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…eeks (#8530) * Reduce the end of support time from 20 weeks to 16 weeks. * Update release-process section of the book * Adds changelog entry * Update CHANGELOG.md Co-authored-by: Alfredo Garcia <[email protected]> --------- Co-authored-by: Alfredo Garcia <[email protected]>
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ All notable changes to Zebra are documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org).
 
+## Zebra 1.X.X - XXXX-XX-XX
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+### Changed
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+- We realized that a longer than `zcashd` end of support could be problematic in some cases so we reverted back from 20 to 16 weeks ([#8530](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/pull/8530))
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 ## [Zebra 1.7.0](https://github.com/ZcashFoundation/zebra/releases/tag/v1.7.0) - 2024-05-07
 
 In this release we introduce Regtest functionality to Zebra and restored Windows support. Also adjusted our Zebra release interval from 2 weeks to 6 weeks approximately.

diff --git a/book/src/dev/release-process.md b/book/src/dev/release-process.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ The pre-release version is denoted by appending a hyphen and a series of dot sep
 
 ### Supported Releases
 
-Every Zebra version released by the Zcash Foundation is supported up to a specific height. Currently we support each version for about **20 weeks** but this can change from release to release.
+Every Zebra version released by the Zcash Foundation is supported up to a specific height. Currently we support each version for about **16 weeks** but this can change from release to release.
 
 When the Zcash chain reaches this end of support height, `zebrad` will shut down and the binary will refuse to start.
 

diff --git a/zebrad/src/components/sync/end_of_support.rs b/zebrad/src/components/sync/end_of_support.rs
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ pub const ESTIMATED_RELEASE_HEIGHT: u32 = 2_496_122;
 ///
 /// - Zebra will exit with a panic if the current tip height is bigger than the `ESTIMATED_RELEASE_HEIGHT`
 ///  plus this number of days.
-/// - Currently set to 20 weeks.
-pub const EOS_PANIC_AFTER: u32 = 140;
+/// - Currently set to 16 weeks.
+pub const EOS_PANIC_AFTER: u32 = 112;
 
 /// The number of days before the end of support where Zebra will display warnings.
 pub const EOS_WARN_AFTER: u32 = EOS_PANIC_AFTER - 14;