Shortly after WordPress 5.5 “Eckstine” was released, a small handful of tickets were opened reporting identified bugs. Because a few of them are particularly inconvenient, 5.5.1 will be a short-cycle release so that they can be addressed more quickly.
After two 5.5.1 focused bug scrubs, the following release schedule is being proposed:
Release Candidate 1: Thursday August 27, 2020 at 20:00 UTCFinal release: Tuesday September 1st, 2020 at 15:00 UTC
The full list of the tickets targeted for this maintenance release is available on the 5.5.1 tickets report on Trac.
The 5.5.1 release is being lead by @audrasjb, @azhiyadev, @davidbaumwald, @desrosj, @johnbillion, @planningwrite,
