Release 6.9

Author: jaredgalanis

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+title: Ember 6.9 Released
+authors:
+  - jared-galanis
+date: 2025-12-05T00:00:00.000Z
+tags:
+  - releases
+  - '2025'
+  - version-6-x
+---
+
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+
+The Ember project is excited to announce the release of Ember v6.9. This is a standard minor release as part of the [standard Ember Release Train process](https://emberjs.com/releases/). Version 6.8 of Ember.js is now promoted to LTS (Long Term Support). An LTS version of Ember continues to receive security updates for 9 release cycles (54 weeks) and bugfixes for 6 cycles (36 weeks). LTS releases typically occur every four minor versions. The previous LTS version of Ember.js was 6.4.
+
+## Ember.js v6.9
+
+Ember.js 6.9 introduces <insert high level features to feature> for Ember developers to use today and a new way to publish the `ember-source` package. We have also included one bugfix and there are no new deprecations.
+
+### Key Features
+
+<insert key features>
+
+### Other Features
+
+<insert other features>
+
+#### Trusted publishing
+
+v6.9.0 of `ember-source` is the first minor version of the package to be published to `npm` with [Trusted Publishing](https://docs.npmjs.com/trusted-publishers). We will be implementing this across all our packages.
+
+At the bottom of the [npm package page](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ember-source), you'll find a section labeled 'Provenance' that provides verification that the package contents were published from the source repository.
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+Ember.js 6.9 introduces <insert number of> bug fixes.
+
+---
+
+## Ember CLI v6.9
+
+Ember CLI 6.9 introduces <insert high level features to feature>.
+
+### Key Features
+
+<insert key features>
+
+### Other Features
+
+<insert other features>
+
+### Bug fixes
+
+Ember CLI 6.9 introduced <insert number of> bug fixes.
+
+### Deprecations
+
+Ember CLI 6.9 introduces <insert number of> new deprecations.
+
+## Thank You!
+
+As a community-driven open-source project with an ambitious scope, each of these releases serves as a reminder that the Ember project would not have been possible without your continued support. We are extremely grateful to our contributors for their efforts.