Experience Manager Releases Roadmap aem-releases-roadmap

Adobe Experience Manager consistently provides new features and improvements to existing functionalities. It provides bug fixes for users across Cloud Service, Managed Services, and on-premise versions. This article lists the upcoming releases for Experience Manager.

NOTE
The dates below and roadmap updates available in this article are for information only and are subject to change at any time.

Experience Manager as a Cloud Service aem-as-cloud-service

Experience Manager as a Cloud Service new features are delivered through a monthly feature activation, while enhancements and bug fixes are delivered twice a month through maintenance releases.
The upcoming releases for Experience Manager as a Cloud Service are planned as follows:

Past Cloud Service Releases past

Release
Event
Schedule
Status
Maintenance Release 17964
Automatic Update
September 30 - October 2, 2024
Updated
Maintenance Release 18175
Automatic Update
October 14-16, 2024
Updated
Maintenance Release 18311
Automatic Update
October 28-30, 2024
Updated
Feature Release 2024.10.0
Feature Activation
October 31, 2024
Activated
Maintenance Release 18598
Automatic Update
November 11-13, 2024
Updated
Feature Release 2024.11.0
Feature Activation
November 21, 2024
Activated

Upcoming Cloud Service Releases upcoming

Release
Event
Schedule
Status
Maintenance Release 18751
Automatic Update
January 13-15, 2025
Target
Maintenance Release
Automatic Update
January 27-29, 2025
Target
Feature Release 2025.1.0
Feature Activation
January 30, 2025
Target
Maintenance Release
Automatic Update
February 10-12, 2025
Target
Maintenance Release
Automatic Update
February 24-26, 2025
Target
Feature Release 2025.2.0
Feature Activation
February 27, 2025
Target
Maintenance Release
Automatic Update
March 10-12, 2025
Target
Maintenance Release
Automatic Update
March 24-26, 2025
Target
Feature Release 2025.3.0
Feature Activation
March 27, 2025
Target
CAUTION
Planned Maintenance Exclusion Period
No automatic AEMaaCS maintenance will be executed during the following timeframes, beginning and ending at midnight (00:00) CET:
  • Monday, November 25 2024 until Tuesday, December 3 2024.
  • Monday, December 16 2024 until Friday, January 3 2025.

Experience Manager On-premise and Managed Services aem-on-prem-managed-services

Product updates in terms of new features, enhancements, and bug fixes for supported Experience Manager on-premise and Managed Services are delivered through Service Packs and Cumulative Fix Packs (CFPs). It allows for quicker adoption of product updates through frequent releases. The schedule for upcoming product updates releases is as follows.

Experience Manager 6.5 aem65

Experience Manager 6.5 product updates are delivered through Service Packs. These include new features, enhancements, and bug fixes. For details about the latest released service pack, see Experience Manager 6.5 service pack release notes.

Release
Version
Type
Schedule
Status
Experience Manager 6.5 Service Pack 20
6.5.20.0
Service Pack
February 22, 2024
Activated
Experience Manager 6.5 Service Pack 21
6.5.21.0
Service Pack
June 6, 2024
Activated
Experience Manager 6.5 Service Pack 22
6.5.22.0
Service Pack
November 21, 2024
Activated
Experience Manager 6.5 Service Pack 23
6.5.23.0
Service Pack
May 22, 2025
Target
Experience Manager 6.5 Service Pack 24
6.5.24.0
Service Pack
November 20, 2025
Target
NOTE
Experience Manager Forms releases the add-on packages one week after the scheduled Experience Manager Service Pack release date.
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