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== Preamble ==
'''[[Plasma|Plasma 6]]''' is the most recent major version of the Linux desktop environment developed by the KDE community. It is developed, built and shipped atop the foundation of the [https://www.qt.io/product/qt6 Qt 6] cross-platform GUI framework.


[https://kde.org/plasma-desktop/ Plasma] is the desktop developed by the KDE community. Version 6 of Plasma is being developed, built and shipped on top of [https://www.qt.io/product/qt6 Qt 6].
Further details about the release can be found on the [[Plasma/Plasma 6|Plasma 6]] page, while the list of [https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?bug_severity=critical&bug_severity=grave&bug_severity=major&bug_severity=crash&bug_severity=normal&bug_severity=minor&bug_severity=task&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=CONFIRMED&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&classification=Applications&classification=Plasma&j_top=OR&keywords=qt6&keywords_type=allwords&list_id=2461359&o3=equals&o4=equals&o5=equals&o6=equals&order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cbug_severity%2Cdupecount%20DESC%2Cbug_id&product=Active&product=Active%20Window%20Control&product=Bluedevil&product=Breeze&product=colord-kde&product=Discover&product=homerun&product=kactivitymanagerd&product=kde-cli-tools&product=kde-gtk-config&product=kde-inotify-survey&product=kded-appmenu&product=kdeplasma-addons&product=Keyboard%20status%20applet&product=kgamma&product=khotkeys&product=kicker&product=kinfocenter&product=kiosk&product=kmenuedit&product=krunner&product=KScreen&product=kscreenlocker&product=ksmserver&product=ksplash&product=kstart&product=kwayland-integration&product=kwin&product=kwin4&product=kwintv&product=lattedock&product=Mangonel&product=Oxygen&product=PicoWizard&product=Plasma%20Bigscreen&product=Plasma%20SDK&product=Plasma%20Vault&product=Plasma%20Workspace%20Wallpapers&product=plasma-browser-integration&product=plasma-disks&product=plasma-integration&product=plasma-mediacenter&product=plasma-mobile&product=plasma-mycroft&product=plasma-nm&product=plasma-pa&product=plasma-pass&product=plasma-pk-updates&product=plasma-redshift-control&product=plasma-simplemenu&product=plasma-systemmonitor&product=plasma-wayland-protocols&product=plasma4&product=plasmashell&product=policykit-kde-agent-1&product=Powerdevil&product=printer-applet&product=pulseaudio-qt&product=system-config-printer-kde&product=Systemd%20KCM&product=systemdgenie&product=systemsettings&product=systemsettings-kde3&product=Touchpad-KCM&product=user-manager&product=wacomtablet&product=Welcome%20Center&product=xdg-desktop-portal-kde&query_format=advanced&v3=systemsettings&v4=Discover&v5=plasma-systemmonitor&v6=kinfocenter open Plasma 6 bugs] can be found at [[Bugsquad/Quick Introduction to Bugzilla|Bugzilla]].
 
Further details for Plasma 6 can be found on the [[Plasma/Plasma_6| Wiki]], a current list of open bugs at [https://bugs.kde.org/buglist.cgi?bug_severity=critical&bug_severity=grave&bug_severity=major&bug_severity=crash&bug_severity=normal&bug_severity=minor&bug_severity=task&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=CONFIRMED&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&classification=Applications&classification=Plasma&j_top=OR&keywords=qt6&keywords_type=allwords&list_id=2461359&o3=equals&o4=equals&o5=equals&o6=equals&order=changeddate%20DESC%2Cbug_severity%2Cdupecount%20DESC%2Cbug_id&product=Active&product=Active%20Window%20Control&product=Bluedevil&product=Breeze&product=colord-kde&product=Discover&product=homerun&product=kactivitymanagerd&product=kde-cli-tools&product=kde-gtk-config&product=kde-inotify-survey&product=kded-appmenu&product=kdeplasma-addons&product=Keyboard%20status%20applet&product=kgamma&product=khotkeys&product=kicker&product=kinfocenter&product=kiosk&product=kmenuedit&product=krunner&product=KScreen&product=kscreenlocker&product=ksmserver&product=ksplash&product=kstart&product=kwayland-integration&product=kwin&product=kwin4&product=kwintv&product=lattedock&product=Mangonel&product=Oxygen&product=PicoWizard&product=Plasma%20Bigscreen&product=Plasma%20SDK&product=Plasma%20Vault&product=Plasma%20Workspace%20Wallpapers&product=plasma-browser-integration&product=plasma-disks&product=plasma-integration&product=plasma-mediacenter&product=plasma-mobile&product=plasma-mycroft&product=plasma-nm&product=plasma-pa&product=plasma-pass&product=plasma-pk-updates&product=plasma-redshift-control&product=plasma-simplemenu&product=plasma-systemmonitor&product=plasma-wayland-protocols&product=plasma4&product=plasmashell&product=policykit-kde-agent-1&product=Powerdevil&product=printer-applet&product=pulseaudio-qt&product=system-config-printer-kde&product=Systemd%20KCM&product=systemdgenie&product=systemsettings&product=systemsettings-kde3&product=Touchpad-KCM&product=user-manager&product=wacomtablet&product=Welcome%20Center&product=xdg-desktop-portal-kde&query_format=advanced&v3=systemsettings&v4=Discover&v5=plasma-systemmonitor&v6=kinfocenter Bugzilla].
 
=== Purpose of this page ===
This page contains the release schedule for previous and future versions of KDEs Plasma 6.
 
The schedule may be subject to change for several reasons:
* if the quality of a major component is not deemed good enough
* if the release of the required KDE Frameworks version is delayed
* if the required Qt version is delayed
* important bugfixes or security issues
 
All deadlines are due '''midday''' UTC, but if you are a developer and need a few more hours (e.g. for an important bugfix), please notify someone from the release team.
 
For questions about the release process or related issues, visit the [https://go.kde.org/matrix/#/#release-team:kde.org KDE Release Team] Matrix channel


== Status ==
== Status ==
As of March 2024, Plasma 6 is in active development for new and improved features as well as for bug fixes and will remain so until the (as yet unscheduled) initial public release of Plasma 7.


Plasma 6 is currently in active development for new and improved features as well as for bugfixes.
== Releases ==
 
: ''See also: [[Plasma/Plasma 6.0 Release notes|Plasma 6 release notes]]''
=== Release frequency and bugfix policy ===
The initial release produced by each development cycle (<code>v6.Χ.0</code>) will be tagged on Thursday a fortnight after the second beta release (four weeks after the first beta). Tarballs will be created from a git snapshot at that time that are made accessible to packagers ahead of the official public release, which will take place on the following Tuesday.


Releases of new versions are planned every 4 months (3 times a year) initially. Once distros agree stability has been found we can move to 2 releases a year <ref>Nate Graham, [https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/issues/52#note_676743 "Approved Plasma 6 proposal: change the release schedule"].</ref>
=== Schedule ===
The schedule of Plasma 6 releases is subject to change at any time as circumstances dictate. Some prior justifications for release cadence modifications have been:
* the quality of a major component determined to be substandard
* a delay in the release of a mandatory dependency, such as:
** KDE Frameworks
** Qt 6
* to allow time for important bug fixes or security remediations to land


Normal releases will get 6 bugfix releases, starting with Plasma 6.3. Plasma 6.0 to 6.2 received, 5 bugfix releases.
All deadlines are considered deliverable at '''midday UTC''' unless otherwise specified, however if you are a developer and need a few more hours (e.g. for an important bugfix), please notify someone from the release team as soon as the need becomes apparent.


=== LTS releases ===
For questions about the release process or related issues, visit the [https://go.kde.org/matrix/#/#release-team:kde.org #release-team] channel on the [[Matrix|KDE Matrix server]].


There's currently no plan to release LTS versions of Plasma <ref> [https://community.kde.org/Sprints/Plasma/2025/Topics/Plasma_LTS_plans "Plasma sprint notes"]</ref>
=== Cadence ===
New releases are initially planned to occur regularly at four (4) month intervals—roughly three (3) times per year. Once a general consensus is formed by the major Linux distributions that package Plasma that a desirable baseline stability has been achieved, a shift to six-month intervals and semi-annual releases will be considered.<ref name="release_cadence">Graham, Nathan. May 9, 2023. "[https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/issues/52#note_676743 Plasma 6 proposal: Change the release schedule]" on the [https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/issues/ <span style="font-family: monospace;">plasma-desktop</span> ''issue tracker''], [[Infrastructure/GitLab|KDE Invent]].</ref>


== Release Cycle ==
=== Bug fixes ===
Releases will each receive six (6) patch releases containing bug fixes, beginning with Plasma 6.3, while versions 6.0–6.2 only received five such updates.


=== Repository freeze and soft feature freeze ===
=== Long-term support releases ===
There will be no long-term support (LTS) versions of Plasma 6. This decision was recorded in the [[Sprints/Plasma/2025/Topics/Plasma LTS plans|2025 Plasma Sprint notes]].


The Thursday two weeks before the beta release date, there is a repository and soft feature freeze. This means, that the list of git repositories that will be included in the release is fixed and major features are merged.<br/>
=== Repository and soft feature freezes ===
Repository and soft feature freezes will occur on the second preceding Thursday before each beta release date. This means that the list of Git repositories that will be included in the release becomes fixed no major features will be merged until the next development cycle commences unless an [[Infrastructure/GitLab#Requesting exceptions to feature or string freezes|exception request]] has been granted.


No new major features may be added without [https://community.kde.org/Infrastructure/GitLab#Requesting_exceptions_to_feature_or_string_freezes requesting an exception].
{{Remember|Begin writing the Beta release announcement using the list of noteworthy changes<br />&emsp;&emsp;''See the tables in the [[#Future releases|§ Future releases]] and [[#Release history|§ Release history]] sections for examples.''|Release manager tasks}}


==== Additional release manager tasks====
=== Betas ===
<ul><li>Start writing the Beta release announcement using the list of noteworthy changes (See link in the ''Future releases'' / ''History of releases'' table).</li></ul>
Beginning with the Plasma 6.3 development cycle, two public beta versions are published in the final month of the cycle at fortnightly intervals. A hard feature freeze as well as soft UI and string freezes are begun upon the release of the first beta, lasting through the end of the development cycle. This will usually happen on the Thursday following the corresponding [[Schedules/Frameworks|KDE Frameworks release]], usually on or near the second Friday of a month.


=== Beta ===
No exceptions will be granted to merge new features during this period, and no UI or string changes are allowed without first [[Infrastructure/GitLab#Requesting exceptions to feature or string freezes|securinging an exception]]. This includes even for relatively inconsequential elements such as the default wallpaper chosen for a release.


Hard feature freeze, soft UI and string freeze on release of first beta:
{{Remember|<ul><li>Bump the milestone to the current version (i.e. the version that the beta leads up to) for bug fixes that failed to merge in time for the previous version and likewise bump the milestone for features that failed to merge during the current cycle to the next future release.<br />&emsp;&emsp;''See the tables in the [[#Future releases|§ Future releases]] and [[#Release history|§ Release history]] sections for examples.''</li><li>Also be sure to review all other milestoned merge requests for the current cycle and add the "Cherry-Pick" label to those that qualify as bug fixes.</li></ul>|Release manager tasks}}
 
This will usually happen on Thursday following the corresponding [[Schedules/Frameworks|KDE Frameworks]] release (which is usually released on the second Friday of a month). <br/>
No new features. No UI or string changes are allowed without [https://community.kde.org/Infrastructure/GitLab#Requesting_exceptions_to_feature_or_string_freezes requesting an exception] - this includes the wallpaper that should be used by default for this release. <br/>
==== Additional release manager tasks ====
 
<ul><li>Bump the milestone to the current version (i.e. the version that the beta leads up to) for bugfixes that failed to merge in time for the previous version (See link in the ''Future releases'' / ''History of releases'' table)</li><li>Bump the milestone to the next Plasma release version for features that failed to merge in time for the current version (See link in the ''Future releases'' / ''History of releases'' table).</li><li>Go over all other milestoned merge requests for this version and determine if they qualify as bugfixes that can be merged. If so, add the "Cherry-Pick" label. If not, bump the milestone to the next version (See link in the ''Future releases'' / ''History of releases'' table).</li></ul>
 
=== Beta Test Day ===
One week after the beta release, we'll try to host a beta test day where we encourage everyone to install and test the beta.
 
=== Release ===
The initial to-be-released-version (6.X.0) will be tagged on Thursday three weeks after the Beta, i.e. tar-archives will be created from a git snapshot then. Those archives are accessible to packagers before the official release. The official release will be on the following Tuesday.


=== Bugfix releases ===
=== Bugfix releases ===
Bugfix tags/releases are made on Tuesdays in a Fibonacci sequence of weeks (1, 1, 2, 3, 5).
Bugfix tags/releases for each release are published on subsequent Tuesdays at weekly intervals according to the Fibonacci sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8).


== Dependencies ==
== Dependencies ==
:''Beginning with Plasma 6.3, each release cycle has been color-coded to better distinguish them in public-facing documentation.''


Releases should depend on the latest KDE Frameworks available at beta time and an agreed Qt version. Check CI is updated to the new Qt before changing version.  Ask sysadmin to get Qt updated.
Releases should depend on the latest [[Frameworks|KDE Frameworks]] available at beta time and an agreed upon version of Qt. Ensure that the KDE Invent Continuous Integration (CI/CD) system is updated to build using said version of Qt soon after the decision is made, involving the [[Sysadmin|KDE Sysadmin team]] as needed.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1.5rem auto; text-align: center;"
{|class="wikitable"
|+ Versioned dependencies for Plasma 6 feature releases
! Plasma Version
! scope="col" | Plasma Release
! Qt Version
! scope="col" | Qt Version<ref group="dep">Bold type and an asterisk denotes a strong recommendation when multiple versions may be used for compilation.</ref>
! KDE Frameworks Version
! scope="col" | KDE Frameworks Version
|-
|-
|6.4
! scope="row" style="background-color: #d4e5f2; color: #000;" | 6.6
|6.8
| 6.10
|6.14
| 6.22
|-
|-
|6.3
! scope="row" style="background-color: #fbe1d2; color: #000;" | 6.5
|6.7 (6.8 strongly recommended)
| 6.9
|6.10
| 6.18
|-
|-
|6.2
! scope="row" style="background-color: #adf6ca; color: #000;" | 6.4
|6.7
| 6.8
|6.5
| 6.14
|-
|-
|6.1
! scope="row" style="background-color: #d4e5f2; color: #000;" | 6.3
|6.6 (6.7 strongly recommended)
| 6.7 / '''6.8&hairsp;*'''
|6.2
| 6.10
|-
|-
|6.0
! scope="row" | 6.2
|6.6
| 6.7
|6.0 - additionally Plasma 6.0 depends on Gear 24.02 for libkexiv2
| 6.5
|-
! scope="row" | 6.1
| 6.6 / '''6.7&hairsp;*'''
| 6.2
|-
! scope="row" | 6.0
| 6.6
| 6.0<ref group="dep">Includes an additional dependency on [[KDE Gear]] v24.02 for libkexiv2</ref>
|-
| colspan="3" style="font-size: smaller; max-width: 36rem; padding: 0.33rem 1.33rem; text-align: left;" | <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Notes:</span>
<references group="dep" />
|}
|}


== Future releases ==
== Future releases ==
 
:''Beginning with Plasma 6.3, each release cycle has been color-coded to better distinguish them in public-facing documentation.''
The schedule is also available at:
{| class="wikitable" style="margin: 1.5rem 0; text-align: center;"
* [https://phabricator.kde.org/calendar/ Calendar on Phabricator]
|+ Upcoming Plasma 6 releases
* [https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=MDMxZ2tncWcxaGpmOGxjbWowZW0xZDJzajhAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ Google Calendar]
! scope="col" | Version
 
! scope="col" | Release type
{|class="wikitable"
! scope="col" | Tarball Date
! Version
! scope="col" | Release Date
! Type
! scope="col" | Comments
! Tar Date
|-
! Release Date
! scope="row" style="background-color: #fbe1d2;" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.5/ <span style="color: #000 !important;">6.5.5</span>]
! Comments
| Bugfix
| colspan="2" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2026-01-13}} {{#formatdate:2026-01-13|ISO 8601}}
|
|-
|-
|6.3.80 repo and feature freeze
! scope='row' style='background-color: #D4E5F2; color: #000;' | 6.5.80<br /><small>(repo and soft feature freeze)</small>
|soft freeze
| Soft freeze
!colspan='2' style="font-weight: normal; background: inherit"|Thu 2025-05-01
| colspan='2' style='white-space: nowrap;' | {{#time:D|2026-01-02}} {{#formatdate:2026-01-02|ISO 9601}}
|[https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.4&label_name%5B%5D=Feature Features that failed to merge in time for 6.4]
| style='font-size: smaller; text-align: left;' | Dependencies: Qt 6.10 / FW 6.22<br/>Delayed by one day because of New Year
:⇒ [https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.6&label_name%5B%5D=Feature Features that failed to merge in time for 6.6]
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.5/ 6.3.5]
! scope='row' style='background-color: #D4E5F2; color: #000;' |[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.90/ <span style='color: #000 !important;'>6.5.90</span>]<br /><small>(6.6 Beta 1)</small>
|Bugfix release
| Beta
!colspan='2' style="font-weight: normal; background: inherit"|Tue 2025-05-06
| colspan='2' style='white-space: nowrap;' | {{#time:D|2026-01-13}} {{#formatdate:2026-01-13|ISO 9601}}
| style='font-size: smaller; text-align: left;' |Two days earlier than usually
:⇒ [https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=merged&milestone_title=6.6&label_name%5B%5D=Noteworthy Noteworthy changes/additions in 6.6]
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.90/ 6.3.90] (6.4 Beta 1)
! scope='row' style='background-color: #D4E5F2; color: #000;' |[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.91/ <span style='color: #000 !important;'>6.5.91</span>]<br /><small>(6.6 Beta 2)</small>
|Beta
| Beta
!colspan='2' style="font-weight: normal; background: inherit"|Thu 2025-05-15
| colspan='2' style='white-space: nowrap;' | {{#time:D|2026-01-27}} {{#formatdate:2026-01-27|ISO 9601}}
|[https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=merged&milestone_title=6.4&label_name%5B%5D=Noteworthy Noteworthy changes/additions in 6.4]<br/>[https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.3&label_name%5B%5D=Bugfix Bugfixes that failed to merge in time for 6.3]
| style='font-size: smaller; text-align: left;' |Two days earlier than usually
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.91/ 6.3.91] (6.4 Beta 2)
! scope='row' style='background-color: #D4E5F2; color: #000;' |[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.0/ <span style='color: #000 !important;'>6.6.0</span>]
|Beta
| Public Release
!colspan='2' style="font-weight: normal; background: inherit"|Thu 2025-05-29
| style='white-space: nowrap;' | {{#time:D|2026-02-12}} {{#formatdate:2026-02-12|ISO 9601}}
| style='white-space: nowrap;' | {{#time:D|2026-02-17}} {{#formatdate:2026-02-17|ISO 9601}}
|
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.0/ 6.4.0]
! scope='row' style='background-color: #D4E5F2; color: #000;' |[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.1/ <span style='color: #000 !important;'>6.6.1</span>]
|Public Release
| Bugfix Release
|Thu 2025-06-12
| colspan='2' style='white-space: nowrap;' | {{#time:D|2026-02-24}} {{#formatdate:2026-02-24|ISO 9601}}
|Tue 2025-06-17
|  
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.1/ 6.4.1]
! scope='row' style='background-color: #D4E5F2; color: #000;' |[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.2/ <span style='color: #000 !important;'>6.6.2</span>]
|Bugfix Release
| Bugfix Release
!colspan='2' style="font-weight: normal; background: inherit"|Tue 2025-06-24
| colspan='2' style='white-space: nowrap;' | {{#time:D|2026-03-03}} {{#formatdate:2026-03-03|ISO 9601}}
|
|-
! scope="row" style="background-color: #fbe1d2;" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.6/ <span style="color: #000 !important;">6.5.6</span>]
| Bugfix
| colspan="2" style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2026-03-10}} {{#formatdate:2026-03-10|ISO 8601}}
|
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.2/ 6.4.2]
! scope='row' style='background-color: #D4E5F2; color: #000;' |[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.3/ <span style='color: #000 !important;'>6.6.3</span>]
|Bugfix Release
| Bugfix Release
!colspan='2' style="font-weight: normal; background: inherit"|Tue 2025-07-01
| colspan='2' style='white-space: nowrap;' | {{#time:D|2026-03-17}} {{#formatdate:2026-03-17|ISO 9601}}
|
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.6/ 6.3.6]
! scope='row' style='background-color: #D4E5F2; color: #000;' |[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.4/ <span style='color: #000 !important;'>6.6.4</span>]
|Bugfix Release
| Bugfix Release
!colspan='2' style="font-weight: normal; background: inherit"|Tue 2025-07-01
| colspan='2' style='white-space: nowrap;' | {{#time:D|2026-04-07}} {{#formatdate:2026-04-07|ISO 9601}}
|
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.3/ 6.4.3]
! scope='row' style='background-color: #D4E5F2; color: #000;' |[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.5/ <span style='color: #000 !important;'>6.6.5</span>]
|Bugfix Release
| Bugfix Release
!colspan='2' style="font-weight: normal; background: inherit"|Tue 2025-07-15
| colspan='2' style='white-space: nowrap;' | {{#time:D|2026-05-12}} {{#formatdate:2026-05-12|ISO 9601}}
|-
|  
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.4/ 6.4.4]
|Bugfix Release
!colspan='2' style="font-weight: normal; background: inherit"|Tue 2025-08-05
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.5/ 6.4.5]
|Bugfix Release
!colspan='2' style="font-weight: normal; background: inherit"|Tue 2025-09-09
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.6/ 6.4.6]
|Bugfix Release
!colspan='2' style="font-weight: normal; background: inherit"|Tue 2025-11-04
|-
|-
! scope='row' style='background-color: #D4E5F2; color: #000;' |[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.6.6/ <span style='color: #000 !important;'>6.6.6</span>]
| Bugfix Release
| colspan='2' style='white-space: nowrap;' | {{#time:D|2026-07-07}} {{#formatdate:2026-07-07|ISO 9601}}
| style='font-size: smaller; text-align: left;' |
:⇒ [https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.6&label_name%5B%5D=Bugfix Bugfixes that failed to merge in time for 6.6]
|}
== Release history ==
:''Beginning with Plasma 6.3, each release cycle has been color-coded to better distinguish them in public-facing documentation.''
=== 6.5 series ===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" id="6_5" style="margin: 1.5rem auto; min-width: 58rem; text-align: center;"
|+ style="background-color: #fBe1d2; color: #000; font-weight: 700;" | Plasma 6.5 release series
! scope="col" | Plasma version
! scope="col" | Type
! scope="col" | Release date
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" | 6.4.80<br /><small>(repo/feature freeze)</small>
| Soft freeze
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-09-04}} {{#formatdate:2025-09-04|ISO 9601}}
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" |
:⇒ [https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.5&label_name%5B%5D=Feature Unmerged features for v6.5]
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.90/ <span style="color: #000 !important;">6.4.90</span>]<br /><small>(6.5 Beta 1)</small>
| Beta
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-09-18}} {{#formatdate:2025-09-18|ISO 8601}}
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" |
:⇒ [https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=merged&milestone_title=6.5&label_name%5B%5D=Noteworthy Noteworthy changes/additions in 6.5]
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.91/ <span style="color: #000 !important;">6.4.91</span>]<br /><small>(6.5 Beta 2)</small>
| Beta
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-10-02}} {{#formatdate:2025-10-02|ISO 8601}}
|
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.0/ <span style="color: #000 !important;">6.5.0</span>]
| Feature
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-10-21}} {{#formatdate:2025-10-21|ISO 8601}}
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" | ''Tarballs created on {{#time:D|2025-10-16}} {{#formatdate:2025-10-16|ISO 8601}}.''
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.1/ <span style="color: #000 !important;">6.5.1</span>]
| Bugfix
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-10-28}} {{#formatdate:2025-10-28|ISO 8601}}
|
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.2/ <span style="color: #000 !important;">6.5.2</span>]
| Bugfix
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-11-04}} {{#formatdate:2025-11-04|ISO 8601}}
|
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.3/ <span style="color: #000 !important;">6.5.3</span>]
| Bugfix
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-11-18}} {{#formatdate:2025-11-18|ISO 8601}}
|
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.5.4/ <span style="color: #000 !important;">6.5.4</span>]
| Bugfix
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-12-09}} {{#formatdate:2025-12-09|ISO 8601}}
|
|}
=== 6.4 series ===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible" id="6_4" style="margin: 1.5rem auto; min-width: 58rem; text-align: center;"
|+ style="background-color: #adf6ca; color: #000; font-weight: 700;" | Plasma 6.4 release series
! scope="col" | Plasma version
! scope="col" | Type
! scope="col" | Release date
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
! scope="row" | 6.3.80<br /><small>(repo/feature freeze)</small>
| Soft freeze
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-05-01}} {{#formatdate:2025-05-01|ISO 8601}}
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" |
:⇒ [https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.4&label_name%5B%5D=Feature Unmerged features for v6.4]
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.90/ 6.3.90]<br /><small>(6.4 Beta 1)</small>
| Beta
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-05-15}} {{#formatdate:2025-05-15|ISO 8601}}
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" |
:⇒ [https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_6#Plasma_6.4 Noteworthy changes/additions in v6.4]
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.91/ 6.3.91]<br /><small>(6.4 Beta 2)</small>
| Beta
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-05-29}} {{#formatdate:2025-05-29|ISO 8601}}
|
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.0/ 6.4.0]
| Feature
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-06-17}} {{#formatdate:2025-06-17|ISO 8601}}
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" | ''Tarballs created on {{#time:D|2025-06-12}} {{#formatdate:2025-06-12|ISO 8601}}.''
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.1/ 6.4.1]
| Bugfix
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-06-24}} {{#formatdate:2025-06-24|ISO 8601}}
|
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.2/ 6.4.2]
| Bugfix
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-07-01}} {{#formatdate:2025-07-01|ISO 8601}}
|
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.3/ 6.4.3]
| Bugfix
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-07-15}} {{#formatdate:2025-07-15|ISO 8601}}
|
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.4/ 6.4.4]
| Bugfix
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-08-05}} {{#formatdate:2025-08-05|ISO 8601}}
|
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.5/ 6.4.5]
| Bugfix
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-09-09}} {{#formatdate:2025-09-09|ISO 8601}}
|
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.4.6/ 6.4.6]
| Bugfix
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-11-11}} {{#formatdate:2025-11-11|ISO 8601}}
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" | Delayed by one week (w/r/t [[#Bugfix releases|Fibonacci schedule]]) to avoid sharing the same release date as v6.5.2.
:⇒ [https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.4&label_name%5B%5D=Bugfix Unmerged bug fixes for v6.4]
|}
|}


== History of releases ==
=== 6.3 series ===
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"  
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" id="6_3" style="margin: 1.5rem auto; min-width: 58rem; text-align: center;"
! colspan="4" | <span id="6_3"></span><strong>6.3 series</strong>
|+ style="background-color: #d4e5f2; color: #000; font-weight: 700;" | Plasma 6.3 release series
|-
! scope="col" | Plasma version
! Version
! scope="col" | Type
! Type
! scope="col" | Release date
! Release Date
! scope="col" | Notes
! Comments
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 6.3<br /><small>(repo/feature freeze)</small>
|6.3 repo and feature freeze
| Soft freeze
|soft freeze
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2024-12-26}} {{#formatdate:2024-12-26|ISO 8601}}
|Thu 2024-12-26
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" |
|[https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.3&label_name%5B%5D=Feature Features that failed to merge in time for 6.3]  
:⇒ [https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.3&label_name%5B%5D=Feature Unmerged features for v6.3]
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.90/ 6.2.90] (Plasma 6.3 Beta 1)
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.90/ 6.2.90]<br /><small>(6.3 Beta 1)</small>
|Beta Release
| Beta
|Thu 2025-01-09
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-01-09}} {{#formatdate:2025-01-09|ISO 8601}}
|[https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.2&label_name%5B%5D=Bugfix Bugfixes that failed to merge in time for 6.2]
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" |
|-
:⇒ [https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.2&label_name%5B%5D=Bugfix Unmerged bug fixes for v6.2]
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.91/ 6.2.91]
|-
|Beta Release
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.91/ 6.2.91]
|Thu 2025-01-23
| Beta
|Note: An update (6.2.91.1) was made available on 2025-01-24
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-01-23}} {{#formatdate:2025-01-23|ISO 8601}}
|-
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" | An update (<code>v6.2.91.1</code>) was made available on {{#time:D|2025-01-24}} {{#formatdate:2025-01-24|ISO 8601}}
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.0/ 6.3.0]
|-
|Final Release
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.0/ 6.3.0]
|Tue 2025-02-11
| Feature
|''Tars made on Thu 2025-02-06''
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-02-11}} {{#formatdate:2025-02-11|ISO 8601}}
|-
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" | ''Tarballs created on {{#time:D|2025-02-06}} {{#formatdate:2025-02-06|ISO 8601}}.''
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.1/ 6.3.1]
|-
|Bugfix release
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.1/ 6.3.1]
|Tue 2025-02-18
| Bugfix
|
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-02-18}} {{#formatdate:2025-02-18|ISO 8601}}
|-
|
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.2/ 6.3.2]
|-
|Bugfix release
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.2/ 6.3.2]
|Tue 2025-02-25
| Bugfix
|
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-02-25}} {{#formatdate:2025-02-25|ISO 8601}}
|-
|
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.3/ 6.3.3]
|-
|Bugfix release
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.3/ 6.3.3]
|Tue 2025-03-11
| Bugfix
|An update for kwin ([https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/plasma-devel/2025-March/123663.html 6.3.3.1]) was made available on 2025-03-12
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-03-11}} {{#formatdate:2025-03-11|ISO 8601}}
|-
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" | An update for Kwin ([https://mail.kde.org/pipermail/plasma-devel/2025-March/123663.html <code>v6.3.3.1</code>]) was published on {{#time:D|2025-03-12}} {{#formatdate:2025-03-12|ISO 8601}}.
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.4/ 6.3.4]
|-
|Bugfix release
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.4/ 6.3.4]
|Tue 2025-04-01
| Bugfix
|
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-04-01}} {{#formatdate:2025-04-01|ISO 8601}}
|
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.5/ 6.3.5]
| Bugfix
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2025-05-06}} {{#formatdate:2025-05-06|ISO 8601}}
|
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.6/ 6.3.6]
| Bugfix
| {{#time:D|2025-07-08}} {{#formatdate:2025-07-08|ISO 8601}}
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" | Delayed by one week (w/r/t [[#Bugfix releases|Fibonacci schedule]]) to avoid sharing the same release date as v6.4.2.
:⇒ [https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.3&label_name%5B%5D=Bugfix Unmerged bug fixes for v6.3]
|}
|}


{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible"  
=== 6.2 series ===
! colspan="4" | <span id="6_2"></span><strong>6.2 series</strong>
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" id="6_2" style="margin: 1.5rem auto; min-width: 58rem; text-align: center;"
|-
|+ style="font-weight: 700;" | Plasma 6.2 release series
! Version
! scope="col" | Plasma version
! Type
! scope="col" | Type
! Release Date
! scope="col" | Release date
! Comments
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
|-
|6.2 repo and feature freeze
! scope="row" | 6.2<br /><small>(repo/feature freeze)</small>
|soft freeze
| Soft freeze
|Thu 2024-08-29
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2024-08-29}} {{#formatdate:2024-08-29|ISO 8601}}
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.90/ 6.1.90] (Plasma 6.2 Beta)
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.90/ 6.1.90]<br /><small>(6.2 Beta)</small>
|Beta
| Beta
|Thu 2024-09-12
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2024-09-12}} {{#formatdate:2024-09-12|ISO 8601}}
|Plasma/6.2 branched.<br/>
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" | Plasma 6.2 branched.
[https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.2&label_name%5B%5D=Feature Features that failed to merge in time for 6.2] <br/>
:⇒ [https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.2&label_name%5B%5D=Feature Unmerged features for v6.2]
[https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.1 Bugfixes that failed to merge in time for 6.1]
:⇒ [https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.1 Unmerged bug fixes for v6.1]
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.0/ 6.2.0]
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.0/ 6.2.0]
|Release
| Feature
|Tue 2024-10-08
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2024-10-08}} {{#formatdate:2024-10-08|ISO 8601}}
|''Tars made on Thu 2024-10-03''
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" | ''Tarballs created on {{#time:D|2024-10-03}} {{#formatdate:2024-10-03|ISO 8601}}.''
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.1/ 6.2.1]
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.1/ 6.2.1]
|Bugfix Release
| Bugfix
|Tue 2024-10-15
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2024-10-15}} {{#formatdate:2024-10-15|ISO 8601}}
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.2/ 6.2.2]
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.2/ 6.2.2]
|Bugfix Release
| Bugfix
|Tue 2024-10-22
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2024-10-22}} {{#formatdate:2024-10-22|ISO 8601}}
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.3/ 6.2.3]
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.3/ 6.2.3]
|Bugfix Release
| Bugfix
|Tue 2024-11-05
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2024-11-05}} {{#formatdate:2024-11-05|ISO 8601}}
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.4/ 6.2.4]
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.4/ 6.2.4]
|Bugfix Release
| Bugfix
|Tue 2024-11-26
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2024-11-26}} {{#formatdate:2024-11-26|ISO 8601}}
|
|
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.5/ 6.2.5]
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.2.5/ 6.2.5]
|Bugfix Release
| Bugfix
|Tue 2024-12-31
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2024-12-31}} {{#formatdate:2024-12-31|ISO 8601}}
|
|
|}
|}


{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"  
=== 6.1 series ===
! colspan="4" | <span id="6_1"></span><strong>6.1 series</strong>
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" id="6_1" style="margin: 1.5rem auto; min-width: 58rem; text-align: center;"
|-
|+ style="font-weight: 700;" | Plasma 6.1 release series
! Version
! scope="col" | Plasma version
! Type
! scope="col" | Type
! Release Date
! scope="col" | Release date
! Comments
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
|-
|6.0.80 (Plasma 6.1 Alpha)
! scope="row" | 6.0.80<br /><small>(6.1 Alpha)</small>
|Alpha
| Alpha
|Tue 2024-05-09
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2024-05-09}} {{#formatdate:2024-05-09|ISO 8601}}
|  
|
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.90/ 6.0.90] (Plasma 6.1 Beta)
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.90/ 6.0.90]<br /><small>(6.1 Beta)</small>
|Beta
| Beta
|Tue 2024-05-24
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2024-05-24}} {{#formatdate:2024-05-24|ISO 8601}}
|Plasma/6.1 branched.<br/>
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" | Plasma 6.1 branched.
[https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.1&not%5Blabel_name%5D%5B%5D=Feature&not%5Blabel_name%5D%5B%5D=Bugfix&not%5Blabel_name%5D%5B%5D=%F0%9F%8D%92%20cherry-pick List of features that failed to merge] <br/>[https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.1&not%5Blabel_name%5D%5B%5D=Feature&not%5Blabel_name%5D%5B%5D=Bugfix&not%5Blabel_name%5D%5B%5D=%F0%9F%8D%92%20cherry-pick List of open merge requests]
:⇒ [https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.1&not%5Blabel_name%5D%5B%5D=Feature&not%5Blabel_name%5D%5B%5D=Bugfix&not%5Blabel_name%5D%5B%5D=%F0%9F%8D%92%20cherry-pick Unmerged features for v6.1]
|-
:⇒ [https://invent.kde.org/groups/plasma/-/merge_requests?scope=all&state=opened&milestone_title=6.1&not%5Blabel_name%5D%5B%5D=Feature&not%5Blabel_name%5D%5B%5D=Bugfix&not%5Blabel_name%5D%5B%5D=%F0%9F%8D%92%20cherry-pick Open merge requests for v6.1]
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.0/ 6.1.0]
|-
|Release
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.0/ 6.1.0]
|Tue 2024-06-18
| Feature
|Public Release of Plasma 6.1
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2024-06-18}} {{#formatdate:2024-06-18|ISO 8601}}
|-
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" | Public release of Plasma 6.1.
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.1/ 6.1.1]
|-
|Bugfix Release
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.1/ 6.1.1]
|Tue 2024-06-25
| Bugfix
|
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2024-06-25}} {{#formatdate:2024-06-25|ISO 8601}}
|-
|
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.2/ 6.1.2]
|-
|Bugfix Release
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.2/ 6.1.2]
|Tue 2024-07-02
| Bugfix
|
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2024-07-02}} {{#formatdate:2024-07-02|ISO 8601}}
|-
|
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.3/ 6.1.3]
|-
|Bugfix Release
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.3/ 6.1.3]
|Tue 2024-07-16
| Bugfix
|
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2024-07-16}} {{#formatdate:2024-07-16|ISO 8601}}
|-
|
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.4/ 6.1.4]
|-
|Bugfix Release
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.4/ 6.1.4]
|Tue 2024-08-06
| Bugfix
|
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2024-08-06}} {{#formatdate:2024-08-06|ISO 8601}}
|-
|
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.5/ 6.1.5]
|-
|Bugfix Release
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.1.5/ 6.1.5]
|Tue 2024-09-10
| Bugfix
|
| style="white-space: nowrap;" | {{#time:D|2024-09-10}} {{#formatdate:2024-09-10|ISO 8601}}
|
|}
|}


{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"  
=== 6.0 series ===
! colspan="4" | <span id="6_0"></span><strong>6.0 series</strong>
{| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" id="6_0" style="margin: 1.5rem auto; min-width: 58rem; text-align: center;"
|-
|+ style="font-weight: 700;" | Plasma 6.0 release series
! Version
! scope="col" | Plasma version
! Type
! scope="col" | Type
! Release Date
! scope="col" | Release date
! Comments
! scope="col" | Notes
|-
|-
|5.80.0 (Plasma 6.0 Alpha)
! scope="row" | 5.80.0<br /><small>(6.0 Alpha)</small>
|Alpha
| Alpha
|Wed 2023-11-08
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|[[Plasma/Plasma_6.0_Release_notes|Plasma Release Notes]], [https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/alpha/ Megarelease Announcement]
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" |
|-
* [[Plasma/Plasma 6.0 Release notes|Release notes]]
|5.90.0 (Plasma 6.0 Beta 1)
* [https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/alpha/ Megarelease announcement]
|Beta
|-
|Wed 2023-11-29
! scope="row" | 5.90.0<br /><small>(6.0 Beta 1)</small>
|[https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/beta1/ Megarelease Announcement]
| Beta
|-
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|5.91.0 (Plasma 6.0 Beta 2)  
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" |
|Beta
* [https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/beta1/ Megarelease announcement]
|Wed 2023-12-20
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/beta2/ Megarelease Announcement]
! scope="row" | 5.91.0<br /><small>(6.0 Beta 2)</small>
|-
| Beta
|5.92.0 (Plasma 6.0 Release Candidate 1)  
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|Release Candidate
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" |
|Wed 2024-01-10
* [https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/beta2/ Megarelease announcement]
|[https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/rc1/ Megarelease Announcement]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | 5.92.0<br /><small>(6.0 Release Candidate 1)</small>
|[https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/rc2/ 5.93.0 (Plasma 6.0 Release Candidate 2)]
| Release Candidate
|Release Candidate
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|Wed 2024-01-31
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" |
|
* [https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/rc1/ Megarelease announcement]
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/ 6.0]
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/rc2/ 5.93.0]<br /><small>(6.0 Release Candidate 2)</small>
|Feature Release
| Release Candidate
|Wed 2024-02-28
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|Public release of Plasma 6.0
|
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6.0.1/ 6.0.1]
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/megarelease/6/ 6.0]
|Bugfix Release
| Feature
|Tue 2024-03-05
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|
| style="font-size: smaller; text-align: left;" | Public release of Plasma 6.0.
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.2/ 6.0.2]
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6.0.1/ 6.0.1]
|Bugfix Release
| Bugfix
|Tue 2024-03-12
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|
|
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.3/ 6.0.3]
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.2/ 6.0.2]
|Bugfix Release
| Bugfix
|Tue 2024-03-26
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|
|
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.4/ 6.0.4]
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.3/ 6.0.3]
|Bugfix Release
| Bugfix
|Tue 2024-04-16
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|
|
|-
|-
|[https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.5/ 6.0.5]
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.4/ 6.0.4]
|Bugfix Release
| Bugfix
|Tue 2024-05-21
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|
|
|-
! scope="row" | [https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.0.5/ 6.0.5]
| Bugfix
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|
|}
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== References ==
== References ==
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== External links ==
The schedule of upcoming Plasma 6 releases is also published at:
* [https://phabricator.kde.org/calendar/ KDE Phabricator]
* [https://calendar.google.com/calendar?cid=MDMxZ2tncWcxaGpmOGxjbWowZW0xZDJzajhAZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ Google Calendar]

Latest revision as of 09:46, 12 December 2025

Plasma 6 is the most recent major version of the Linux desktop environment developed by the KDE community. It is developed, built and shipped atop the foundation of the Qt 6 cross-platform GUI framework.

Further details about the release can be found on the Plasma 6 page, while the list of open Plasma 6 bugs can be found at Bugzilla.

Status

As of March 2024, Plasma 6 is in active development for new and improved features as well as for bug fixes and will remain so until the (as yet unscheduled) initial public release of Plasma 7.

Releases

See also: Plasma 6 release notes

The initial release produced by each development cycle (v6.Χ.0) will be tagged on Thursday a fortnight after the second beta release (four weeks after the first beta). Tarballs will be created from a git snapshot at that time that are made accessible to packagers ahead of the official public release, which will take place on the following Tuesday.

Schedule

The schedule of Plasma 6 releases is subject to change at any time as circumstances dictate. Some prior justifications for release cadence modifications have been:

  • the quality of a major component determined to be substandard
  • a delay in the release of a mandatory dependency, such as:
    • KDE Frameworks
    • Qt 6
  • to allow time for important bug fixes or security remediations to land

All deadlines are considered deliverable at midday UTC unless otherwise specified, however if you are a developer and need a few more hours (e.g. for an important bugfix), please notify someone from the release team as soon as the need becomes apparent.

For questions about the release process or related issues, visit the #release-team channel on the KDE Matrix server.

Cadence

New releases are initially planned to occur regularly at four (4) month intervals—roughly three (3) times per year. Once a general consensus is formed by the major Linux distributions that package Plasma that a desirable baseline stability has been achieved, a shift to six-month intervals and semi-annual releases will be considered.[1]

Bug fixes

Releases will each receive six (6) patch releases containing bug fixes, beginning with Plasma 6.3, while versions 6.0–6.2 only received five such updates.

Long-term support releases

There will be no long-term support (LTS) versions of Plasma 6. This decision was recorded in the 2025 Plasma Sprint notes.

Repository and soft feature freezes

Repository and soft feature freezes will occur on the second preceding Thursday before each beta release date. This means that the list of Git repositories that will be included in the release becomes fixed no major features will be merged until the next development cycle commences unless an exception request has been granted.

Release manager tasks
Begin writing the Beta release announcement using the list of noteworthy changes
  See the tables in the § Future releases and § Release history sections for examples.

Betas

Beginning with the Plasma 6.3 development cycle, two public beta versions are published in the final month of the cycle at fortnightly intervals. A hard feature freeze as well as soft UI and string freezes are begun upon the release of the first beta, lasting through the end of the development cycle. This will usually happen on the Thursday following the corresponding KDE Frameworks release, usually on or near the second Friday of a month.

No exceptions will be granted to merge new features during this period, and no UI or string changes are allowed without first securinging an exception. This includes even for relatively inconsequential elements such as the default wallpaper chosen for a release.

Release manager tasks
  • Bump the milestone to the current version (i.e. the version that the beta leads up to) for bug fixes that failed to merge in time for the previous version and likewise bump the milestone for features that failed to merge during the current cycle to the next future release.
      See the tables in the § Future releases and § Release history sections for examples.
  • Also be sure to review all other milestoned merge requests for the current cycle and add the "Cherry-Pick" label to those that qualify as bug fixes.

Bugfix releases

Bugfix tags/releases for each release are published on subsequent Tuesdays at weekly intervals according to the Fibonacci sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8).

Dependencies

Beginning with Plasma 6.3, each release cycle has been color-coded to better distinguish them in public-facing documentation.

Releases should depend on the latest KDE Frameworks available at beta time and an agreed upon version of Qt. Ensure that the KDE Invent Continuous Integration (CI/CD) system is updated to build using said version of Qt soon after the decision is made, involving the KDE Sysadmin team as needed.

Versioned dependencies for Plasma 6 feature releases
Plasma Release Qt Version[dep 1] KDE Frameworks Version
6.6 6.10 6.22
6.5 6.9 6.18
6.4 6.8 6.14
6.3 6.7 / 6.8 * 6.10
6.2 6.7 6.5
6.1 6.6 / 6.7 * 6.2
6.0 6.6 6.0[dep 2]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Bold type and an asterisk denotes a strong recommendation when multiple versions may be used for compilation.
  2. ↑ Includes an additional dependency on KDE Gear v24.02 for libkexiv2

Future releases

Beginning with Plasma 6.3, each release cycle has been color-coded to better distinguish them in public-facing documentation.
Upcoming Plasma 6 releases
Version Release type Tarball Date Release Date Comments
6.5.5 Bugfix Tue 2026-01-13
6.5.80
(repo and soft feature freeze) 		Soft freeze Fri 2026-01-02 Dependencies: Qt 6.10 / FW 6.22
Delayed by one day because of New Year
⇒ Features that failed to merge in time for 6.6
6.5.90
(6.6 Beta 1) 		Beta Tue 2026-01-13 Two days earlier than usually
⇒ Noteworthy changes/additions in 6.6
6.5.91
(6.6 Beta 2) 		Beta Tue 2026-01-27 Two days earlier than usually
6.6.0 Public Release Thu 2026-02-12 Tue 2026-02-17
6.6.1 Bugfix Release Tue 2026-02-24
6.6.2 Bugfix Release Tue 2026-03-03
6.5.6 Bugfix Tue 2026-03-10
6.6.3 Bugfix Release Tue 2026-03-17
6.6.4 Bugfix Release Tue 2026-04-07
6.6.5 Bugfix Release Tue 2026-05-12
6.6.6 Bugfix Release Tue 2026-07-07
⇒ Bugfixes that failed to merge in time for 6.6

Release history

Beginning with Plasma 6.3, each release cycle has been color-coded to better distinguish them in public-facing documentation.

6.5 series

Plasma 6.5 release series
Plasma version Type Release date Notes
6.4.80
(repo/feature freeze) 		Soft freeze Thu 2025-09-04
⇒ Unmerged features for v6.5
6.4.90
(6.5 Beta 1) 		Beta Thu 2025-09-18
⇒ Noteworthy changes/additions in 6.5
6.4.91
(6.5 Beta 2) 		Beta Thu 2025-10-02
6.5.0 Feature Tue 2025-10-21 Tarballs created on Thu 2025-10-16.
6.5.1 Bugfix Tue 2025-10-28
6.5.2 Bugfix Tue 2025-11-04
6.5.3 Bugfix Tue 2025-11-18
6.5.4 Bugfix Tue 2025-12-09


6.4 series

Plasma 6.4 release series
Plasma version Type Release date Notes
6.3.80
(repo/feature freeze) 		Soft freeze Thu 2025-05-01
⇒ Unmerged features for v6.4
6.3.90
(6.4 Beta 1) 		Beta Thu 2025-05-15
⇒ Noteworthy changes/additions in v6.4
6.3.91
(6.4 Beta 2) 		Beta Thu 2025-05-29
6.4.0 Feature Tue 2025-06-17 Tarballs created on Thu 2025-06-12.
6.4.1 Bugfix Tue 2025-06-24
6.4.2 Bugfix Tue 2025-07-01
6.4.3 Bugfix Tue 2025-07-15
6.4.4 Bugfix Tue 2025-08-05
6.4.5 Bugfix Tue 2025-09-09
6.4.6 Bugfix Tue 2025-11-11 Delayed by one week (w/r/t Fibonacci schedule) to avoid sharing the same release date as v6.5.2.
⇒ Unmerged bug fixes for v6.4

6.3 series

Plasma 6.3 release series
Plasma version Type Release date Notes
6.3
(repo/feature freeze) 		Soft freeze Thu 2024-12-26
⇒ Unmerged features for v6.3
6.2.90
(6.3 Beta 1) 		Beta Thu 2025-01-09
⇒ Unmerged bug fixes for v6.2
6.2.91 Beta Thu 2025-01-23 An update (v6.2.91.1) was made available on Fri 2025-01-24
6.3.0 Feature Tue 2025-02-11 Tarballs created on Thu 2025-02-06.
6.3.1 Bugfix Tue 2025-02-18
6.3.2 Bugfix Tue 2025-02-25
6.3.3 Bugfix Tue 2025-03-11 An update for Kwin (v6.3.3.1) was published on Wed 2025-03-12.
6.3.4 Bugfix Tue 2025-04-01
6.3.5 Bugfix Tue 2025-05-06
6.3.6 Bugfix Tue 2025-07-08 Delayed by one week (w/r/t Fibonacci schedule) to avoid sharing the same release date as v6.4.2.
⇒ Unmerged bug fixes for v6.3

6.2 series

Plasma 6.2 release series
Plasma version Type Release date Notes
6.2
(repo/feature freeze) 		Soft freeze Thu 2024-08-29
6.1.90
(6.2 Beta) 		Beta Thu 2024-09-12 Plasma 6.2 branched.
⇒ Unmerged features for v6.2
⇒ Unmerged bug fixes for v6.1
6.2.0 Feature Tue 2024-10-08 Tarballs created on Thu 2024-10-03.
6.2.1 Bugfix Tue 2024-10-15
6.2.2 Bugfix Tue 2024-10-22
6.2.3 Bugfix Tue 2024-11-05
6.2.4 Bugfix Tue 2024-11-26
6.2.5 Bugfix Tue 2024-12-31

6.1 series

Plasma 6.1 release series
Plasma version Type Release date Notes
6.0.80
(6.1 Alpha) 		Alpha Thu 2024-05-09
6.0.90
(6.1 Beta) 		Beta Fri 2024-05-24 Plasma 6.1 branched.
⇒ Unmerged features for v6.1
⇒ Open merge requests for v6.1
6.1.0 Feature Tue 2024-06-18 Public release of Plasma 6.1.
6.1.1 Bugfix Tue 2024-06-25
6.1.2 Bugfix Tue 2024-07-02
6.1.3 Bugfix Tue 2024-07-16
6.1.4 Bugfix Tue 2024-08-06
6.1.5 Bugfix Tue 2024-09-10

6.0 series

Plasma 6.0 release series
Plasma version Type Release date Notes
5.80.0
(6.0 Alpha) 		Alpha Wed 2023-11-08
5.90.0
(6.0 Beta 1) 		Beta Wed 2023-11-29
5.91.0
(6.0 Beta 2) 		Beta Wed 2023-12-20
5.92.0
(6.0 Release Candidate 1) 		Release Candidate Wed 2024-01-10
5.93.0
(6.0 Release Candidate 2) 		Release Candidate Wed 2024-01-31
6.0 Feature Wed 2024-02-28 Public release of Plasma 6.0.
6.0.1 Bugfix Tue 2024-03-05
6.0.2 Bugfix Tue 2024-03-12
6.0.3 Bugfix Tue 2024-03-26
6.0.4 Bugfix Tue 2024-04-16
6.0.5 Bugfix Tue 2024-05-21

References

  1. ↑ Graham, Nathan. May 9, 2023. "Plasma 6 proposal: Change the release schedule" on the plasma-desktop issue tracker, KDE Invent.

External links

The schedule of upcoming Plasma 6 releases is also published at:

Retrieved from "https://community.kde.org/index.php?title=Schedules/Plasma_6&oldid=105316"