# Release of Slicer 5.6 in progress

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-6-in-progress/33015>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** release-process\
**Created:** [November 25, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-6-in-progress/33015 "2023-11-25T03:11:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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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:** [November 25, 2023, 3:11am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-6-in-progress/33015/1 "2023-11-25T03:11:43Z")

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Today’s (November 24th) regular `Preview` and `Stable` builds of Slicer and associated extensions will be disabled in favor of a new stable release.

To track the progress, see [Release Slicer v5.6 · Issue #7391 · Slicer/Slicer · GitHub](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues/7391)

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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:** [November 26, 2023, 10:09am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-6-in-progress/33015/2 "2023-11-26T10:09:41Z")

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Update:

- Slicer 5.6 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:** [November 26, 2023, 6:38pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-6-in-progress/33015/3 "2023-11-26T18:38:43Z")

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## Update ✨

- Slicer 5.6.0 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

## Next 🚀

- Finalize and publish release announcements
- Review remaining extensions build failures and submit issue reports and or pull requests. See [CDash](https://slicer.cdash.org/index.php?project=SlicerStable&date=2023-11-26&filtercount=1&showfilters=1&field1=builderrors&compare1=43&value1=0) report.
- Update [Signing-Application-Packages](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/wiki/Signing-Application-Packages) to account for notarization workflow updates
- Finalize the milestone. See [here](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/milestone/9)

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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:** [November 26, 2023, 7:14pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-6-in-progress/33015/4 "2023-11-26T19:14:01Z")

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2 posts were split to a new topic: [Crash on shutdown after using Colorize module](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/crash-on-shutdown-after-using-colorize-module/33042)

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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:** [December 11, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-6-in-progress/33015/5 "2023-12-11T18:57:53Z")

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This evening, regular `Preview` and `Stable` builds of Slicer and associated extensions will be disabled in favor of a **patch** release.

Fixes to be integrated are associated with the the [Slicer 5.6.1](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues/7443#issuecomment-1850672447) issue.

To track the progress, see [Patch Release Slicer v5.6.1 · Issue #7443 · Slicer/Slicer · GitHub](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues/7443)

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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:** [December 12, 2023, 1:20pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-6-in-progress/33015/6 "2023-12-12T13:20:03Z")

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Updates:

- Slicer `5.6.1` packages for Linux, macOS, and Windows have been generated. ✅

Notes:

- Packages are being signed and will soon be available for download. ⌛

Screenshot(s):

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| Source: [https://slicer.cdash.org/index.php?project=SlicerStable&date=2022-11-24](https://slicer.cdash.org/index.php?project=SlicerStable&date=2022-11-24) |

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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:** [December 12, 2023, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-6-in-progress/33015/7 "2023-12-12T20:46:29Z")

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Updates:

- Slicer 5.6.1 packages are now [available for download](https://download.slicer.org/).

- Associated release notes are also [published](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/slicer-5-6-1-summary-highlights-and-changelog/33371).

- Regular `Stable` and `Preview` builds are resumed and expected to be completed tomorrow.