From 8c50ab6e3717c8bc1dbeaaad2a75bdeca6343a87 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: FosterStack Admin <317177128+fosterstack-admin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 20:21:48 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] Page: long-term support for a build cache, what is
 supported today

---
 long-term-support-build-cache/index.html | 123 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 sitemap.xml                              |   4 +
 2 files changed, 127 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 long-term-support-build-cache/index.html

diff --git a/long-term-support-build-cache/index.html b/long-term-support-build-cache/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7629d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/long-term-support-build-cache/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+<meta charset="utf-8">
+<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+<title>Long-term support for a build cache: what is supported today</title>
+<meta name="description" content="What long-term support (LTS) means for a self-hosted build cache and what FosterStack Cache supports today: the latest minor release, same-day fixes for all, and no LTS line yet.">
+<link rel="canonical" href="https://fosterstack.com/long-term-support-build-cache/">
+<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.svg" type="image/svg+xml">
+<link rel="icon" href="/favicon.ico" sizes="any">
+<link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/apple-touch-icon.png">
+<style>
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+    --mark: #0f4d66;
+  }
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+    :root {
+      --bg: #101318; --fg: #e8eaf0; --muted: #98a2b3; --line: #262c36;
+      --accent: #2fbf95; --accent-fg: #08110e; --card: #171c23; --warn-bg: #241a10; --warn-line: #7c4a12;
+      --mark: #e8eaf0;
+    }
+  }
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+  .tag { color: var(--muted); font-size: .85rem; }
+  .notice {
+    background: var(--warn-bg); border: 1px solid var(--warn-line); border-radius: 8px;
+    padding: .7rem 1rem; font-size: .92rem; margin: 1.5rem 0 2.5rem;
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+  h2 { font-size: 1.25rem; margin: 3rem 0 .9rem; letter-spacing: -.01em; }
+  p + p { margin-top: .8rem; }
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+  code, pre { font-family: ui-monospace, "SF Mono", Menlo, monospace; font-size: .88em; }
+  code { background: var(--card); border: 1px solid var(--line); border-radius: 5px; padding: .1em .35em; }
+  pre code { background: none; border: 0; padding: 0; color: inherit; font-size: 1em; }
+  button {
+    padding: .7rem 1.3rem; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: 600; cursor: pointer;
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+         text-decoration: none; background: var(--accent); color: #fff; }
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+  footer { border-top: 1px solid var(--line); margin-top: 4rem; padding: 1.5rem 1.25rem 3rem; }
+  footer div { max-width: 44rem; margin: 0 auto; color: var(--muted); font-size: .82rem; }
+  a { color: var(--accent); }
+</style>
+</head>
+<body>
+<header class="site">
+  <div class="logo"><svg class="mark" viewBox="0 0 96 96" aria-hidden="true" focusable="false"><rect x="12" y="14" width="72" height="18" rx="5" fill="var(--mark)"/><rect x="12" y="39" width="48" height="18" rx="5" fill="var(--mark)"/><rect x="12" y="64" width="26" height="18" rx="5" fill="var(--accent)"/></svg>foster<span>stack</span></div>
+  <div class="tag">Infrastructure worth keeping — and kept patched.</div>
+</header>
+<main>
+  <h1>Long-term support for a build cache: what is supported today</h1>
+  <p class="lede">"LTS" means a version that keeps getting fixes for a stated period, so you can stay on it. Here is what that means for FosterStack Cache today, with no promises beyond what exists.</p>
+
+  <h2>What is supported today</h2>
+  <p>The latest minor release. That is the whole policy for now, and our <a href="https://github.com/fosterstack/cache/blob/main/SECURITY.md">security policy</a> says so. There is no separate long-term-support line yet, no list of older versions that get fixes, and no support period to quote.</p>
+
+  <h2>What that means for you</h2>
+  <ul class="trust">
+    <li>To get a fix, move to the latest release. Fixes are not back-ported to older ones.</li>
+    <li>A fix reaches the free and paid versions on the same day. Security patches are never withheld from the free tier.</li>
+    <li>We aim to ship fixes for dependency vulnerabilities within 48 hours of public disclosure. That is a target, not a promise.</li>
+    <li>Every published image is rescanned daily, so a vulnerability disclosed against something we already shipped raises an issue.</li>
+  </ul>
+
+  <h2>How to run it with that in mind</h2>
+  <ul class="trust">
+    <li>Pin the image to an exact version or digest, not <code>latest</code>, so a deploy never changes without you choosing it.</li>
+    <li>Upgrade on a routine. A build cache is disposable, so an upgrade that goes wrong costs you slower builds while it refills, not lost work.</li>
+    <li>Watch the repository's releases on GitHub. It is the one notice channel, and you can stop at any time. We do not collect email.</li>
+  </ul>
+
+  <h2>What we are not saying</h2>
+  <p>We are not announcing an LTS line, a support period, or a date. If one ever exists, it will be described here, in present tense, once it ships. The project is early, and nobody runs it in a real build pipeline yet except us.</p>
+
+  <p class="muted-note">Related: <a href="/how-we-build/">how releases are built and signed</a> and <a href="/verify-replacement-build-cache/">what to check in a replacement build cache</a>.</p>
+  <div class="cta-row">
+    <a class="btn" href="/build-cache-node-faq/">Questions and answers</a>
+    <a class="btn btn-secondary" href="/">FosterStack home</a>
+  </div>
+</main>
+<footer>
+  <div>
+    <p>FosterStack is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Gradle Inc.
+    "Gradle" and "Develocity" are trademarks of Gradle Inc., used here only to identify
+    compatibility. FosterStack contains no Gradle Inc. code; it is a clean-room implementation
+    of the documented remote build cache HTTP protocol. Apache Maven is a trademark of the
+    Apache Software Foundation; the Maven Build Cache Extension is Apache's project, not
+    ours.</p>
+    <p style="margin-top:.6rem">© 2026 FosterStack · <a href="/regulated/">For regulated markets</a> · <a href="https://github.com/fosterstack/cache">github.com/fosterstack/cache</a> · <a href="mailto:hello@fosterstack.com">hello@fosterstack.com</a></p>
+  </div>
+</footer>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/sitemap.xml b/sitemap.xml
index 8c1e470..deb0511 100644
--- a/sitemap.xml
+++ b/sitemap.xml
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@
     <changefreq>weekly</changefreq>
     <priority>1.0</priority>
   </url>
+  <url>
+    <loc>https://fosterstack.com/long-term-support-build-cache/</loc>
+    <lastmod>2026-10-08</lastmod>
+  </url>
 </urlset>

From 814ca382166654ff3b1a4ebd2cc83d6cf290dd7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: FosterStack Admin <317177128+fosterstack-admin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 20:22:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] LTS page: say only what the policy says

---
 long-term-support-build-cache/index.html | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/long-term-support-build-cache/index.html b/long-term-support-build-cache/index.html
index 7629d80..eda7560 100644
--- a/long-term-support-build-cache/index.html
+++ b/long-term-support-build-cache/index.html
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ <h2>What is supported today</h2>
 
   <h2>What that means for you</h2>
   <ul class="trust">
-    <li>To get a fix, move to the latest release. Fixes are not back-ported to older ones.</li>
+    <li>To get a fix, move to the latest release. Older releases are not on the supported list.</li>
     <li>A fix reaches the free and paid versions on the same day. Security patches are never withheld from the free tier.</li>
     <li>We aim to ship fixes for dependency vulnerabilities within 48 hours of public disclosure. That is a target, not a promise.</li>
     <li>Every published image is rescanned daily, so a vulnerability disclosed against something we already shipped raises an issue.</li>

From 92e336f65021c3c761485ba37b29a7e7058ec49e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: FosterStack Admin <317177128+fosterstack-admin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 20:23:32 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] LTS: no paid-version implication

---
 long-term-support-build-cache/index.html | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/long-term-support-build-cache/index.html b/long-term-support-build-cache/index.html
index eda7560..ec8db53 100644
--- a/long-term-support-build-cache/index.html
+++ b/long-term-support-build-cache/index.html
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ <h2>What is supported today</h2>
   <h2>What that means for you</h2>
   <ul class="trust">
     <li>To get a fix, move to the latest release. Older releases are not on the supported list.</li>
-    <li>A fix reaches the free and paid versions on the same day. Security patches are never withheld from the free tier.</li>
+    <li>Security patches are never withheld from the free tier.</li>
     <li>We aim to ship fixes for dependency vulnerabilities within 48 hours of public disclosure. That is a target, not a promise.</li>
     <li>Every published image is rescanned daily, so a vulnerability disclosed against something we already shipped raises an issue.</li>
   </ul>

From 622c5aad365a448553bc9c4c80e025b4357b59cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: FosterStack Admin <317177128+fosterstack-admin@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 20:50:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] Owner cold-read edit: cut the "nobody runs it" line

---
 long-term-support-build-cache/index.html | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/long-term-support-build-cache/index.html b/long-term-support-build-cache/index.html
index ec8db53..f06ee00 100644
--- a/long-term-support-build-cache/index.html
+++ b/long-term-support-build-cache/index.html
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ <h2>How to run it with that in mind</h2>
   </ul>
 
   <h2>What we are not saying</h2>
-  <p>We are not announcing an LTS line, a support period, or a date. If one ever exists, it will be described here, in present tense, once it ships. The project is early, and nobody runs it in a real build pipeline yet except us.</p>
+  <p>We are not announcing an LTS line, a support period, or a date. If one ever exists, it will be described here, in present tense, once it ships. The project is early.</p>
 
   <p class="muted-note">Related: <a href="/how-we-build/">how releases are built and signed</a> and <a href="/verify-replacement-build-cache/">what to check in a replacement build cache</a>.</p>
   <div class="cta-row">