From 807538fe6c66bca8c91edbad14414fb4e109cbde Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: comfyanonymous <121283862+comfyanonymous@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2025 17:02:02 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Core release process. (#11447)

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 README.md | 3 +++
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@@ -119,6 +119,9 @@ ComfyUI follows a weekly release cycle targeting Monday but this regularly chang
 
 1. **[ComfyUI Core](https://github.com/comfyanonymous/ComfyUI)**
    - Releases a new stable version (e.g., v0.7.0) roughly every week.
+   - Starting from v0.4.0 patch versions will be used for fixes backported onto the current stable release.
+   - Minor versions will be used for releases off the master branch.
+   - Patch versions may still be used for releases on the master branch in cases where a backport would not make sense.
    - Commits outside of the stable release tags may be very unstable and break many custom nodes.
    - Serves as the foundation for the desktop release