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@bart-vmware bart-vmware commented Apr 29, 2026

Updates to the Steeltoe support policy. Minor fixes in other markdown files.

The primary changes are:

  • Clarified that only the latest release per major version line receives fixes.
  • Releasing a new minor/patch version does not extend the support window for that major release.

This aligns with what Microsoft and most other .NET OSS projects do.

Under the old terms:

  • Releasing a new minor version of Steeltoe 3.x (to fix CVEs that also introduce breaking changes) would extend the 3.x support window by another year. So as long as new CVEs are found in 3.x, it never reaches end of support.
  • Every minor version of Steeltoe 3.x ever released needs to be patched each time a CVE is found, which we can't properly test because our infrastructure (Tanzu, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps) isn't compatible with the old versions anymore.

@bart-vmware bart-vmware force-pushed the wiki-support-policy branch 5 times, most recently from 167d89e to bd69d4c Compare May 4, 2026 11:44
@bart-vmware bart-vmware force-pushed the wiki-support-policy branch from bd69d4c to bc03ccc Compare May 4, 2026 12:29
@bart-vmware bart-vmware marked this pull request as ready for review May 4, 2026 12:44
@bart-vmware bart-vmware changed the title Wiki support policy Wiki update: Steeltoe support policy May 4, 2026
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