Add Release and Support Policy to Roadmap

index.html

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-      <h3>2026</h3>
-      <div class="task">Release 1.2</div>
+      <h3>April 2026</h3>
+      <div class="task">Release 2.0</div>
+    </div>
+    <div class="arrow"></div>
+    <div class="group">
+      <h3>October 2026</h3>
+      <div class="task">Release 2.1</div>
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roadmap.md

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 title: "Roadmap"
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-<header>
-  <h1>Roadmap</h1>
-  <p>
-  We want to keep Operaton users informed and know what to expect next and
-  when. This also shall show where the current priorities of the contributors
-  lie. If you have other priorities you may share them in our forum or
-  contribute changes yourself (with the help of the community).
-  </p>
-</header>
+# Roadmap
+
+We want to keep Operaton users informed and know what to expect next and
+when. This also shall show where the current priorities of the contributors
+lie. If you have other priorities you may share them in our forum or
+contribute changes yourself (with the help of the community).
+
+Our project is a community-driven, open-source fork of Camunda 7 OSS, built and steered by an experienced and focused core team. To ensure long-term sustainability, we follow a clear and disciplined release strategy that defines how new features are introduced, how bug fixes are delivered, and how version end-of-life (EOL) is handled.
+This approach is designed to maximize impact and reliability: it enables continuous innovation while providing users with predictable stability and support — all without creating unnecessary operational overhead.
 
 ## Upcoming
 
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   <div class="arrow"></div>
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-    <h3>2026</h3>
-    <div class="task">Release 1.2</div>
+    <h3>April 2026</h3>
+    <div class="task">Release 2.0</div>
+  </div>
+  <div class="arrow"></div>
+  <div class="group">
+    <h3>October 2026</h3>
+    <div class="task">Release 2.1</div>
   </div>
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-### 2026 and beyond
+### Planned Release Dates & Compatibility Matrix
+
+| Version | Release Date | Support Timeline | Summary                                                   | JDK | Jakarta EE | Spring Boot | Quarkus  |
+|:--------|:-------------| :--- |:----------------------------------------------------------|:----|:-----------|:------------|:---------|
+| 1.0     | Nov. 2025    | until 1.1 | Feature parity & compatibility with Camunda 7.24          | 17  | 10         | 3.5.x       | 3.x      |
+| 1.1     | Feb. 2026    | 6 month | Extended support for Spring Boot 3.5.x                    | 17  | 10         | 3.5.x       | 3.x      |
+| 2.0     | Apr. 2026    | 6 month | New Features. Change to the half-yearly release cycle     | 17  | 11         | 4.0.x       | 3.33 LTS |
+| 2.1     | Okt. 2026    | 6 month | New Features. Update Supported Environments and Databases | 17  | 11         | 4.1.x       | next LTS |
+
+### Release Calendar
+
+For detailed information on planned releases, please check our Release Calendar [(Google Calendar ↗)](https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=MjQ5MmZhNDE4Yjg4MThiY2I4MTM3Y2YzZTBlYTNkY2Y4ZTEzZmFhMDNlZjdmZWNjNWIwMzA3YjczMmRkNWVjYUBncm91cC5jYWxlbmRhci5nb29nbGUuY29t).
 
+### Release and Support Policy
+
+Long-time Camunda 7 users should feel right at home with Operaton. The most notable change compared to Camunda 7 is the availability of monthly patch releases for the current active major/minor version. In Summary: Predictable feature updates, keeping supported Environments and Databases up to date, accompanied by regular patch releases.
+
+| |                                                                                           |
+| :--- |:------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| **Release Cadence** | Predictable, every six months (April and October) for major/minor versions.               |
+| **Support Period** | 6 month until next major/minor.                                                           |
+| **Feature Releases** | Included in major/minor releases (every six months).                                      |
+| **Preview Releases** | Monthly milestone releases from the main branch (2.0.0-M1, 2.0.0-M2). Not for production. |
+| **Patch Releases** | Monthly patch release for the current major/minor.                                        |
+| **Rolling Updates** | Backwards compatibility of the database schema between consecutive minor versions.        |
+
+### Product Roadmap - 2026 and beyond
+
+- Major Dependency Changes for the Operaton 2.0 Release - [GitHub Issue ↗](https://github.com/operaton/operaton/issues/1672)
 - Make new Web applications production ready and replace legacy ones
 - Further improvements based on our users needs
 - Remove deprecated code
-- Establish feature releases with plannable release cadence
-- SpringBoot 4/Spring 7 support
 - Job executor performance improvements
-- Jakarta EE 11 support
-- JUnit 6 support
-
-### February 2026
-
-#### Release 1.1
-
-- Update all dependencies to latest versions
-- Fixes for low prio issues reported by the community
-- Wildfly 38+ support
+- Keep Supported Environments and Databases up to date
 
 ## Past Changes