Answers.Body: <p>5.63 is the Extended-Security-Release version, which is a subscription service. You can sign up for the ESR service &amp; download that version for a small fee. Read more about it here: <a href="https://civicrm.org/blog/kbeireis/esr-long-term-solution" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://civicrm.org/blog/kbeireis/esr-long-term-solution</a></p>
  <p>If you do not wish to sign up for extended security releases, you can download the latest version of CiviCRM for free, which contains all security updates.</p>
  
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  Got it.  Took me a while to get my head around the deeply unconventional CiviCRM release cycle, version numbers and support duration being accustomed to the likes of Ubuntu's LTS and Firefox's ESR.  No complaint.  It is as it is.  Just excusing my lack of understanding.
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Body: <p>According to <a href="https://civicrm.org/blog/dev-team/civicrm-5650-5644-5634-esr-security-release" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://civicrm.org/blog/dev-team/civicrm-5650-5644-5634-esr-security-release</a>, a security release was published on 6 Sep 2023 including v5.63.4 but v5.63.4 is not listed at <a href="https://download.civicrm.org/release" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://download.civicrm.org/release</a> or <a href="https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-wordpress/tags" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-wordpress/tags</a></p>
  
Tags: <upgrade><security>
Title: Latest 5.63.x is 5.63.4 but is not available for download
ThreadText: # Latest 5.63.x is 5.63.4 but is not available for download
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2023-10-22)
  
  According to <https://civicrm.org/blog/dev-team/civicrm-5650-5644-5634-esr-security-release>, a security release was published on 6 Sep 2023 including v5.63.4 but v5.63.4 is not listed at <https://download.civicrm.org/release> or <https://github.com/civicrm/civicrm-wordpress/tags>
  
  **Tags:** upgrade, security
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2023-10-22. Score: 2
  
  5.63 is the Extended-Security-Release version, which is a subscription service. You can sign up for the ESR service & download that version for a small fee. Read more about it here: <https://civicrm.org/blog/kbeireis/esr-long-term-solution>
  
  If you do not wish to sign up for extended security releases, you can download the latest version of CiviCRM for free, which contains all security updates.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks @username_1 Got it.  Took me a while to get my head around the deeply unconventional CiviCRM release cycle, version numbers and support duration being accustomed to the likes of Ubuntu's LTS and Firefox's ESR.  No complaint.  It is as it is.  Just excusing my lack of understanding.  
  > **username_1**: You're welcome.  
  
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