New Costpoint Release Methodology

This section provides the latest updates to the new Costpoint Release Methodology originally announced with the release of Costpoint 8.2 in June of 2023. The new release methodology allows the Costpoint team to deliver new features faster, while ensuring a higher level of quality and stability.

For On-Premises Customers

As a reminder, with the launch of Costpoint 8.2 in June of 2023, Deltek moved to a Quarterly Release methodology. Quarterly Releases (QRs) will include new features, defect fixes, and regulatory updates. Deltek will provide a separate release for the Calendar Year End (CYE) updates. The CYE release will be compatible with the current year's Q2 release and beyond (that is, Q3, Q4).

Costpoint 8.2 is referred to as Deltek's Innovation Release and will adhere to the following Product Lifecycle Phases schedule (see Product Lifecycle Phase Descriptions). With the release of each Quarterly Release, the preceding Quarterly Release will move into Maintenance Support. Quarterly Releases will remain in Maintenance Support for six months. After this nine-month period (three months Active Support, six months Maintenance Support), the Quarterly Release will move into Sustaining Support.

Costpoint 8.2 on-premises customers should apply, at a minimum, two QRs each calendar year. This allows customers to skip a QR when planning their annual upgrade schedule. Adhering to this upgrade schedule ensures customers can request individual hot fixes for critical defects and apply the CYE update (if needed).

On-premises clients will need to be on the current calendar year's Q2 quarterly release or higher to consume CYE updates, which include W2, 1099, payroll, and other regulatory updates. Based on the nine-month support policy, the Q1 quarterly release will enter Sustaining Support in September.

Customers are encouraged to use Deltek-provided or alternative test automation tools to accelerate their upgrade schedule. Click here to learn more about Deltek's test automation tool.

Costpoint 8.1 is referred to as Deltek's Long-Term Support release and moved into Maintenance Support (see Support Lifecycle: Deltek Costpoint Product Family) on June 1st 2023 and will remain in Maintenance Support thru April 1st 2026. As a reminder, in Maintenance Support, Costpoint 8.1 will not receive any new features while continuing to receive new tax, legal, and regulatory updates and hot fixes for severity 1 issues.

As part of the transition to the Quarterly Release methodology, Deltek is changing the Costpoint version numbering. The new version number will reflect the year and quarter when the quarterly update was released. Deltek will implement this change starting with the 2025 Q1 release. The Q1 2025 version number will be 2025.1. The Q2 2025 version number will be 2025.2 and so on. You can check out Support Lifecycle: Deltek Costpoint Product Family for a listing of each Costpoint release.

This information is also available in KB Article 114963.

For Cloud Customers

As a reminder, with the launch of Costpoint 8.2 in June of 2023, Deltek moved to a Quarterly Release methodology. Quarterly Releases (QRs) will include new features, defect fixes, and regulatory updates. Deltek will provide a separate release for the Calendar Year End (CYE) updates.

Costpoint 8.2 is referred to as Deltek’s Innovation Release. Cloud customers will receive new features on a predictable quarterly schedule (Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4). Deltek will continue preparing Cloud customers for upcoming new features via our Client Assistance Program (CAP).

Costpoint Cloud customers can preview new features in their Non-Production System prior to enabling the feature in their Production Environment (referred to as Opt In functionality). Enterprise customers have the opportunity to participate in a quarterly Release Validation Program (RVP). The RVP is designed to provide Enterprise customers the ability to thoroughly test the quarterly release against a copy of their production data (including custom extensions and integrations) before the Quarterly Release is applied to their Production Environment.

As part of the transition to the Quarterly Release methodology, Deltek is changing the Costpoint version numbering. The new version number will reflect the year and quarter when the quarterly update was released. Deltek will implement this change starting with the 2025 Q1 release. The Q1 2025 version number will be 2025.1. The Q2 2025 version number will be 2025.2 and so on. You can check out Support Lifecycle: Deltek Costpoint Product Family for a listing of each Costpoint release.

This information is also available in KB Article 116361.