| Major | Yearly | For significant changes, or when any backward-incompatible changes are introduced to the public API. |
| Minor | Monthly | For when new backward-compatible functionality is introduced to the public API, a minor feature is introduced, or when a set of smaller features is rolled out. |
| Patch | As needed | For backward-compatible bug fixes that fix incorrect behavior. See [Patch releases](#patch-releases). |
| Major | For significant changes, or when any backward-incompatible changes are introduced to the public API. | Yearly. The next major release is GitLab 12.0 on May 22, 2019. As of June 2020, major releases will occur each year on June 22. | |
| Minor | For when new backward-compatible functionality is introduced to the public API, a minor feature is introduced, or when a set of smaller features is rolled out. | Monthly on the 22nd. |
| Patch | For backward-compatible bug fixes that fix incorrect behavior. See [Patch releases](#patch-releases). | As needed. |