Preliminary Blender 3.0 schedule.
|Phase|Description|Start Date|Branch|
| ----- | ----- | ----- | -----|
|Bcon1|New features and changes| April 14, 2021 |`master`|
|Bcon2|Improve and stabilize| September 22, 2021 |`master`|
|Bcon3|Bug fixing only| October 20, 2021 |`blender-v3.0-release`|
|Bcon4|Prepare release| November 24, 2021 |`blender-v3.0-release`|
|Bcon5|Release| December 3, 2021 |`blender-v3.0-release`|
| | | | |
|Bug Sprint 1|Cleanup backlog| October 11 - 15, 2021 |`master`|
|Bug Sprint 2|Address beta bugs| November 1 - 5, 2021 |`blender-v3.0-release`|
**[[ https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Process/Release_Cycle | Information about the release cycle and of Bcon phases ]]**
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//Pending targets as of September 7, 2021. For the features already committed check the [[ https://wiki.blender.org/wiki/Reference/Release_Notes/3.0 | release notes ]].//
**[User Interface](https://developer.blender.org/tag/user_interface/)**:
* [ ] Workshop topics (theme, shortcut)
**[VFX & Video](https://developer.blender.org/tag/vfx_video/)**:
* [ ] Thumbnail strips (GSoC project).
* [ ] Clip Editor (exposing operators as tools).
**[Grease Pencil](https://developer.blender.org/tag/grease_pencil/)**:
* [ ] Dot modifier.
* [ ] Line extension improvements.
* [ ] Shadow outlines.
**[Geometry Nodes](https://developer.blender.org/project/view/121/)**:
* [ ] Fields.
**[Asset Browser](https://developer.blender.org/project/view/130/)**:
* [ ] Catalogs.
* [ ] Material (de-duplication of textures, ...).
* [ ] Object (snap).
* [ ] Bundle.
**[Modeling](https://developer.blender.org/tag/modeling/)**:
* [ ] UV improvements (GSoC project).
* [ ] Last performance patch (dependency graph related).
**[Virtual Reality](https://developer.blender.org/project/view/116/)**:
* [ ] Viewport navigation.