Support Policy

Current position

Pre-release channels are for evaluation only.
Stable is the active production channel.
LTS is defined only after a formal promotion.

LTS definition (planned)

Start/end support dates
Node.js support range
Supported driver matrix (mysql, pg, sqlite, mongo)
Backport policy

Supported runtime surface

Stable/LTS release notes must explicitly list supported Node and driver matrix.
SQL and Mongo support expectations are documented separately where parity differs.

Supported and tested prerequisites

The following versions are the current supported and CI-tested prerequisites.

Component	Supported / tested version
Node.js	`^20		^22		^24`
TypeScript	`^5.9.3`
MySQL	`8.0`
PostgreSQL	`16`
MongoDB	`7`
SQLite	`SQLite 3.x via better-sqlite3 12.2.0`
Memcached	`1.6+ server, client package ^2.2.2`

Backport policy

Security fixes: backported to active lines.
Correctness fixes: backported based on risk.
Feature additions: not backported to maintenance/LTS unless explicit.

Out of scope

Unsupported Node versions
Undocumented internals
Unofficial forks/custom builds