Core Components Versions
Last update: Fri Sep 22 2023 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
The current release of the Core Components is 2.23.4 and is compatible with AEM as a Cloud Service and on-premise AEM installations.
Release History and Compatibility
The Core Components are designed to be flexible and compatible with all supported AEM versions. Because of this a release of the components can contain multiple versions of the same component.
The following tables illustrate the compatibility of the releases of the Core Components along with which component versions are contained in which releases.
Release History & Requirements
The following table, the contents of which are available on GitHub with full release details, gives an overview of the releases of the Core Components and their compatibility with AEM releases and Java versions.
Release
Description
AEM 6.4
AEM 6.5
AEM as a Cloud Service
Java
Release Date
This patch release included various bug fixes.
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6.5.17.0+
Continual
8, 11
15 September 2023
This patch added Dynamic Media smart crop for remote assets to the
Image and
Teaser Components and fixed a number of bugs.
-
6.5.17.0+
Continual
8, 11
4 August 2023
-
6.5.17.0+
Continual
8, 11
6 June 2023
This patch release fixes two issues.
-
6.5.14.0+
Continual
8, 11
25 May 2023
This patch release fixes two regressions.
-
6.5.14.0+
Continual
8, 11
11 May 2023
This patch release brings back features which were accidentally removed in previous release.
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6.5.14.0+
Continual
8, 11
9 May 2023
-
6.5.14.0+
Continual
8, 11
21 April 2023
-
6.5.14.0+
Continual
8, 11
5 April 2023
This is a maintenance release to address two issues introduced in 2.22.0
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6.5.14.0+
Continual
8, 11
31 March 2023
-
6.5.14.0+
Continual
8, 11
9 February 2023
-
6.5.13.0+
Continual
8, 11
12 September 2022
This release includes a number of enhancements including publication of the LinkHandler API, improvements to the
Image Component and
Data Layer, as well as improvements to multi-panel components.
-
6.5.13.0+
Continual
8, 11
12 September 2022
This release fixes an issue with delivery of SVG images via AdaptiveImageServlet.
-
6.5.13.0+
Continual
8, 11
4 August 2022
-
6.5.13.0+
Continual
8, 11
7 July 2022
-
6.5.13.0+
Continual
8, 11
29 June 2022
-
6.5.13.0+
Continual
8, 11
20 June 2022
-
6.5.13.0+
Continual
8, 11
9 June 2022
-
6.5.10.0+
Continual
8, 11
7 April 2022
This release fixes an issue for AEMaaCS.
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6.5.10.0+
Continual
8, 11
17 March 2022
This is a patch release.
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6.5.10.0+
Continual
8, 11
3 March 2022
This major release of the core components sees the introduction of a new link handler across new versions of multiple components along with many accessibility improvements and bug fixes.
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6.5.10.0+ *
Continual
8, 11
16 February 2022
This is a patch release.
6.4.8.4+
6.5.6.0+
Continual
8, 11
13 December 2021
This is a patch release that fixes a regression introduced with the previous release.
6.4.8.4+
6.5.6.0+
Continual
8, 11
1 October 2021
This patch enhances the
List and
Navigation components to display the external URL for redirect targets, enables page images inheritance for the upcoming v2 of the
Teaser component, and contains additional bug fixes.
6.4.8.4+
6.5.6.0+
Continual
8, 11
31 August 2021
This patch release This is a patch release to fix a backward incompatible change which was introduced previously.
6.4.8.4+
6.5.6.0+
Continual
8, 11
2 August 2021
This patch release adds support for site maps for Pages and includes various accessibility improvements.
6.4.8.4+
6.5.6.0+
Continual
8, 11
29 July 2021
This patch release includes a fix for the
Data Layer not working with AEMaaCS.
6.4.8.4+
6.5.6.0+
Continual
8, 11
8 July 2021
This release includes tech previews of many new component versions supporting link handler features as well as a tech preview of a featured image feature for the
Page Component. Several bug fixes are also included.
6.4.8.4+
6.5.6.0+
Continual
8, 11
16 June 2021
This is a patch release to fix an issue with the new Link Handler.
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
Continual
8, 11
19 May 2021
This was a patch release mainly fixing an issue with the new Link Handler and added an enhancement to support multi-page applications for
PWA.6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
Continual
8, 11
15 May 2021
This release focused on accessibility improvements as well as introducing a new Link Handler to existing components.
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
Continual
8, 11
22 April 2021
This was a patch release mainly fixing issues with
Data Layer backward compatibility and IT tests failing in certain situations.
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
Continual
8, 11
16 March 2021
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
Continual
8, 11
23 February 2021
This release includes new options for the
Embed Component and introduces the Brand Slug at the
page level as well as addressing many issues.
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
Continual
8, 11
9 February 2021
This was a patch release addressing an issue with the RTE when used on AEMaaCS
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
Continual
8, 11
16 December 2020
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
Continual
8, 11
4 December 2020
This was a patch release for 2.12.0 including minor fixes.
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
Continual
8, 11
11 November 2020
This was a patch release for 2.12.0 that fixes a major bug in the
Image Component.6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
Continual
8, 11
5 November 2020
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
Continual
8, 11
29 October 2020
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
Continual
8, 11
20 July 2020
6.4.8.1+
6.5.5.0+
Continual
8, 11
17 June 2020
6.4.8.0+
6.5.4.0+
Continual
8, 11
29 May 2020
This release focused on fixes with small enhancements.
6.4.4.0+
6.5.0.0+
Continual
8, 11
5 December 2019
6.4.4.0+
6.5.0.0+
Continual
8, 11
25 September 2019
6.4.4.0+
6.5.0.0+
Continual
8, 11
6 September 2019
6.4.2.0+
6.5.0.0+
Continual
8, 11
25 June 2019
6.4.2.0+
6.5.0.0+
Continual
8, 11
7 May 2019
6.4.2.0+
6.5.0.0+
Continual
8
14 March 2019
6.4.2.0+
-
-
8
11 February 2019
This release mainly focused on bug fixes, but also contains some feature enhancements for the
Carousel Component.6.4.2.0+
-
-
8
27 November 2018
6.4.2.0+
-
-
8
16 October 2018
6.4.2.0+
-
-
8
13 July 2018
This was a bugfix release.
6.4.0.0+
-
-
8
12 June 2018
This release added under-the-hood improvements, bug fixes, and small improvements including support of image flip in the
Image Component.6.4.0.0+
-
-
8
11 April 2018
6.4.0.0+
-
-
8
7 March 2018
6.4.0.0+
-
-
8
16 January 2018
6.4.0.0+
-
-
8
10 October 2017
6.4.0.0+
-
-
8
4 August 2017
6.4.0.0+
-
-
8
26 April 2017
6.4.0.0+
-
-
7
22 March 2017
Initial release of Core Components.
6.4.0.0+
-
-
7
20 March 2017
Component Versions & Releases
The following table details which versions of which components are contained in which releases of the Core Components.
Release 1.0.0 - 1.0.6
Release 1.1.0
Release 2.0.0 - 2.0.8
Release 2.1.0
Release 2.2.0-2.2.0
Release 2.3.0-2.3.2
Release 2.4.0
Release 2.5.0
Release 2.6.0
Release 2.7.0-2.8.0
Release 2.9.0-2.17.14
Release 2.18.0
Release 2.19.0
Release 2.20.0-2.21.2
Release 2.22.0+
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Versions and Releases
Core Components are distributed via GitHub. This allows Adobe to more quickly add functionality to the components and also allow for community input outside of the AEM release cycle.
The Core Components are made available with defined AEM versions with which they are compatible. This means that one AEM version may support multiple versions or releases of the Core Components.
Versions
The major iteration of the Core Components are the versions. Each component has a version. Versions are denoted with v appended with a nonzero, positive integer such as v1 and v2. Versions are incremented only for changes that are not backward-compatible, which is normally the case for the introduction of new features and functionality.
Developers and administrators can recognize versions of the core components by a number in their resource type paths, and in the fully qualified Java class names of their implementations. This version number represents a major version as defined by semantic versioning guidelines.
For more details about core component versions, see the developer documentation of the Core Components.
Releases
The core components are made available through releases and represent the actual published artifacts available on GitHu. Releases are denoted with a decimal number of the format X.Y.Z and collect all core components together as a deliverable package.
- Major releases introduce entirely new components, improvements to existing version of components, as well as standard bug fixes. This is represented by an increment in the
X component of the release number.
- Minor releases introduce new components, new functionality to existing versions of components, as well as bug fixes. This is represented by an increment in the
Y component of the release number.
- Patch releases contain only bug fixes. This is represented by an increment in the
Z component of the release number.
Releases can contain multiple versions of the same component.
The same version of a component can appear in multiple releases.
Core Components Support
Core Components are an integral part of AEM and are supported under the same terms and conditions as if they were delivered as part of the Quickstart.
Like other product features, the general rule of end-of-life is:
- Components are first announced to be deprecated before being removed
- At the earliest they are then removed from the AEM release following the announcement.
This gives customers at least one release cycle to move to the new version of the component, before support ends.
The version of each component clearly states the AEM versions that it supports. When support ceases for a version of AEM, then so does the support of the Core Components for that version of AEM.
For details about the support of component customizations, see the Customizing Core Components page of the relevant Core Components Version.
Foundation Component Support
Adobe’s development emphasis has shifted to the Core Components and new features will continue to be added.
Nearly all Foundation Components have been deprecated with AEM 6.5 and only major bug fixes will be considered for the Foundation Components going forward.