Platform Releases

SkaleData uses a monthly versioning scheme (YYYY.MM) for the platform. Each platform version bundles specific versions of all infrastructure and application components into a single, tested release.

Versioning scheme

Format	Example	Meaning
`YYYY.MM`	`2026.05`	May 2026 release

Monthly cadence — new platform versions are released roughly once per month
Patch releases — critical fixes within a month don’t bump the platform version
No downgrades — upgrades must move forward (you cannot roll back to an earlier platform version)

What’s in a platform version

Each release bundles:

Kubernetes — the cluster orchestration layer (GKE, EKS, or AKS)
Airflow — workflow orchestration (Apache Airflow + Helm chart)
Airbyte — data integration / ELT pipelines
Superset — data visualization and dashboards
DataHub — data catalog and lineage
Terraform — infrastructure provisioning engine
CNPG — managed PostgreSQL (CloudNativePG operator)

How to check your version

Console

Navigate to Clusters → [your cluster] → Configuration. The platform version is shown at the top.

CLI


skale cluster info

API


curl -H "Authorization: Bearer $API_KEY" \
  https://api.skaledata.com/clusters

The platform_version field is included in each cluster response.

How to upgrade

Upgrades run terraform apply under the hood. Your workloads experience minimal downtime — Kubernetes performs rolling updates for all application pods.

Console

Go to Clusters → [your cluster] → Configuration
Click Change next to the platform version
Select the target version and confirm

Release history

Version	Date	Highlights
2026.05	May 2026	Multi-cloud (AWS + Azure), custom Airflow images, platform version abstraction