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* Creating a Vault version explainer The explainer is a partial that can be used on multiple pages. It gives an overview of our policies and version format and offers some recommendations about staying current. * Apostrophe typo Not saying I got all the typos, but got one anyway. * Add a note about the very rare 4th digit * Conform to subtitle best practices Co-authored-by: Yoko Hyakuna <yoko@hashicorp.com> --------- Co-authored-by: Yoko Hyakuna <yoko@hashicorp.com>
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## Vault version guidance
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HashiCorp regularly releases new versions of Vault in the form of "major" and "minor" releases.
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Vault typically uses version numbers in the form of X.Y.Z, and very rarely the form X.Y.Z.A.
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Vault version numbers do not conform to [semver](https://semver.org/).
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Vault major releases are identified by a change in the second (Y) digit.
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Vault minor releases are identified by a change in the third (Z) digit.
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Vault denotes a release with Enterprise only changes using the fourth (A) digit.
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HashiCorp's Support and End-of-Life
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[policy](https://support.hashicorp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360021185113-Support-Period-and-End-of-Life-EOL-Policy)
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covers versioning in more detail.
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HashiCorp does not require upgrading to each major (Y digit) Vault release immediately when it becomes available.
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HashiCorp does strongly encourage upgrading Vault to the latest minor (Z digit) patch in a supported major release.
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To be notified of new Vault releases, users can subscribe to our [Discuss Forum](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/)
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using the [vault-release-ce-ent](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/tag/vault-release-ce-ent) tag.
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New security bulletins are also available on Discuss via the
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[security-vault](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/tag/security-vault) tag.
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