Commvault Software is released as an Innovation Release or a Long-Term Support Release (LTS)

Release Types

Long-Term Support (LTS) Releases

Long-Term Support Releases (LTS) are published annually in June and are supported for 3 years after the initial release date. Designed to be a stable release with minimal changes, monthly LTS Maintenance Releases include only bug fixes, and no new features. If you have standardized on an LTS release, you should wait to upgrade until the next LTS release to access any new features. New features will not be added to previous LTS releases. LTS Maintenance Releases are also cumulative and can be installed at any time.

Innovation Releases

Innovation Releases are published monthly. These releases are designed to include all the most recent product updates. New enhancements are released monthly and bug fixes are released more frequently as needed. To receive support, customers are required to adopt the most recent Innovation Release.

Access to Innovation Releases is granted through a Release Request Form. This process ensures that all Innovation Release adopters are equipped to make the most of the Innovation Release experience.

Active Release Schedule

Critical updates that impact data protection or restore capabilities are provided for all supported platform releases. To ensure stability and minimize changes, updates might not be provided for non-critical issues that have a workaround solution on earlier LTS platform releases.

When a release reaches End-of-Life, customer must upgrade to the latest LTS release.

Deprecated Releases

To view deprecated Commvault releases, see Deprecated Releases.