# Monthly milestones

We plan and ship in monthly cycles. Each cycle is named for a cultural, literary or scientific pioneer whose story connects to the work we're doing.

Here's a view of the road ahead. Vote for your favorites, or [request a new feature on GitHub](https://github.com/orgs/datum-cloud/discussions/categories/feature-requests).

See also: [Product Roadmap](/roadmap.md) - features planned but not yet assigned to a release.

## Upcoming

### NOV - November 2026 - "Lovelace"

Ada Lovelace was born on December 10th, 1815 and considered the world's first computer programmer. Her AWOL dad was Lord Byron.

<div><p style="margin-bottom: 2rem;"><strong>What's included in this milestone:</strong></p><ul style="margin-top: 0;"><li>Feedback reporting mechanism for agents and users <a href="https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/issues/889" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#889</a></li><li>Improve Domains &amp; DNS <a href="https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/issues/905" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#905</a></li><li>Looking Glass for Edge Network Diagnostics <a href="https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/issues/934" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#934</a></li><li>Bare Metal Infrastructure service <a href="https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/issues/912" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#912</a></li><li>Introduce &quot;Cloud Protect&quot; service <a href="https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/issues/907" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#907</a></li></ul></div>

[GitHub](https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/milestone/15)

[Full details](/releases/november-2026-lovelace.md)

### DEC - December 2026 - "Hopper"

Grace Hopper was an American computer scientist, mathematician and pioneer of computer programming, the first to devise the theory of machine-independent programming languages.

<div><p style="margin-bottom: 2rem;"><strong>What's included in this milestone:</strong></p><ul style="margin-top: 0;"><li>VPCs Private by Default <a href="https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/issues/903" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#903</a></li><li>Introduce &quot;Connections&quot; Service <a href="https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/issues/883" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#883</a></li><li>Introduce &quot;Interconnects&quot; Service <a href="https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/issues/908" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#908</a></li><li>Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) for Traffic Management <a href="https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/issues/833" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#833</a></li><li>Support for AWS Direct Connect in gVPC <a href="https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/issues/673" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">#673</a></li></ul></div>

[GitHub](https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/milestone/16)

[Full details](/releases/december-2026-hopper.md)

## Previous milestones

### OCT - October 2026 - "Hedy"

[GitHub](https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/milestone/14)

### SEP - September 2026 - "Brother Ray"

[GitHub](https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/milestone/13)

### AUG - August 2026 - "Armstrong"

[GitHub](https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/milestone/12)

### JUL - July 2026 - "Kwolek"

[GitHub](https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/milestone/11)

### JUN - June 2026 - "Katherine"

[GitHub](https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/milestone/10)

### MAY - May 2026 - "TimBL"

[GitHub](https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/milestone/9)

### APR - April 2026 - "Thuerk"

[GitHub](https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/milestone/8)

### MAR - March 2026 - "Dolores"

[GitHub](https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/milestone/7)

### FEB - February 2026 - "Blankenbaker"

[GitHub](https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/milestone/5)

### JAN - January 2026 - "Mary Elizabeth"

[GitHub](https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/milestone/4)

### DEC - Datum Cloud 1.0

[GitHub](https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/milestone/3)

### NOV - Datum Launch Release

[GitHub](https://github.com/datum-cloud/enhancements/milestone/1)

## How we plan

- **Monthly release cycles** - One named cycle per month, scoped tight and shipped end-to-end.
- **Public discussion** - Roadmap items live on GitHub Discussions where the community can vote, comment, and propose alternatives.
- **Open development** - The platform is AGPLv3. Code, issues, and design docs are all in the open at [github.com/datum-cloud](https://github.com/datum-cloud).

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Source: <https://www.datum.net/releases>