Release candidates
When in the release candidate phase, no more can be added or changed; we are testing and bug fixing, making the product stable for launch day.- Release candidate 1: 3rd October 2023 - This release
 
Please note that dates may be subject to change depending on the availability of volunteers and circumstances beyond our control.
What’s new in Joomla 5.0 Release Candidate?
- The good news is that mostly small bug fixes has been merged into RC
 - Some speed improvements could be achieved by automatically optimizing the source code thanks to phpcs fixer.
 - Many improvements for the administrator dark mode style
 - Issue with session handling for error reporting has been resolved
 - Changes from Joomla 4.4