# Changelog

Releases follow the semantic versioning scheme, in the form of **X.Y.Z** where:

* X stands for a major version
* Y stands for a minor version
* Z stands for a patch version

Bumping a specific version identifier indicates the type of release:

* major release: bump the major version, e.g. **4.9.0** -> **5.0.0**
* minor release: bump the minor version, e.g. **4.9.0** -> **4.10.0**
* patch release: bump the patch version, e.g. **4.9.0** -> **4.9.1**

The following guarantees are made with our releases:

* breaking API changes for [Production Ready](https://github.com/sentiance/v4-docs/blob/main/sdk/changelog/broken-reference/README.md) features require major releases
* breaking API changes for [Early Access](https://docs.sentiance.com/important-topics/sdk/appendix/feature-production-readiness) features can be made in minor releases
* deprecated features are only removed in major releases
* backwards compatible new features might be added to minor releases
* existing features might be deprecated in minor releases
* patch releases only contain bug fixes and improvements for existing features

Users of the SDK are encouraged to update to the latest available patch release at any time.