# Release of Slicer 5.8 in progress

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-8-in-progress/41251>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** release-process\
**Created:** [January 24, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-8-in-progress/41251 "2025-01-24T01:56:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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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:** [January 24, 2025, 1:56am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-8-in-progress/41251/1 "2025-01-24T01:56:03Z")

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To follow-up on out last topic titled [Temporary disabling of Stable extension builds in preparation for Slicer 5.8 Release & Visual Studio update](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/temporary-disabling-of-stable-extension-builds-in-preparation-for-slicer-5-8-release-visual-studio-update/41207/8), this evening, regular preview and stable builds of Slicer and associated extensions will remain disabled in favor of the new 5.8 stable release.

To track the progress, see [Release Slicer v5.8 · Issue #8157 · Slicer/Slicer · GitHub](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues/8157)

Thanks for your patience 🙏

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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:** [January 24, 2025, 3:54am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-8-in-progress/41251/2 "2025-01-24T03:54:16Z")

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**Updates:**

- Slicer 5.8 packages are being generated (see [here](https://slicer.cdash.org/index.php?project=SlicerStable&date=2025-01-24)) ⏳
- 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:** [January 24, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/release-of-slicer-5-8-in-progress/41251/3 "2025-01-24T22:30:12Z")

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## Updates ✨

- Slicer 5.8.0 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
- ~~[Update](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/wiki/Release-Process#update-external-websites) external websites.~~
- ~~[Update](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/wiki/Release-Process#update-extensionstats-module) `ExtensionStats` module.~~
- Review remaining extensions build failures and submit issue reports and or pull requests. See [CDash](https://slicer.cdash.org/index.php?project=SlicerStable&date=2025-01-24&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