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GS1 GDSN Release Schedule

The following schedule reflects upcoming GS1 GDSN releases and will be updated as more information is available for each network release. The schedule includes expected release dates and Cut-off dates for future releases. The GS1 GDSN User Group and the Operations and Technology Advisory Group (OTAG) has proposed the following schedules. GS1 and the GS1 GDSN community will continue to work together to develop upcoming releases.

As content for each release is finalised, it will be posted on the GS1 GDSN Standards page.

GS1 Global Data Model Release schedule

Global Product Classification Standard

Maintenance Release 3.1.29 (November 2024)
Small

16 January 2024 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes and Validation Rules work requests
16 April 2024 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
06 August 2024 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
14 September 2024 - BETA Environment
16 November 2024 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.30 (February 2025)
New Attributes and Efficient Code Lists

14 May 2024 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes, Regulatory related Validation Rules and VRs related to a new Attribute
20 August 2024 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
19 November 2024 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
21 December 2024 - BETA Environment
22 February 2025 - Production Deployment

The 3.1.30 release is CANCELLED. This decision to cancel was approved by the OTAG group (Operational Technology Advisory Group)

Maintenance Release 3.1.31 (May 2025)
Large

30 July 2024 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes work requests
10 September 2024 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Validation Rules and Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
3 December 2024 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
22 February 2025 - BETA Environment
24 May 2025 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.32 (August 2025)
New Attributes and Efficient Code Lists

19 November 2024 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes, Regulatory related Validation Rules and VRs related to a new Attribute
25 February 2025 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
20 May 2025 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
21 June 2025 - BETA Environment
23 August 2025 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.33 (November 2025)
Small

4 February 2025 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes and Validation Rules work requests
29 May 2025 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
12 August 2025 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
20 September 2025 - BETA Environment
15 November 2025 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.34 (February 2026)
New Attributes and Efficient Code Lists

13 May 2025 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes
19 August 2025 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
18 November 2025 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
20 December 2025 - BETA Environment
21 February 2026 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.35 (May 2026)
Large

13 May 2025 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes and Validation Rules work requests
09 September 2025 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
02 December 2025 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
21 February 2026 - BETA Environment
16 May 2026 - Production Deployment

Please find below a summary of all deployed and past GS1 GDSN Maintenance Releases:

Maintenance Release 3.1.28 (August 2024)
New Attributes and Efficient Code Lists

12 November 2023 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes, Regulatory related Validation Rules and VRs related to a new Attribute
20 February 2024 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
7 May 2024 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
15 June 2024 - BETA Environment
17 August 2024 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.27 (May 2024)
Large

1 August 2023 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes and Validation Rules work requests
29 September 2023 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
5 December 2023 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
17 February 2024 - BETA Environment
18 May 2024 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.26 (February 2024)
Efficient Code Lists and Regulatory Attributes Only

23 May 2023 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Regulatory Attributes
29 August 2023 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
21 November 2023 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
23 December 2023 - BETA Environment
24 February 2024 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.25 (November 2023)
Small

7 February 2023 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes and Validation Rules work requests
9 May 2023 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
14 August 2023 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
16 September 2023 - BETA Environment
18 November 2023 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.24 (August 2023)
New Attributes and Efficient Code Lists

8 November 2022 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes, Regulatory related Validation Rules and VRs related to a new Attribute
7 February 2023 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
8 May 2023 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
24 June 2023 - BETA Environment
19 August 2023 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.23 (May 2023)
Large

23 August 2022 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes and Validation Rules work requests
20 September 2022 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
5 December 2022 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
25 February 2023 - BETA Environment
20 May 2023 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.22 (February 2023)
New Attributes and Efficient Code Lists

24 May 2022 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes, Regulatory related Validation Rules and VRs related to a new Attribute
23 August 2022 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
22 November 2022 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
17 December 2022 - BETA Environment
25 February 2023 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.21 (November 2022)
Small

1 February 2022 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes and Validation Rules work requests
3 May 2022 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
16 August 2022 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
24 September 2022 - BETA Environment
19 November 2022 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.20 (August 2022)
New Attributes and Efficient Code Lists

9 November 2021 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes, Regulatory related Validation Rules and VRs related to a new Attribute
10 February 2022 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
9 May 2022 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
25 June 2022 - BETA Environment
13 August 2022 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.19 (May 2022)
Large

25 May 2021 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes, Regulatory related Validation Rules and VRs related to a new Attribute
21 September 2021 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
14 December 2021 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
19 February 2022 - BETA Environment
21 May 2022 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.18 (February 2022)
New Attributes and Efficient Code Lists

25 May 2021 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes, Regulatory related Validation Rules and VRs related to a new Attribute
24 August 2021 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
9 November 2021 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
11 December 2021 - BETA Environment
26 February 2022 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.17 (November 2021)
Small

2 February 2021 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes and Validation Rules work requests
4 May 2021 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
17 August 2021 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
25 September 2021 - BETA Environment
20 November 2021 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.16 (August 2021) In Production
New Attributes and Efficient Code Lists

10 November 2020 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes, Regulatory related Validation Rules and VRs related to a new Attribute
9 February 2021 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
11 May 2021 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
26 June 2021 - BETA Environment
14 August 2021 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.15 (May 2021)
Large

12 May 2020 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes and Validation Rules work requests
8 September 2020 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
24 November 2020 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
16 January 2021 - BETA Environment
15 May 2021 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.14 (November 2020)
Small

14 January 2020 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes and Validation Rules work requests
14 April 2020 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
4 August 2020 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
7 September 2020 - BETA Environment
7 November 2020 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.13 (August 2020)
New Attributes and Efficient Code Lists

12 November 2019 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes, Regulatory related Validation Rules and VRs related to a new Attribute
12 May 2020 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
13 June 2020 - BETA Environment
7 - 9 August 2020 - Production Deployment (Extended migration for approved Infrastructure updates)

Maintenace Release 3.1.12 (May 2020)
Large

9 May 2020 Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.11 (Feb 2020)
Efficient Code Lists

10 May 2019 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved requirements
15 November 2019 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
28 December 2019 - BETA Environment
15 February 2020 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.10 (November 2019)
Small

18 January 2019 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes and Validation Rules work requests
12 April 2019 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
2 August 2019 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
7 September 2019 - BETA Environment
2 November 2019 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.9 (August 2019)
New Attributes Only

9 November 2018 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes, Regulatory related Validation Rules and VRs related to a new Attribute
11 May 2019 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
29 June 2019 - BETA Environment
10 August 2019 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.8 (May 2019)
Large

31 May 2018 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes and Validation Rules work requests
7 September 2018 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
30 November 2018 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
23 February 2019 - BETA Environment
11 May 2019 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.7 (November 2018)
Small

4 May 2018 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes and Validation Rules work requests
4 May 2018 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
29 June 2018 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
1 September 2018 - BETA Environment
3 November 2018 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.6 (11 August 2018)
New Attributes Only

10 November 2017 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes, Regulatory related Validation Rules and VRs related to a new Attribute
6 April 2018 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
16 June 2018 - BETA Environment
11 August 2018 - Production Deployment

Maintenance Release 3.1.5 (12 May 2018)
Small

25 July 2017 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Attributes and Validation Rules work requests
20 October 2017 - Cut-off date for eballoted and approved Efficient Code Lists (ECL) work requests
5 January 2018 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
17 March 2018 - BETA Environment
12 May 2018 - Production Deployment
To learn more about this release please click here to listen to the Maintenance Release 3.1.5 conference call

Maintenance Release 3.1.4 (10 February 2018)
New Attributes Only

10 May 2017 - Cut-off date for eballoted approved work requests eligible for this release
26 September 2017 - Final standard delivered after e-ballot process
24 October 2017 - Estimated delivery date of final GS1 documentation for this release
16 December 2017 - BETA Environment
10 February 2018 - Production Deployment