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Grails versions that are in “Active Development” receive regular updates, including new features, performance enhancements, and bug fixes. These versions receive a majority of our time and effort investment and represent the latest and greatest that the Grails framework has to offer.
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<td>7</td>
<td>Active Development</td>
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<td>Ongoing</td>
<td>Jun 2026</td>
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<td>Jan 2025<br/>(6.2.3)</td>
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<td>Jan 2024<br/>(5.3.6)</td>
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<td>Jul 2019</td>
<td>Jan 2024<br/>(4.1.4)</td>
<td>Mar 2024</td>
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<td>3</td>
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<td>Mar 2015</td>
<td>Jan 2024<br/>(3.3.18)</td>
<td>Sep 2021</td>
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<td>Dec 2011</td>
<td>Mar 2017<br/>(2.5.6)</td>
<td>Jun 2021</td>
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<td>1</td>
<td>End of Support</td>
<td>Feb 2008</td>
<td>May 2012<br/>(1.3.9)</td>
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