ---
**Author:** ![felixfontein](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/felixfontein/32/7530_2.png) [@felixfontein](https://forum.ansible.com/u/felixfontein)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2024, 7:19pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/ansible-core-holiday-release-schedule-update/10988/2 "2024-11-18T19:19:51Z")
Note that since [Ansible community package](https://pypi.org/project/ansible/) releases follow ansible-core releases, there will be no Ansible 11 release on December 31st as well. Ansible 11.1.0 will be released on December 3rd after ansible-core 2.18.1, and Ansible 11.2.0 will be released at the end of January 2025 after ansible-core 2.18.2. Ref: [[Vote ended on 2023-12-04] Release schedule for holiday releases](http://forum.ansible.com/t/2471)