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[WIP] Add LTS servicing criteria document for PowerShell
Add LTS servicing criteria documentation
Feb 10, 2026
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Why is it not in PowerShell-Docs?
| - **Impact**: How many users/scenarios are affected? Is this blocking production workloads? | ||
| - **Severity**: What happens if this is not fixed? (crash, data loss, security issue, minor inconvenience?) | ||
| - **Risk**: How complex is the fix? How many code paths does it touch? | ||
| - **Alternatives**: Can users work around the issue? |
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In fact, there is always a workaround. Even if it's a complete replacement for another product.
Here I would explain that the workaround should not be too expensive to create and should not lead to large expenses when it has to be deleted.
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Establishes formal criteria for backporting fixes to LTS release branches, addressing ambiguity around what qualifies for inclusion in stability-focused releases.
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New documentation:
docs/release/LTS-servicing-criteria.mdDiscoverability: Updated
docs/maintainers/README.mdanddocs/maintainers/releasing.mdto reference the new criteria documentTemplate Example
Contributors requesting LTS backports now provide:
Aligns with public Microsoft guidance: "Updates to an LTS release only contain critical security updates and servicing fixes designed to minimize impact on existing workloads."
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