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stick to 2023a for now in toolchain support policy
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# Supported Toolchain Generations Policy {: #policy_toolchains }

!!! note
This policy will be implemented as part of the release of [EasyBuild 5.0][overview]

For the central EasyBuild repositories, we support a set of toolchain generations.

* Accept PRs only for the 6 most recent toolchain generations.
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Sites and users can then supplement these easyconfigs via there own collection of easyconfigs. This additional
collection is added via the [robot search path][robot_search_path].

## Example

As of November 2023 the latest toolchain generation is `2023b`.
## Current situation

* Supported: 2023b, 2023a, 2022b, 2022a, 2021b, 2021a
* Deprecated: 2020b and 2020a
* Archived (and unsupported): 2019b and older
As of July 2023 (EasyBuild 4.8.0) the latest toolchain generation is `2023a`.

* Supported: 2023a, 2022b, 2022a, 2021b, 2021a, 2020b
* Deprecated: 2020a (GCC 9.3.0), 2019b (GCC 8.3.0)
* Archived (and unsupported): 2019a (GCC 8.2.0), and older