RAPIDS Maintainers Docs#

RAPIDS projects use an established set of guidelines and procedures. These are available for the community to review and provide feedback on.

Intended audience#

Developers

Project Leads

Operations

Release v26.10 Schedule#

NOTE: Dates are subject to change at any time. Completed release schedules are posted here.

Phase

Start

End

Duration

Development

Thu, Jul 16, 2026

Wed, Sep 9, 2026

39 days

Burn Down (cuDF/RMM/rapids-cmake/raft/dask-cuda/KvikIO/ucxx/rapidsmpf/nvForest)

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Wed, Sep 16, 2026

5 days

Burn Down (others)

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Wed, Sep 30, 2026

15 days

Code Freeze/Testing (cuDF/RMM/rapids-cmake/raft/dask-cuda/KvikIO/ucxx/rapidsmpf/nvForest)

Thu, Sep 17, 2026

Tue, Oct 6, 2026

12 days

Code Freeze/Testing (others)

Thu, Oct 1, 2026

Tue, Oct 6, 2026

5 days

Release

Wed, Oct 7, 2026

Thu, Oct 8, 2026

2 days

PROPOSED Release v26.12 Schedule#

Phase

Start

End

Duration

Development

Thu, Sep 10, 2026

Wed, Nov 11, 2026

42 days

Burn Down (cuDF/RMM/rapids-cmake/raft/dask-cuda/KvikIO/ucxx/rapidsmpf/nvForest)

Tue, Nov 10, 2026

Mon, Nov 16, 2026

4 days

Burn Down (others)

Tue, Nov 10, 2026

Mon, Nov 23, 2026

9 days

Code Freeze/Testing (cuDF/RMM/rapids-cmake/raft/dask-cuda/KvikIO/ucxx/rapidsmpf/nvForest)

Tue, Nov 17, 2026

Tue, Dec 8, 2026

14 days

Code Freeze/Testing (others)

Tue, Nov 24, 2026

Tue, Dec 8, 2026

9 days

Release

Wed, Dec 9, 2026

Thu, Dec 10, 2026

2 days