XWiki Roadmap Archives for the 18.x Release Cycle
Last modified by Simon Urli on 2026/05/27 13:39
XWiki 18.x Cycle
Release dates for the 18.x Cycle:
- 18.0.0: January 2026

- 18.1.0: February 2026

- 18.2.0: March 2026

- 18.3.0: April 2026

- 18.4.0: May 2026

- 18.5.0: June 2026

- 18.6.0: July 2026

- 18.7.0: August 2026

- 18.8.0: September 2026

- 18.9.0: October 2026

- 18.10.0: November 2026

- 18.10.1: December 2026

- 18.10.2: December 2026

January Roadmap
XWiki Standard
- Cristal integration in XWiki
- New:
- Merge the maximum from cristal-integration into XS (custom REST endpoint, auth, etc)
- New:
- New XS Block Editor (shared component with Cristal) - Marius
- Backlog:
- New:
- Backlog:
- WCAG - Lucas
- Backlog:
- New:
- Backlog:
- Usability improvement - Lucas
- New:
- New:
- Clustering improvements + S3 attachment store & fixes - Thomas + Michael
- New:
- New:
- UI/UX improvements - Thiago + Adina
- Backlog:
- Continue closing all proposals on the forums and sync the design proposals and mark them as accepted when it's the case
- Backlog:
- Required Rights
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- Other Notification bugs
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- FA7 Upgrade - Thiago
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- javax to jakarta move - Thomas
- New:
- New:
- Design of shared components
- New:
- Simon (with Manuel): Do the design/discussions to prepare for: "Work on the onboarding flow by converting the DW to a shared component + implement the new features (list of extensions to install, replacement of Tour app for 1st time users)."
- Manuel (with Simon): Do the design/discussions to prepare for the LD extraction as a shared component, as prerequisite work for: "AWM revamp, again needs to be a shared component with Cristal: make the LD shared, then use LD in AWM, then add ability to add ability to add entries, then add the ability to have in-situ AWM apps by being able to defie an xclass structure directly in LD tables. Again need joint work with someone with knowledge of Cristal techs.
- New:
- Security work
- Backlog:
- New:
- Documentation work
- New:
- https://op.xwiki.org/projects/documentation-application/work_packages/44/activity - Vincent
- https://op.xwiki.org/projects/documentation-application/work_packages/45/activity - Vincent
- https://op.xwiki.org/projects/documentation-application/work_packages/46/activity - Vincent
- https://op.xwiki.org/projects/documentation-application/work_packages/49/activity - Vincent
- Eleni: Update the docguide to avoid duplications with the docapp doc.
- New:
Contrib & Others
- Cristal Standalone 1.0.0
- Backlog:
- New:
- Backlog:
Dates
- 18.0.0RC1:
19th 20th of January 2026
- 18.0.0:
26th27th of January 2026
February Roadmap
XWiki Standard
- Cristal integration in XWiki
- Backlog:
- New:
- Backlog:
- New XS Block Editor (shared component with Cristal) - Marius
- Backlog:
- New:
- Backlog:
- WCAG - Lucas
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- Usability improvement - Lucas
- Backlog:
- New:
- Backlog:
- Clustering improvements + S3 attachment store & fixes - Thomas + Michael
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- UI/UX improvements - Thiago + Adina
- Backlog:
- Continue closing all proposals on the forums and sync the design proposals and mark them as accepted when it's the case.
- New:
- Preparation and presentation of UX Session for February.
- Backlog:
- Required Rights
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- Other Notification bugs
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- javax to jakarta move - Thomas
- New:
- New:
- Security work
- Backlog:
- New:
- Documentation work
- Backlog:
- https://op.xwiki.org/projects/documentation-application/work_packages/45/activity - Vincent
- Update the docguide to avoid duplications with the docapp doc.
- New:
- Backlog:
- Distribution Wizard Improvements
- New:
- New:
- LD as shared component
- New:
- New:
Contrib & Others
- Cristal Standalone 1.1.0
- Backlog:
- New:
- Backlog:
- Words-based Notifications
- New:
- New:
Dates
- 18.1.0RC1:
16th of February 202617th of February 2026
- 18.1.0: 23th of February 2026

March Roadmap
XWiki Standard
- Cristal integration in XWiki
- Backlog:
- New:
- Backlog:
- New XS Block Editor (shared component with Cristal) - Marius
- Backlog:
- New:
- Backlog:
- WCAG - Lucas
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- Usability improvement - Lucas
- Backlog:
- New:
- Backlog:
- Clustering improvements + S3 attachment store & fixes - Thomas + Michael
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- UI/UX improvements - Thiago + Adina
- Backlog:
- Continue closing all proposals on the forums and sync the design proposals and mark them as accepted when it's the case
- Backlog:
- Other Notification bugs
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- javax to jakarta move - Thomas
- New:
- New:
- Security work
- Backlog:
- New:
- Documentation work
- Backlog:
- https://op.xwiki.org/projects/documentation-application/work_packages/45/activity - Vincent
- Update the docguide to avoid duplications with the docapp doc.
- New:
- Backlog:
- Distribution Wizard Improvements
- New:
- New POC in vue.js, with some steps coming from the backend.
- New:
- Performance work
- New:
- New:
- Guided Tour
- New:
- Manuel and Simon to help answer questions + review/apply PRs.
- New:
- Bug fixes
- New:
- New:
Contrib & Others
- Cristal Standalone 1.1.0
- New:
- No work specific to Cristal Standalone planned at the moment, except for release with upgraded versions of @xwiki/platform-* packages.
- New:
- Word-based Notifications
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- Bug fixes
- New:
- New:
- LLM Extension Improvements
Dates
- 18.2.0RC1:
23rd24th of March 2026
- 18.2.0: 30th of March 2026

April Roadmap
XWiki Standard
- Cristal integration in XWiki
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- New XS Block Editor (shared component with Cristal) - Marius
- Backlog:
- New:
- Backlog:
- WCAG - Lucas
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- Usability improvement - Lucas
- Backlog:
- New:
- Backlog:
- Clustering improvements + S3 attachment store & fixes - Thomas + Michael
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- UI/UX improvements - Thiago + Adina
- Backlog:
- Continue closing proposals on the forums and sync the design proposals and mark them as accepted when it's the case:
- To be closed in April:
- https://forum.xwiki.org/t/notification-inbox/13902
- https://forum.xwiki.org/t/file-upload-methods-in-cristal/14581
- https://forum.xwiki.org/t/cristal-editor-toolbar/15003
- https://forum.xwiki.org/t/proposal-to-better-differentiate-deleted-and-non-existing-pages/15366
- https://forum.xwiki.org/t/proposal-for-improvements-to-the-wiki-creation-process/15367
- https://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/AppWithinMinutesRevamp (Adina's proposal on adding Xobjects in LD and defining XClass in LD)
- To be closed in April:
- Continue closing proposals on the forums and sync the design proposals and mark them as accepted when it's the case:
- New:
- Backlog:
- Notification bugs
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- javax to jakarta move - Thomas
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- Security work
- Backlog:
- New:
- Documentation work
- Backlog:
- https://op.xwiki.org/projects/documentation-application/work_packages/45/activity - Vincent
- Update the docguide to avoid duplications with the docapp doc. - Eleni
- New:
- Backlog:
- LD as shared component
- New:
- New:
- Guided Tour
- Backlog:
- Manuel and Simon to help answer questions + review/apply PRs.
- Backlog:
- Bugs
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
Contrib & Others
No work planned.
Dates
- 18.3.0RC1:
20th21st of April 2026
- 18.3.0: 27th of April 2026

May Roadmap
XWiki Standard
- Cristal integration in XWiki
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- New XS Block Editor (shared component with Cristal) - Marius
- Backlog:
- New:
- Backlog:
- Usability improvement - Lucas
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- UI/UX improvements - Thiago
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
- New:
- To be closed in May:
- https://forum.xwiki.org/t/cristal-editor-toolbar/15003
- https://design.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Proposal/AppWithinMinutesRevamp (Adina's proposal on adding Xobjects in LD and defining XClass in LD)
- https://forum.xwiki.org/t/proposal-for-the-view-attachment-page/15403
- https://forum.xwiki.org/t/centralized-help-section-and-keyboard-shortcuts/15543
- https://forum.xwiki.org/t/proposal-for-the-panels-screen-in-global-administration/15793
- https://forum.xwiki.org/t/ui-for-managing-user-and-groups/15877
- https://forum.xwiki.org/t/ui-for-commenting-annotating-documents/15878
- https://forum.xwiki.org/t/proposal-for-a-centered-search-box-in-xwiki/16091
- To be closed in May:
- Security work
- Backlog:
- New:
- Documentation work
- Backlog:
- Update the docguide to avoid duplications with the docapp doc. - Eleni
- New:
- Backlog:
- Guided Tour
- Backlog:
- Manuel and Simon to help answer questions + review/apply PRs.
- Backlog:
- Support Requests
- Backlog:
- Backlog:
Contrib & Others
Nothing planned.
Dates
- 18.4.0RC1: 18th of May 2026

- 18.4.0:
26th27th of May 2026