# Higress Roadmap

The maintained public Higress roadmap is published on the
[Higress website](https://higress.ai/en/docs/latest/overview/roadmap/). Its
source is version controlled in the
[`higress-group/higress-group.github.io`](https://github.com/higress-group/higress-group.github.io/blob/main/src/content/docs/latest/en/overview/roadmap.md)
repository.

Roadmap entries describe intended direction and target timing, not a guarantee
that a feature or release will ship on a particular date. Security, quality,
compatibility, and contributor availability can change priorities.

## Changing the roadmap

Anyone may propose a roadmap item or priority change through a public
[Higress issue](https://github.com/higress-group/higress/issues) or
[discussion](https://github.com/higress-group/higress/discussions). A proposal
should describe the user problem, expected outcome, project scope, major
dependencies, compatibility or security impact, and a responsible contributor
or maintainer when known.

Maintainers decide roadmap changes through the public lazy-consensus process in
[`GOVERNANCE.md`](./GOVERNANCE.md). Accepted changes are reflected in the
version-controlled website roadmap. Significant changes should link back to
the public issue, discussion, or pull request that records their rationale.

The roadmap is reviewed when planning a minor or major release and whenever a
material project-direction change is accepted. Completed work is documented in
[GitHub releases](https://github.com/higress-group/higress/releases) and the
[`release-notes`](./release-notes) directory.