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Open Hour and Q&A 2025-JUN-19

by Salt Project Team — Jun 19, 2025

In the open hour this month, the Salt Project Team talked about the recent Salt 3006.12 LTS and 3007.4 STS CVE fix releases, the extension of Salt 3006 LTS and 3007 STS support timelines, and more.

Agenda

  • Salt 3006.12 and Salt 3007.4 STS CVE fix releases
  • Support window extended for Salt 3006 LTS and 3007 STS
  • Salt Project Google Calendar fixed
  • Windows Server 2025 and Rocky Linux 10 work is in-progress
  • Join our Discord Server
  • Q&A

Salt 3006.12 and Salt 3007.4 STS CVE fix releases

Known issues in latest releases

Support window extended for Salt 3006 LTS and 3007 STS

  • Salt 3006 LTS and 3007 STS Active Support has been extended from June 2025 to September 2025
  • Support is contingent on when Salt 3008 LTS is released
  • Salt 3008 LTS is expected to be released in Fall 2025
  • When Salt 3008 LTS is released, Salt 3007 STS will no longer be supported for bugfixes or CVE fixes
  • When Salt 3008 LTS is released, Salt 3006 LTS will be supported for another year when it comes to CVE fixes
  • Learn more: Salt Install Guide - Salt version support lifecycle

Salt Project Google Calendar fixed

  • The current Google calendar used for the Salt Project Community Calendar was restored, near the end of May, with a new embedding
  • We’ve also added a download link for the ics further below the calendar on the page
  • If you have been following/using the previous Google calendar, you will want to add the new one as a replacement

Windows Server 2025 and Rocky Linux 10 work is in-progress

Join our Discord server

Join our Discord server at: https://discord.gg/J7b7EscrAs

Discord can also help you know about upcoming Salt events, such as Open Hour and working group meetings:

  • If you express interest, Discord will notify you when an event you are interested in is starting
  • Discord Events mirror the Salt Project Community google calendar
  • Discord Desktop app: Events can be accessed at the very top-left in the Discord server
  • Discord Mobile app: Events can be found by clicking the small calendar icon beneath the Discord Server name

Q&A

Q: Any news on Python 3.12 support getting introduced?

  • In order to increase the longevity of Salt v3006.x LTS, work is being done proactively upgrade Python to 3.11 prior to the eventual release of Salt v3008 LTS
  • This update would also be applied to Salt v3007.x STS
  • Initial testing has been done with Python 3.12 in 3007 STS, but issues haven’t been addressed yet
  • Goal is to get Python 3.13 into master branch so that Salt 3008 LTS release will be running on that Python version

Q: Any ETA for a resolution on third-party vulnerability scan tools causing a denial of service in Salt 3007.x releases?

Q: Is the plan to still move lots of modules out of core salt stack and into modules?

  • Changes have already been done to master branch, which Salt 3008 LTS will eventually have a new branch released from
  • Not all modules being removed to community support currently have community extensions made for them. It will be up to community members to pickup and contribute to extensions they’d like to use
  • Official Salt Project Community Salt Extensions GitHub Org: salt-extensions
  • The Great Module Migration: List of modules being taken out of salt core for the salt community to manage
  • The Salt Extensions Working Group meets twice a month. Events can be found on the Salt Project Google Calendar, and in Salt Project Community Discord events
  • Want to learn more about Salt and extensions? Or to get involved? Drop into the #salt-extensions channel of the Salt Project Community Discord
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