# Node.js Release WorkGroup Meeting 2026-04-02

## Links

* **Recording**: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSDwIRN4gMw>
* **GitHub Issue**: <https://github.com/nodejs/Release/issues/1145>
* **Minutes**: <https://hackmd.io/@openjs-nodejs/By6_V87jWx>

## Present

* Release team: @nodejs/release
* LTS team: @nodejs/lts

## Agenda

## Announcements

*Extracted from **Release-agenda** labelled issues and pull requests from the **nodejs org** prior to the meeting.

### nodejs/Release

* Release plan - v25.x Current [#1122](https://github.com/nodejs/Release/issues/1122)
* Node.js 25.9.0 was released yesterday.
* This release line is now in maintenance mode.
* Release plan - v24.x Active LTS [#1089](https://github.com/nodejs/Release/issues/1089)
* Release plan - v22.x Maintenance LTS [#1001](https://github.com/nodejs/Release/issues/1001)
* Release plan - v20.x Maintenance LTS [#855](https://github.com/nodejs/Release/issues/855)
* No more planned releases.

### nodejs/node

* tools: add a backport queue cron action [#56143](https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/56143)

## Q&A, Other

* Temporal support: CI is almost ready, only macOS machines don't have Rust yet.
* Richard: if build machines are not Rust-ready in time for 26.0.0 release date, what should we do? Delay the release? Release without Temporal and enable the global in a semver-minor?

## Upcoming Meetings

* **Node.js Project Calendar**: <https://nodejs.org/calendar>

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