OpenSSL 3.1 release date

OpenSSL 3.1 RC was announced on 2022-12-21, there are 4 issues in the 3.1.0 milestone as of writing.

I was wondering if there is a target date for the release, whether another RC is required and whether the issues in the milestone are the only issues blocking the release.

As @mattcaswell commented 2 days ago on issue 20111 "Is there any expected release date for the fix of #19643 issue?":

There has been no release date announced for the next release as yet. Typically one comes along every few months or so. The last release was in early November.

@tom-cosgrove-arm That's more about stable releases.

However we do not have definitive date for 3.1.0 release either. So I cannot say more than that currently we do not plan another beta/RC release and that we want to release 3.1.0 soon.

I've cleaned up the Milestone 3.1.0 so here are the only issues/PRs that might potentially block the release: https://github.com/openssl/openssl/milestones/3.1.0

The timeline is going to be more dependent upon the work going on behind the scenes with the FIPS documentation and testing. We won't do a 3.1 release until we are certain that the CAVP tests are passing on all platforms using the to be released code base.

I'm not expecting any problems here but it adds an unavoidable delay late in the process.

Is it possible to have an OpenSSL 3.1.0 release and have the FIPS certification bump a minor version, so that 3.2.0 would be the first FIPS certified version?

There are lots of performance issues fixed in 3.1.0 RC that are not in 3.0.8.

No, the FIPS version is tied to the OpenSSL version.

Is it possible to release a 3.0.9 with only 3 cherry picked commits in https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/20421 ?

Now that OpenSSL 3.1 is released today, I am closing this issue. Thanks for your time and a great release!