# Release of Slicer 5.8.1 in progress

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-8-1-in-progress/41931>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** release-process\
**Created:** [March 2, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-8-1-in-progress/41931 "2025-03-02T22:59:42Z")\
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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:** [March 2, 2025, 10:59pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-8-1-in-progress/41931/1 "2025-03-02T22:59:42Z")

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As discussed in the [February 25th weekly meeting](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2025-02-25-weekly-meeting/41873/4), the regular `Preview` and `Stable` builds of Slicer and its extensions will be temporarily disabled this evening (March 2nd) to facilitate the **Slicer 5.8.1 patch release**.

To track progress and review the integrated fixes, see the [Slicer 5.8.1 Release Issue](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues/8258).

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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:** [March 3, 2025, 1:46am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-8-1-in-progress/41931/2 "2025-03-03T01:46:42Z")

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## Updates

- Slicer 5.8.1 packages are being generated ⏳ (see [here](https://slicer.cdash.org/index.php?project=SlicerStable&date=2025-03-02))
- 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:** [March 3, 2025, 9:19pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-8-1-in-progress/41931/3 "2025-03-03T21:19:59Z")

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## Updates ✨

- Slicer 5.8.1 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 related to Slicer `5.8.0` and `5.8.1`
- Review remaining extensions build failures and submit issue reports and or pull requests. See [CDash](https://slicer.cdash.org/index.php?project=SlicerStable&date=2025-03-03&filtercount=1&showfilters=1&field1=builderrors&compare1=43&value1=0) report.