# Release of Slicer 5.4 in progress

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-4-in-progress/31214>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** release-process\
**Created:** [August 18, 2023, 7:13am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-4-in-progress/31214 "2023-08-18T07:13:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2023, 7:13am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-4-in-progress/31214/1 "2023-08-18T07:13:46Z")

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Today’s (August 18th) regular preview and stable builds of Slicer and associated extensions have been disabled in favor of a new stable release.

To track the progress, see [Release Slicer v5.4 · Issue #7178 · Slicer/Slicer · GitHub](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues/7178)

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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 11:11am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-4-in-progress/31214/2 "2023-08-19T11:11:02Z")

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Update:

- Slicer 5.4 packages are being generated ⏳
- Regular preview and stable builds have **NOT** been resumed

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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2023, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-4-in-progress/31214/3 "2023-08-19T22:41:42Z")

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## Update ✨

- Slicer 5.4.0 packages are now available for download. See [https://download.slicer.org](https://download.slicer.org)

- Regular builds are resumed and expected to be published tomorrow

If you identify any issues related to packaging and/or signing of the packages, let us know 🙏

## Next 🚀

- Finalize and publish release announcements
- Update [Signing-Application-Packages](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/wiki/Signing-Application-Packages) to account for notarization workflow updates
- Review remaining extensions build failures and submit issue reports and or pull requests. See [CDash](https://slicer.cdash.org/index.php?project=SlicerPreview&date=2023-08-17&filtercount=1&showfilters=1&field1=builderrors&compare1=43&value1=0) report.
- Address remaining 2 issues associated with this milestone. See [here](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/milestone/6)
- Finalize patch to ensure macOS download stats are all accounted for. See [slicer\_download\_stats/issues/3](https://github.com/Slicer/slicer_download_stats#3)

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**Author:** ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 5:26am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-4-in-progress/31214/4 "2023-08-21T05:26:26Z")

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Awesome. Is there a summary change/feature list (since the last stable) we can share with community?

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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2023, 6:17am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-4-in-progress/31214/5 "2023-08-21T06:17:07Z")

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> Is there a summary change/feature list […] ?

In the next few days we will compile this list 🚀

In the meantime, see the list of what is coming up in the “Next” section above.

Thanks for your patience 🙏

_Ps: I just edited the reply above to make the Update and Next sub-sections more prominent._