# Rocket.Chat LTS 8.5.x and 8.9.x

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**Category:** Announcements\
**Created:** [September 22, 2026, 6:15pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/rocket-chat-lts-8-5-x-and-8-9-x/23022 "2026-09-22T18:15:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![reetp](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/forums.rocket.chat/reetp/32/5546_2.png) [@reetp](https://forums.rocket.chat/u/reetp)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2026, 10:41pm UTC](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/rocket-chat-lts-8-5-x-and-8-9-x/23022/2 "2026-09-22T22:41:45Z")

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Shame the powers that be never got their act together. Too little, to late. As normal.

Utterly useless.

> [@LTS or not LTS - that is the question](https://forums.rocket.chat/t/lts-or-not-lts-that-is-the-question/23021/1):
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> When it is Rocket.Chat So we have 7.10.x and have been waiting for the next LTS to upgrade. I understood this would be 8.8.x LTS is supported for 12 months so you would expect that the next LTS would be released to align with the previous version ,and give you time to test and upgrade. But not at Rocket.Chat No, here they slip out 8.5 and call it LTS and the ONLY way you know it is if you keep checking the doc release pages to see if someone updated it (because the junk ‘upgrade’ notificatio…

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