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will be removed from the mirror system</li> <li>the 8.5.x branch will be made read-only</li> <li>the links to the 8.5.x documentation will be removed from tomcat.apache.org</li> <li>The bugzilla project for 8.5.x will be made read-only</li> </ul> <p>Note that all 8.5.x releases will always be available from the archive.</p> <p>It is anticipated that the final 8.5.x release will be made shortly before 31 March 2024.</p> </div></div></div></div></main><footer id="footer"> Copyright © 1999-2024, The Apache Software Foundation <br> Apache Tomcat, Tomcat, Apache, the Apache Tomcat logo and the Apache logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of the Apache Software Foundation. </footer></div><script src="res/js/tomcat.js"></script></body></html>