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Kamil Jozwiak edited this page Jul 27, 2026 · 516 revisions

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Overview

Currently published version numbers can be seen at https://versions.brave.com/

  • Major Release frequency: ~2 weeks based on the Brave release schedule.
  • Minor Chromium/Security releases: ~once a week on all channels. Within ~24hrs on the release channel after a new Chromium has been released as per the weekly Chromium schedule.
  • Chemspill/Hotfix frequency: As needed
  • Every major release is tied to a fuzzy Chromium release date.

Older Brave Release Schedules are available in the Brave Release Schedules Archive.

Information about channel differences available in the Release Channel Descriptions.

Current channel information:

Channel Release Beta Nightly
Milestone 1.93.x 1.94.x 1.95.x
Branch name 1.93.x 1.94.x master

Note: These versions represent which channel our CI builds things on. It may not reflect exactly the version on release channel for example. This would happen if for example Release above said 0.58.x and it was in RC but on our website we still offered 0.57.x.

Current build schedule:

The following is our automated schedule for creating and uploading builds to our Sparkle (macOS), Omaha (Windows) servers and our Linux repositories.

Channel Time Days Platforms Public
Beta 04:00 UTC (8pm PST/11pm EST) Monday, Wednesday, Friday android linux-x64 macos-x64 macos-arm64 windows-x64 no
Beta 04:00 UTC (8pm PST/11pm EST) Tuesday, Thursday all yes
Nightly 12:00 UTC (4am PST/7am EST) Monday - Friday all, except android yes
Nightly 12:30 UTC (4am PST/7am EST) Monday, Thursday android yes
Nightly 12:30 UTC (4am PST/7am EST) Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday android no
Nightly 16:00 UTC (8am PST/11am EST) Monday - Friday android linux-x64 macos-x64 macos-arm64 windows-x64 no
Nightly 00:00 UTC (4pm PST/7pm EST) Monday - Friday android linux-x64 macos-x64 macos-arm64 windows-x64 no

Release channel dates:

Version Chromium Migration Date Release Date Comments
1.92.x 150 June 24, 2026 July 2, 2026 Rescheduled. Originally scheduled to release on June 30, 2026.
1.93.x 151 July 22, 2026 July 30, 2026 Rescheduled. Originally scheduled to release on July 28, 2026.
1.94.x 152 August 19, 2026 August 25, 2026
1.95.x 153 September 2, 2026 September 8, 2026
1.96.x 154 September 16, 2026 September 22, 2026
1.97.x 155 September 30, 2026 October 6, 2026
1.98.x 156 October 14, 2026 October 20, 2026
1.99.x 157 October 28, 2026 November 3, 2026
1.100.x 158 November 11, 2026 November 17, 2026
1.101.x 159 December 2, 2026 December 8, 2026
1.102.x 160 December 16, 2026 January 5, 2027
1.103.x 161 January 13, 2027 January 19, 2027
1.104.x 162 January 27, 2027 February 2, 2027
1.105.x 163 February 10, 2027 February 16, 2027
1.106.x 164 February 24, 2027 March 2, 2027
1.107.x 165 March 10, 2027 March 16, 2027
1.108.x 166 March 24, 2027 March 30, 2027
1.109.x 167 April 7, 2027 April 13, 2027
1.110.x 168 April 21, 2027 April 27, 2027
1.111.x 169 May 5, 2027 May 11, 2027
1.112.x 170 May 19, 2027 May 25, 2027
1.113.x 171 June 2, 2027 June 8, 2027
1.114.x 172 June 16, 2027 June 22, 2027
1.115.x 173 June 30, 2027 July 6, 2027
1.116.x 174 July 14, 2027 July 20, 2027
1.117.x 175 July 28, 2027 August 3, 2027
1.118.x 176 August 11, 2027 August 17, 2027
1.119.x 177 August 25, 2027 August 31, 2027
1.120.x 178 September 8, 2027 September 14, 2027
1.121.x 179 September 22, 2027 September 28, 2027
1.122.x 180 October 6, 2027 October 12, 2027

Note: As announced via https://developer.chrome.com/blog/chrome-two-week-release, we'll be shipping a stable release every two weeks rather than the previous ~3 week cycles with minor bumps in-between.

  • All dates are approximate and are subject to change.
  • Migration Date is also the cutoff date to add strings that need to be translated for the release.
  • Updates will be released as requested only.
  • Brave releases tend to be on Wednesday's rather than Chromium's Tuesday releases. This is because we usually need to wait and see what version of Chromium Chrome releases with. Sometimes it's a newer version that hasn't yet been announced via https://chromereleases.googleblog.com so we need to update Brave and create new release candidates (RC) builds which usually takes the entire day. Hence releasing the new Chromium on Wednesday rather than Tuesday. We always want to be on the same Chromium version as Chrome.

Number of days between each release on Release channel

Number of days between each release on Release channel

Version # of days between releases Comments
1.92.x - 1.93.x 28 days
1.93.x - 1.94.x 28 days
1.94.x - 1.95.x 14 days
1.95.x - 1.96.x 14 days
1.96.x - 1.97.x 14 days
1.97.x - 1.98.x 14 days
1.98.x - 1.99.x 14 days
1.99.x - 1.100.x 14 days
1.100.x - 1.101.x 21 days
1.101.x - 1.102.x 28 days
1.102.x - 1.103.x 14 days
1.103.x - 1.104.x 14 days
1.104.x - 1.105.x 14 days
1.105.x - 1.106.x 14 days
1.106.x - 1.107.x 14 days
1.107.x - 1.108.x 14 days
1.108.x - 1.109.x 14 days
1.109.x - 1.110.x 14 days
1.110.x - 1.111.x 14 days
1.111.x - 1.112.x 14 days
1.112.x - 1.113.x 14 days
1.113.x - 1.114.x 14 days
1.114.x - 1.115.x 14 days
1.115.x - 1.116.x 14 days
1.116.x - 1.117.x 14 days
1.117.x - 1.118.x 14 days
1.118.x - 1.119.x 14 days
1.119.x - 1.120.x 14 days
1.120.x - 1.121.x 14 days
1.121.x - 1.122.x 14 days

Beta channel migration dates:

Version Target Chromium Migration Date Comments
1.94.x 152 July 22, 2026
1.95.x 153 August 19, 2026
1.96.x 154 September 2, 2026
1.97.x 155 September 16, 2026
1.98.x 156 September 30, 2026
1.99.x 157 October 14, 2026
1.100.x 158 October 28, 2026
1.101.x 159 November 11, 2026
1.102.x 160 December 2, 2026
1.103.x 161 December 16, 2026
1.104.x 162 January 13, 2027
1.105.x 163 January 27, 2027
1.106.x 164 February 10, 2027
1.107.x 165 February 24, 2027
1.108.x 166 March 10, 2027
1.109.x 167 March 24, 2027
1.110.x 168 April 7, 2027
1.111.x 169 April 21, 2027
1.112.x 170 May 5, 2027
1.113.x 171 May 19, 2027
1.114.x 172 June 2, 2027
1.115.x 173 June 16, 2027
1.116.x 174 June 30, 2027
1.117.x 175 July 14, 2027
1.118.x 176 July 28, 2027
1.119.x 177 August 11, 2027
1.120.x 178 August 25, 2027
1.121.x 179 September 8, 2027
1.122.x 180 September 22, 2027
1.123.x 181 October 6, 2027
  • CI does builds for Beta channel happen twice a week.
  • Updates are released as there are builds as long as tests pass.
Version Target Chromium Migration Date Comments
1.93.x 151 May 27, 2026
1.94.x 152 June 24, 2026
1.95.x 153 July 22, 2026
1.96.x 154 August 19, 2026
1.97.x 155 September 2, 2026
1.98.x 156 September 16, 2026
1.99.x 157 September 30, 2026
1.100.x 158 October 14, 2026
1.101.x 159 October 28, 2026
1.102.x 160 November 11, 2026
1.103.x 161 December 2, 2026
1.104.x 162 December 16, 2026
1.105.x 163 January 13, 2027
1.106.x 164 January 27, 2027
1.107.x 165 February 10, 2027
1.108.x 166 February 24, 2027
1.109.x 167 March 10, 2027
1.110.x 168 March 24, 2027
1.111.x 169 April 7, 2027
1.112.x 170 April 21, 2027
1.113.x 171 May 5, 2027
1.114.x 172 May 19, 2027
1.115.x 173 June 2, 2027
1.116.x 174 June 16, 2027
1.117.x 175 June 30, 2027
1.118.x 176 July 14, 2027
1.119.x 177 July 28, 2027
1.120.x 178 August 11, 2027
1.121.x 179 August 25, 2027
1.122.x 180 September 8, 2027
1.123.x 181 September 22, 2027
1.124.x 182 October 6, 2027
  • Nightly builds will be made from master for this channel.
  • This means that within a day of any change you can start testing it.
  • Developers work off of master.
  • We keep master stable, when it is not, we backout what broke it.
  • If something fails tests, that thing should be backed out.
  • brave/brave-browser's package.json specifies brave-core branch to be master.

Mobile platforms

Android rollout process

When 1) approved in the Google Play Store and 2) QA has signed off on the release, we'll release in a staged rollout. Before moving to the next stage, crash reports are checked by release team and evaluated.

Assuming we have the release ready in the morning, the schedule will typically look like this:

day time rollout
1 morning initial release 1%
1 evening 5%
2 morning 10%
2 evening 20%
3 morning 50%
3 evening 100%

iOS rollout process

When 1) approved in iOS App Store and 2) QA has signed off on the release, we'll begin the automated rollout. This takes place over 7 days to people who have automatic updates enabled. Users can visit the App Store page for Brave at any time and get the latest one

If something goes wrong, the release can be paused.

day rollout
1 initial release 1%
2 2%
3 5%
4 10%
5 20%
6 50%
7 100%

How to do branch migrations:

For folks that want to see more of "how the sausage is made" (link restricted to Brave employees), you can view the Jenkins job details here: https://github.com/brave/devops/blob/master/jenkins/jobs/browser/branch-migrations.yml

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