Important
The following is an early developer preview of the changes expected in 2023.5
This post is a live-document which will be updated throughout our development cycle. Any links will in this topic will be broken until the release is officially published. When we are ready for release, we’ll copy this changelog and create a new post in the Announcements category .
Important Developer Information
Dates (please keep an 
on this post, these 
might change):
- PRs must be merged by: May 5th, 2023
- Repo Freeze and Package Building: May 10th, 2023
- Release Day: May 12th, 2023
Developer Project Board:
QIIME 2 2023.5 Project on Github
Exciting Announcements!
BREAKING CHANGES
Here are the highlights of the release: