OpenSSL 3.6: Upcoming Release Announcement

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OPENSSL 3.6 UPCOMING RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT



The freeze date for OpenSSL 3.=
6 Alpha is rapidly approaching. If you have a
feature, please ensure that =
your associated PRs are posted, reviewed, and ready
to be merged before the include/exclude decision date (Tuesday, 5 August =
2025)
and merged before the feature freeze date (Tuesday, 19 August 2025). =
Otherwise,
the feature will be postponed until the next release.




IMPORTANT DATES

 * Feature branches include/exclude decision date: August =
5, 2025
 * Feature branches merge: August 12, 2025
 * Feature freeze date: =
August 19, 2025
 * Alpha release date: September 2, 2025
 * Beta release date: September 16, 2025
 * Release date: October 1, 2025

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 * Added=C2=A0openssl configutl=C2=A0- utility for =
processing the openssl configuration
   file and dumping the equal =
configuration file
 * Added=C2=A0KEMRecipientInfo (RFC =
9629)=C2=A0and=C2=A0ML-KEM=C2=A0(draft-ietf-lamps-cms-kyber)
   support to=C2=A0CMS
 * Added support for=C2=A0TLS 1.3 OCSP =
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 * performance improvements, =
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2025</span></span></li>
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400;">: August 12, 2025</span></span></li>
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400;">: August 19, 2025</span></span></li>
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 13px;"><strong>Alpha release date</strong><span style=3D"font-weight: =
400;">: September 2, 2025</span></span></li>
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