Core Components Versions core-components-versions
The Core Components are compatible with AEM as a Cloud Service and on-premise AEM installations.
Release History and Compatibility release-history-and-compatibility
The Core Components are designed to be flexible and compatible with all supported AEM versions. Because of this a release of the components can contain multiple versions of the same component.
The following tables illustrate the compatibility of the releases of the Core Components along with which component versions are contained in which releases.
Release History & Requirements release-history-requirements
The following table, the contents of which are available on GitHub with full release details, gives an overview of the releases of the Core Components and their compatibility with AEM releases and Java versions.
Release
Description
AEM 6.4
AEM 6.5
AEM 6.5 LTS
AEM as a Cloud Service
Java
Release Date
This release addresses a bug fix.
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6.5.21.0+
6.5 LTS GA
Continual
8, 11, 17, 21
15 July 2026
This release addressed bugs in the previous versions of the search clientlibs.
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6.5.21.0+
6.5 LTS GA
Continual
8, 11, 17, 21
15 July 2026
This release addresses localization bugs among others.
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6.5.21.0+
6.5 LTS GA
Continual
8, 11, 17, 21
14 July 2026
This release addresses bugs where certain information was not being persisted properly.
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6.5.21.0+
6.5 LTS GA
Continual
8, 11, 17, 21
22 June 2026
This release introduced support for JSON-LD data for the Page Component as well as improved performance for several other components in addition to numerous bug fixes.
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6.5.21.0+
6.5 LTS GA
Continual
8, 11, 17, 21
19 May 2026
This release corrected path validation issue.
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6.5.21.0+
6.5 LTS GA
Continual
8, 11, 17, 21
30 January 2026
This release corrected a regression in the Title Component policy dialog.
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6.5.21.0+
6.5 LTS GA
Continual
8, 11, 17, 21
5 December 2025
This release corrected a non-localized string related to the PDF viewer.
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6.5.21.0+
6.5 LTS GA
Continual
8, 11, 17, 21
23 October 2025
This release addressed a number of asset and Dynamic Media issues, clarifies LTS support, and addresses numerous bug fixes.
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6.5.21.0+
6.5 LTS GA
Continual
8, 11, 17, 21
4 September 2025
This release added support for authoring preview versions of assets in sites core component and addresses numerous bug fixes.
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6.5.21.0+
6.5 LTS GA
Continual
8, 11, 17, 21
21 April 2025
This release addresses numerous bug fixes.
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6.5.21.0+
6.5 LTS GA
Continual
8, 11, 17, 21
17 March 2025
This is a minor release correcting some IT failures.
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6.5.21.0+
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Continual
8, 11
10 May 2024
This is a minor release correcting some IT failures.
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6.5.21.0+
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Continual
8, 11
9 May 2024
This release adds support for named smartcrops in Dynamic Media, includes performance and accessibility improvements and various bug fixes.
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6.5.21.0+
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Continual
8, 11
2 May 2024
This patch release includes improvements for datalayer initialization.
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6.5.21.0+
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Continual
8, 11
22 April 2024
This patch release fixes a Sling Model initialization.
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6.5.21.0+
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Continual
8, 11
1 April 2024
This patch release improves stability of integration tests.
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6.5.21.0+
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Continual
8, 11
22 February 2024
This release adds support for Google Tag Manager Data Layer and includes various bug fixes.
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6.5.21.0+
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Continual
8, 11
14 February 2024
This patch release included various bug fixes.
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6.5.17.0+
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Continual
8, 11
15 September 2023
This patch added Dynamic Media smart crop for remote assets to the Image and Teaser Components and fixed a number of bugs.
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6.5.17.0+
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Continual
8, 11
4 August 2023
This release added support for Next Generation Dynamic Media remote assets.
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6.5.17.0+
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Continual
8, 11
6 June 2023
This patch release brings back features which were accidentally removed in previous release.
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6.5.14.0+
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Continual
8, 11
9 May 2023
This patch release fixes a regression in the Container Component.
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6.5.14.0+
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Continual
8, 11
21 April 2023
This is a patch release to fix an issues in the Content Fragment List Component.
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6.5.14.0+
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Continual
8, 11
5 April 2023
This is a maintenance release to address two issues introduced in 2.22.0
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6.5.14.0+
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Continual
8, 11
31 March 2023
This release introduces a new version of the List Component along with improvements to the Teaser and update of the PDF Viewer and Carousel
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6.5.14.0+
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Continual
8, 11
9 February 2023
This is a patch release fixing an issue with the v1 and v2 Teaser Components.
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6.5.13.0+
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Continual
8, 11
12 September 2022
This release includes a number of enhancements including publication of the LinkHandler API, improvements to the Image Component and Data Layer, as well as improvements to multi-panel components.
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6.5.13.0+
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Continual
8, 11
12 September 2022
This release fixes an issue with delivery of SVG images via AdaptiveImageServlet.
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6.5.13.0+
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Continual
8, 11
4 August 2022
This patch release fixes an issue with the new Table of Contents Component.
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6.5.13.0+
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Continual
8, 11
7 July 2022
This patch release fixes an issue with the new Table of Contents Component.
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6.5.13.0+
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Continual
8, 11
29 June 2022
This is a patch release that fixes an issue in the new AEMaaCS web-optimized asset delivery service.
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6.5.13.0+
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Continual
8, 11
20 June 2022
This release adds a new Table of Contents Component, adds support for AEMaaCS web-optimized asset delivery service, and includes bug fixes.
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6.5.13.0+
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Continual
8, 11
9 June 2022
This release adds a new version to the Search Component and features to the Button Component as well as many accessibility improvements and bug fixes.
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6.5.10.0+
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Continual
8, 11
7 April 2022
This major release of the core components sees the introduction of a new link handler across new versions of multiple components along with many accessibility improvements and bug fixes.
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6.5.10.0+ *
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Continual
8, 11
16 February 2022
This is a patch release that fixes a regression introduced with the previous release.
6.4.8.4+
6.5.6.0+
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Continual
8, 11
1 October 2021
This patch enhances the List and Navigation components to display the external URL for redirect targets, enables page images inheritance for the upcoming v2 of the Teaser component, and contains additional bug fixes.
6.4.8.4+
6.5.6.0+
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Continual
8, 11
31 August 2021
This patch release This is a patch release to fix a backward incompatible change which was introduced previously.
6.4.8.4+
6.5.6.0+
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Continual
8, 11
2 August 2021
This patch release adds support for site maps for Pages and includes various accessibility improvements.
6.4.8.4+
6.5.6.0+
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Continual
8, 11
29 July 2021
This patch release includes a fix for the Data Layer not working with AEMaaCS.
6.4.8.4+
6.5.6.0+
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Continual
8, 11
8 July 2021
This release includes tech previews of many new component versions supporting link handler features as well as a tech preview of a featured image feature for the Page Component. Several bug fixes are also included.
6.4.8.4+
6.5.6.0+
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Continual
8, 11
16 June 2021
This is a patch release to fix an issue with the new Link Handler.
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
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Continual
8, 11
19 May 2021
This was a patch release mainly fixing an issue with the new Link Handler and added an enhancement to support multi-page applications for PWA.
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
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Continual
8, 11
15 May 2021
This release focused on accessibility improvements as well as introducing a new Link Handler to existing components.
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
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Continual
8, 11
22 April 2021
This was a patch release mainly fixing issues with Data Layer backward compatibility and IT tests failing in certain situations.
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
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Continual
8, 11
16 March 2021
This release includes support for progressive web apps (PWA) in the Page Component and supports version 2.0.0 of the Adobe Data Layer.
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
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Continual
8, 11
23 February 2021
This release includes new options for the Embed Component and introduces the Brand Slug at the page level as well as addressing many issues.
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
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Continual
8, 11
9 February 2021
This was a patch release addressing an issue with the RTE when used on AEMaaCS
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
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Continual
8, 11
16 December 2020
This release includes new Dynamic Media features for the Image Component.
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
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Continual
8, 11
4 December 2020
This was a patch release for 2.12.0 including minor fixes.
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
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Continual
8, 11
11 November 2020
This was a patch release for 2.12.0 that fixes a major bug in the Image Component.
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
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Continual
8, 11
5 November 2020
This release introduced a new POST form handler; the ability to include custom CSS, Javascript, and metadata tags via context aware configuration; and a
DataLayerBuilder utility to simplify data layer integration in custom components.6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
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Continual
8, 11
29 October 2020
This release enabled integration with the Adobe Client Data Layer and introduced the Progress Bar component.
6.4.8.0+
6.5.4.0+
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Continual
8, 11
29 May 2020
This release focused on fixes with small enhancements.
6.4.4.0+
6.5.0.0+
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Continual
8, 11
5 December 2019
This release introduced the new Embed component.
6.4.4.0+
6.5.0.0+
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Continual
8, 11
25 September 2019
This release introduced the new Experience Fragment component.
6.4.4.0+
6.5.0.0+
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Continual
8, 11
6 September 2019
6.4.2.0+
6.5.0.0+
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Continual
8, 11
25 June 2019
This release introduced the Content Fragment List Component.
6.4.2.0+
6.5.0.0+
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Continual
8, 11
7 May 2019
This release focused on refinements to the Component Library, but also contains some feature enhancements for the Separator Component.
6.4.2.0+
6.5.0.0+
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Continual
8
14 March 2019
This release focused on the Component Library as well as introducing the new Separator Component, but also contains some feature enhancements for the Image Component.
6.4.2.0+
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-
8
11 February 2019
This release mainly focused on bug fixes, but also contains some feature enhancements for the Carousel Component.
6.4.2.0+
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-
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8
27 November 2018
This release introduced the Tabs Component and the Carousel Component as well as improvements to the Image Component, Page Component, and Title Component and enhanced tracking.
6.4.2.0+
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8
16 October 2018
This release introduced the Teaser Component along with improvements to the Image Component and numerous bug fixes.
6.4.2.0+
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8
13 July 2018
This release added under-the-hood improvements, bug fixes, and small improvements including support of image flip in the Image Component.
6.4.0.0+
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-
-
8
11 April 2018
This release mostly focussed on under-the-hood improvements, bug fixes, plus some minor improvements to the Image Component, Page Component, and Content Fragment Component.
6.4.0.0+
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-
8
7 March 2018
This release introduced the Navigation Component, Language Navigation Component, and the Quick Search Component and implemented the Style System for all components.
6.4.0.0+
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-
-
8
16 January 2018
This release implements JSON export on all components and introduces the Content Fragment Component.
6.4.0.0+
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8
10 October 2017
This release adds fixes for the Page Component, Image Component, and various global fixes and improvements.
6.4.0.0+
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8
26 April 2017
TIP
As with AEM, Adobe recommends that developers use the latest release and versions of the Core Components available that is compatible with the version of AEM that they are running in order to benefit from the most up-to-date fixes and features.
Component Versions & Releases component-versions-and-releases
The following table details which versions of which components are contained in which releases of the Core Components.
Release 1.0.0 - 1.0.6
Release 1.1.0
Release 2.0.0 - 2.0.8
Release 2.1.0
Release 2.2.0-2.2.0
Release 2.3.0-2.3.2
Release 2.4.0
Release 2.5.0
Release 2.6.0
Release 2.7.0-2.8.0
Release 2.9.0-2.17.14
Release 2.18.0
Release 2.19.0
Release 2.20.0-2.21.2
Release 2.22.0+
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Versions and Releases versions-and-releases
Core Components are distributed via GitHub. This allows Adobe to more quickly add functionality to the components and also allow for community input outside of the AEM release cycle.
The Core Components are made available with defined AEM versions with which they are compatible. This means that one AEM version may support multiple versions or releases of the Core Components.
Versions versions
The major iteration of the Core Components are the versions. Each component has a version. Versions are denoted with v appended with a nonzero, positive integer such as v1 and v2. Versions are incremented only for changes that are not backward-compatible, which is normally the case for the introduction of new features and functionality.
Developers and administrators can recognize versions of the core components by a number in their resource type paths, and in the fully qualified Java class names of their implementations. This version number represents a major version as defined by semantic versioning guidelines.
For more details about core component versions, see the developer documentation of the Core Components.
Releases releases
The core components are made available through releases and represent the actual published artifacts available on GitHu. Releases are denoted with a decimal number of the format X.Y.Z and collect all core components together as a deliverable package.
- Major releases introduce entirely new components, improvements to existing version of components, as well as standard bug fixes. This is represented by an increment in the
Xcomponent of the release number. - Minor releases introduce new components, new functionality to existing versions of components, as well as bug fixes. This is represented by an increment in the
Ycomponent of the release number. - Patch releases contain only bug fixes. This is represented by an increment in the
Zcomponent of the release number.
NOTE
Releases can contain multiple versions of the same component.
The same version of a component can appear in multiple releases.
Core Components Support core-components-support
Core Components are an integral part of AEM and are supported under the same terms and conditions as if they were delivered as part of the Quickstart.
Like other product features, the general rule of end-of-life is:
- Components are first announced to be deprecated before being removed
- At the earliest they are then removed from the AEM release following the announcement.
This gives customers at least one release cycle to move to the new version of the component, before support ends.
The version of each component clearly states the AEM versions that it supports. When support ceases for a version of AEM, then so does the support of the Core Components for that version of AEM.
For details about the support of component customizations, see the Customizing Core Components page of the relevant Core Components Version.
Foundation Component Support foundation-component-support
Adobe’s development emphasis has shifted to the Core Components and new features will continue to be added.
Nearly all Foundation Components have been deprecated with AEM 6.5 and only major bug fixes will be considered for the Foundation Components going forward.
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