Hm, we didn't discuss yet which version will be the next LTS. I guess whatever is in master branch at the end of the year?

We just now changed the download page and removed the "Unstable" tag for LS4. We will add the "Stable" tag for LS5 after maybe one months or so? When it's battle-tested and we feel safe we didn't miss anything.

Did you use plugin ? If yes : don't update to 4.X now.

If not, except some specific template system ro javascript workaround : i think it's safe to upgrade on the next release.

Yes, I use plugins, but only the official ones in LS3. We have a few dedicated plugins written for the client and I know that after the update they will definitely need to be verified.

Until 4.x is marked as LTS, I cannot upgrade to this version.

If you want to stay on LTS, that's perfectly fine. That's why it exists.

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We just now changed the download page and removed the "Unstable" tag for LS4. We will add the "Stable" tag for LS5 after maybe one months or so? When it's battle-tested and we feel safe we didn't miss anything.

I do not know if I understand correctly that "stable" will appear after about a month on the LS5 version? did you mean LS4?

As of next week, LS5 will replace LS4. The only difference is PHP8 compatibility and increased requirement to at least PHP 7.2.

Will it be possible to upgrade from LS 3.X to LS 4.X via ComfortUpdate now that LS4.X is "customer stable"?

It will be possible to upgrade from LS3 to LS5 (LS4 is not used anymore), but I think we need to do some more testing first.

Great, thanks look forward to it.

I am defining "stable" with what LimeSurvey team runs on their hosting. If I spin up a new instance on account.limesurvey.org, it sill spins up only V3. Did this just today for test and it still runs only v3 with no option to select the "stable" v4.

For me it is hard to consider V4 stable while LS team itself runs v3 on their hosting.

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For me it is hard to consider V4 stable while LS team itself runs v3 on their hosting.
 

Good and real point :+1:

Work began last week to push it to hosting. Almost there!