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Open-source 2D and 3D game engine

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Godot 4.7.2 lands as pure patch traffic, with the 4.6 branch still taking fixes alongside it.

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◆Current state
Godot's release feed is a tag stream: every entry is a version bump whose body is boilerplate pointing at the release page. 4.7.2 is a maintenance release arriving roughly a month after 4.7.1. The only feature release visible in the window is 4.7 (18 June); everything since has been patch-level work on stability and bug fixes.
◆Where it's heading
The project is running two lines in parallel — 4.6.2 and 4.6.3 shipped on 23 June, five days after 4.7 went stable, so the older branch was still getting backports after the new one landed. Since then the cadence has narrowed to 4.7.x patches roughly monthly. The feed itself carries no detail; judging what actually changed requires leaving it for the release notes.
◆Prediction
Expect another 4.7.x maintenance release in the coming weeks. Nothing in these entries signals when the next feature release opens, so the timing of a 4.8 is not readable from this feed.

◆Recent moves

  1. 2d ago

    Godot 4.7.2 maintenance release

    A version bump to 4.7.2-stable, continuing the monthly maintenance rhythm on the 4.7 line. The entry carries no changelog of its own — just a link to the release article — so its content is only readable off-feed.

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  2. 1mo ago

    Godot 4.7.1 maintenance release

    The first patch on the 4.7 line, framed as compatible with prior releases and recommended for adoption. Standard stabilisation work following a feature release.

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  3. 1mo ago

    Godot 4.6.3 maintenance release

    A 4.6-branch patch published 29 seconds after 4.6.2 and five days after 4.7 went stable — evidence the older line was still being serviced past the new release.

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  4. 1mo ago

    Godot 4.6.2 maintenance release

    Half of a same-minute pair of 4.6 backports pushed after 4.7 shipped. Bug-fix only, compatible with earlier 4.6 releases.

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  5. 2mo ago

    Godot 4.7 feature release

    The anchor of the current window: the feature release that opened the 4.7 line, described as improving usability and performance while preserving compatibility. Every entry since has been patch work against it.

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  6. 4mo ago

    Godot 4.6.1 maintenance release

    An earlier 4.6 patch from March, before the 4.7 cycle opened. Same maintenance boilerplate as the rest of the branch.

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