# Announcing Apache Pulsar 3.0: The First Long-Term Support Release

DevFeed: [Announcing Apache Pulsar 3.0: The First Long-Term Support Release](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-apache-pulsar-3-0-the-first-long-term-support-release-12752.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://pulsar.apache.org/blog/2023/05/02/announcing-apache-pulsar-3-0/>)

Author: Apache Pulsar Community

Published: 2023-05-02T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Apache Pulsar Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/apache-pulsar-blog.md>)

Topics: [Apache Pulsar](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/pulsar.md>), [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>), [Latency](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/latency.md>)

Tags: [apache](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apache.md>), [bug-fixes](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/bug-fixes.md>), [contributors](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/contributors.md>), [latency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/latency.md>), [load-balancer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/load-balancer.md>), [lts](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lts.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>)

## AI overview

Apache Pulsar 3.0 is introduced as the project's first Long-Term Support release. The new release model separates LTS versions from feature releases, provides extended bug-fix and security-patch support, and includes enhancements such as a new broker load balancer designed to improve cluster utilization and reduce latency.

## Source excerpt

The Apache Pulsar community today announces the release of Apache Pulsar 3.0, the first Long-Term Support (LTS) version! This is a remarkable community effort, with over 140 contributors submitting about 1500 commits for feature enhancements and bug fixes. We would like to thank all of them for their contributions!