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main/contributing/release/index.html

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 <p>The external-secrets project is released on a as-needed basis. Feel free to open a issue to request a release.</p>
 <h2 id="release-eso">Release ESO</h2>
 <ol>
-<li>Run <code>Create Release</code> Action to create a new release, pass in the desired version number to release.</li>
+<li>Run <code>Create Release</code> Action to create a new release, pass in the desired version number to release.<ol>
+<li>note: choose the right <code>branch</code> to execute the action: use <code>main</code> when creating a new release. Use <code>release-x.y</code> when you want to bump a LTS release.</li>
+</ol>
+</li>
 <li>GitHub Release, Changelog will be created by the <code>release.yml</code> workflow which also promotes the container image.</li>
 <li>update Helm Chart, see below</li>
 <li>update OLM bundle, see <a href="https://github.com/external-secrets/external-secrets-helm-operator/blob/main/docs/release.md#operatorhubio">helm-operator docs</a></li>
-<li>Announce the new release in the <code>#external-secrets</code> Kubernetes Slack</li>
 </ol>
 <h2 id="release-helm-chart">Release Helm Chart</h2>
 <ol>
@@ -2140,6 +2142,11 @@
 <li>run <code>/ok-to-test-managed</code> commands for all cloud providers</li>
 <li>merge PR if everyhing is green</li>
 <li>CI picks up the new chart version and creates a new GitHub Release for it</li>
+<li>create/merge into release branch<ol>
+<li>on a <code>minor</code> release: create a new branch <code>release-x.y</code></li>
+<li>on a <code>patch</code> release: merge main into <code>release-x.y</code></li>
+</ol>
+</li>
 </ol>
 <h2 id="release-olm-bundle">Release OLM Bundle</h2>
 <p>In order to make the latest release available to <a href="https://operatorhub.io/">OperatorHub.io</a> we need to create a bundle and open a PR in the <a href="https://github.com/k8s-operatorhub/community-operators/">community-operators</a> repository.</p>

main/introduction/stability-support/index.html

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         <li class="md-nav__item">
-  <a href="#external-secrets-operator" class="md-nav__link">
-    External Secrets Operator
+  <a href="#supported-versions" class="md-nav__link">
+    Supported Versions
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-    External Secrets Operator
+  <a href="#supported-versions" class="md-nav__link">
+    Supported Versions
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   <h1>Stability and Support</h1>
 
 <p>This page lists the status, timeline and policy for currently supported ESO releases and its providers. Please also see our <a href="../deprecation-policy/">deprecation policy</a> that describes API versioning, deprecation and API surface.</p>
-<h2 id="external-secrets-operator">External Secrets Operator</h2>
-<p>We are currently in beta and support <strong>only the latest release</strong> for the time being.</p>
+<h2 id="supported-versions">Supported Versions</h2>
+<p>We want to provide security patches and critical bug fixes in a timely manner to our users.
+To do so, we offer long-term support for our latest two (N, N-1) software releases.
+We aim for a 2-3 month minor release cycle, i.e. a given release is supported for about 4-6 months.</p>
+<p>We want to cover the following cases:</p>
+<ul>
+<li>regular image rebuilds to update OS dependencies</li>
+<li>regular go dependency updates</li>
+<li>backport bug fixes on demand</li>
+</ul>
 <table>
 <thead>
 <tr>
 <th>ESO Version</th>
 <th>Kubernetes Version</th>
+<th>Release Date</th>
+<th>End of Life</th>
 </tr>
 </thead>
 <tbody>
 <tr>
 <td>0.8.x</td>
 <td>1.19 → 1.26</td>
+<td>Mar 16, 2023</td>
+<td>Release of 1.0</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>0.7.x</td>
 <td>1.19 → 1.26</td>
+<td>Dec 11, 2022</td>
+<td>Release of 0.9</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>0.6.x</td>
 <td>1.19 → 1.24</td>
+<td>Oct 9, 2022</td>
+<td>Mar 16, 2023</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>0.5.x</td>
 <td>1.19 → 1.24</td>
+<td>Apr 6, 2022</td>
+<td>Dec 11, 2022</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>0.4.x</td>
 <td>1.16 → 1.24</td>
+<td>Feb 2, 2022</td>
+<td>Oct 9, 2022</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
 <td>0.3.x</td>
 <td>1.16 → 1.24</td>
+<td>Jul 25, 2021</td>
+<td>Apr 6, 2022</td>
 </tr>
 </tbody>
 </table>