Overview
This page provides a high-level view of each of the past, current and planned major Tomcat versions.
The way Apache is structured and governed it is impossible to say that there will be no further enhancements, bug fixes or releases for a given version. Therefore, rather than use "No" in the tables below "Highly unlikely" has been used. That said, highly unlikely means exactly that and users of versions that are highly unlikely to see another release, even for security fixes, should consider moving to a later version.
It is anticipated that releases will be provided for a maximum of 3 major versions at any one time. It is currently planned that the last Tomcat 4.1.x release will occur no later than June 2009. However, there are currently no firm plans for Tomcat 7 therefore, depending on demand, Tomcat 4.1.x releases may continue beyond June 2009.
Tomcat 3.3.x
Spec versions: |
Servlet 2.2, JSP 1.1 |
Stable: |
Yes |
Enhancements: |
Highly unlikely |
Bug Fixes: |
Highly unlikely |
Security Fixes: |
Highly unlikely |
Releases: |
Highly unlikely |
Release Manager: |
Bill Barker (billbarker) |
Process: |
RTC |
Listed on download pages |
No |
Tomcat 4.1.x
Spec versions: |
Servlet 2.3, JSP 1.2 |
Stable: |
Yes |
Enhancements: |
Unlikely |
Bug Fixes: |
Unlikely |
Security Fixes: |
Yes |
Releases: |
As required until at least June 2009. Driven by security fixes |
Release Manager: |
Mark Thomas (markt) |
Process: |
RTC |
Listed on download pages |
Yes |
Tomcat 5.5.x
Spec versions: |
Servlet 2.4, JSP 2.0 |
Stable: |
Yes |
Enhancements: |
Unlikely |
Bug Fixes: |
Yes |
Security Fixes: |
Yes |
Releases: |
Yes |
Release Manager: |
Filip Hanik (fhanik) |
Process: |
RTC |
Listed on download pages |
Yes |
Tomcat 6.0.x
Spec versions: |
Servlet 2.5, JSP 2.1 |
Stable: |
Yes |
Enhancements: |
Yes |
Bug Fixes: |
Yes |
Security Fixes: |
Yes |
Releases: |
Yes |
Release Manager: |
Remy Maucherat (remm) |
Process: |
RTC |
Listed on download pages |
Yes |
Tomcat 7.0.x
Spec versions: |
Servlet 3.0, JSP 2.1 (there is no JSP 2.2) |
Stable: |
No |
Enhancements: |
Yes |
Bug Fixes: |
Yes |
Security Fixes: |
Yes |
Releases: |
No |
Release Manager: |
TBD |
Process: |
RTC |
Listed on download pages |
No |
Features
- 6.x plus
- Servlet 3.0
- http://svn.eu.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/trunk/webapps/docs/changelog.xml
See http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/tomcat/trunk/TOMCAT-7-RELEASE-PLAN.txt
Unsupported versions
The following versions are no longer supported. The source is still available from SVN and both source and binary downloads are available from the archives.
- Tomcat 3.0.x
- Tomcat 3.1.x
- Tomcat 3.2.x
- Tomcat 4.0.x
- Tomcat 5.0.x