> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.coherent.global/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.coherent.global/whats-new/release-schedule.md).

# Release schedule

We release a new version of Spark every month with new features, enhancements, and fixes!

Releases become available to customers first via the UAT (User Acceptance Testing) environments and are then released to the production environments approximately two weeks later.

| UAT release                                                                                                                                                        | Production release                                                                                                                                                 |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| September 28, 2026                                                                                                                                                 | October 12, 2026                                                                                                                                                   |
| October 26, 2026                                                                                                                                                   | November 16, 2026                                                                                                                                                  |
| November 23, 2026                                                                                                                                                  | December 7, 2026                                                                                                                                                   |
| <p>December 16, 2026</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p>Feature patches and security updates only.</p></div> | <p>December 17, 2026</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p>Feature patches and security updates only.</p></div> |
| January 18, 2027                                                                                                                                                   | February 1, 2027                                                                                                                                                   |