📣 Kotlin 1.8.20-RC is out with: ✅ New Kotlin K2 compiler updates ✅ AutoCloseable interface and Base64 encoding in stdlib ✅ New JVM incremental compilation enabled by default ✅ New Kotlin/Wasm compiler backend What’s new | Changelog Help us put the finishing touches :magic_wand: on the RC by reporting any lingering issues in YouTrack

when is the next LTS release?

That concept doesn't really exist or makes sense in Kotlin, but you can google "Kotlin stability", there's a dedicated webpage on the website.

fair