= The Ehcache 3.x line is currently the development line.
Status of the build:
[link="https://dev.azure.com/TerracottaCI/ehcache/_build/latest?definitionId=14"]
image::https://dev.azure.com/TerracottaCI/ehcache/_apis/build/status/ehcache3[Build Status]
For more information, you might want to go check the https://github.com/ehcache/ehcache3/wiki[wiki].
== Getting started with the new API
For samples, documentation, and usage information, please see http://ehcache.org.
== Current release
We released 3.8.1 on September 4th 2019.
The https://github.com/ehcache/ehcache3/releases/tag/v3.8.1[release notes] contain the links to the artifacts and the documentation to help you get started.
You should consider upgrading to 3.8.x as it does all previous 3.x do and more with a fully compatible API.
== Current development & next release
We released the missing features of the clustering tier of Ehcache 3 in 3.7.0.
Starting with version 3.5, Ehcache only supports Java 8 and later.
Version 3.5 is now in maintenance mode. We are no longer planning to perform release of earlier versions.
See the https://github.com/ehcache/ehcache3/milestones[milestones on GitHub] for more details on the current status.
== Contribute
With great pleasure! Have a look at our link:CONTRIBUTING.adoc[Contributing policy].
== Reporting issues
Oh no! We have no bugs! (but if we really do, see details for reporting link:CONTRIBUTING.adoc#reporting-issues[here]).