Debian 12 [bookworm](https://wiki.debian.org/DebianBookworm)[entered freeze in January 19th 2023](https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/01/msg00004.html). TPA
is in the process of studying the upgrade immediately after the
bullseye upgrade is completed. We have a hard deadline of [one year
after the stable release](https://www.debian.org/security/faq#lifespan), which gives us a few years to complete
this process. Typically, however, we try to upgrade during the freeze
to report (and contribute to) issues we find during the upgrade, as
those are easier to fix during the freeze than after. In that sense,
the deadline is more like the third quarter of 2023.
is in the process of studying the procedure and hopes to start
immediately after the bullseye upgrade is completed. We have a hard
deadline of [one year after the stable release](https://www.debian.org/security/faq#lifespan), which gives us a
few years to complete this process. Typically, however, we try to
upgrade during the freeze to report (and contribute to) issues we find
during the upgrade, as those are easier to fix during the freeze than
after. In that sense, the deadline is more like the third quarter of
2023.
It is an aggressive timeline, which will like be missed. It is tracked
in the GitLab issue tracker under the [% Debian 12 bookworm
