0.5 is the first public release. 0.4 built a working image but was never listed; its files are still reachable if you want them, though there is no reason to prefer it. Everything before 0.4 was deployed by cloning a disk by hand and has no image at all.
Once they do, expect gaps in this column. paradox updates
itself, so a version can be reached with paradox shift from an older
image without ever getting one of its own. An ISO is a shortcut for starting out,
not the definition of a release.
| version | codename | date | handbook | image |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.5 current | aurora | 2026-08 | read → | download ISO |
| 0.4 | aurora | 2026-08 | archived → | ISO · superseded |
| 0.3 | aurora | 2026-08 | archived → | no image |
| 0.2 | aurora | 2026-08 | archived → | no image |
| 0.1 | aurora | not recorded | archived → | no image |
Codenames advance with the minor version once 1.0 lands: aurora → nebula → quasar → pulsar → corona → eclipse → zenith → halcyon.