Release strategy
Thermo Scientific Chromeleon Chromatography Data System (CDS) is used by laboratories in a wide range of different industries around the world. Many of our customers are challenged to improve efficiency and productivity while meeting the ever-increasing demands for regulatory compliance, data integrity and flawless operation.
To better meet the wide range of requirements from our customers, Thermo Fisher Scientific employs a release strategy that provides customers with a choice of how to deploy Chromeleon CDS.
- The Feature Release (FR) channel (major (7.X) and minor (7.X.Y)) introducing new innovations and enabling customers to stay up-to-date with the newest technologies and latest advancements. Maintenance Updates (MU) are released to maintain stability. A given Feature Release is supported until the next major or minor Feature Release.
- The Long-Term Support (LTS) channel provides a base Chromeleon version enabling customers to maintain utmost stability and robustness over an extended period with minimized validation efforts. Maintenance Updates (MU) are released regularly. These updates include fixes for high priority defects that can be made with a low risk for compromising stability. Active and extended support will be maintained for at least 5 years from the initial release date of the current LTS Chromeleon version.
- The Extended support (-ES) channel provides a base Chromeleon software version enabling customers to use newer functionality than the LTS channel whilst focusing on maintaining stability. Maintenance Updates (MU) are released regularly. Active and extended support will be maintained for at least 5 years from the initial release date of the current ES Chromeleon version.
Support status tables1
Chromeleon 7 CDS - Current releases
| Version | Channel | Release date |
|---|---|---|
| 7.3.2 MUc | LTS | September 2024 |
| 7.2.10 MUh | ES | March 2024 |
| SR5 MUI | LTS | April 2021 |
Chromeleon 7 CDS - Current release strategy3
| Major | Minor | Channel | Release date | Support4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.3 | 7.3.2 MUc 7.3.2 | LTS2 | September 2024 April 2023 | Yes4a Until end of 20254a |
| 7.3 | 7.3.1 MUa 7.3.1 | FR | August 2022 December 2021 | Yes4c |
| 7.3 | 7.3.0 | FR | March 2020 | No |
| 7.2 | 7.2.10 MUh 7.2.10 | ES2 | March 2024 May 2019 | Yes4b Until end of 20254b |
| 7.2 | 7.2.9 | FR | September 2018 | No |
| 7.2 | 7.2.8 | FR | April 2018 | No |
| 7.2 | 7.2.7 | FR | November 2017 | No |
| 7.2 | SR5 MUI 7.2.SR5 | LTS2 | April 2021 March 2017 | Yes4c Until end of 20254c |
- 1 For more details about supported operating systems, such as exceptions for specific instruments or instrument combinations, please refer to the release notes, list of supported instruments, and installation guides for the specific release version, along with the relevant enterprise documentation.
- 2 For LTS and ES releases only the most recent maintenance update is mentioned. Active and extended support will be maintained for at least 5 years from the intial release date of the current LTS/ES Chromeleon version.
- 3 For supported operating systems and other system components, please refer to the Supported Operating Systems document found on the Chromeleon software’s distribution media.
- 4 Development support for release channels - Dates will be revisited each year and may be subject to change.
- 4a) Mainstream development support: Regular cumulative maintenance updates providing fixes and selected instrument drivers.
- 4b) Extended development support: Cumulative maintenance updates when required and selected instrument drivers within technical capabilities,
- 4c) Passive development support: Critical fixes with cumulative maintenance update on best-effort basis, no drivers,
- 4a) Mainstream development support: Regular cumulative maintenance updates providing fixes and selected instrument drivers.
- Discontinuance notice: Chromeleon 6.8 CDS version SR16 was the final release of the Chromeleon 6.8 software and it was discontinued as of January 1, 2020. We will no longer be able to provide bug fixes although support and services will continue on a best effort basis.
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