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-    <p>The most recent version of LaTeX is nominally dated 2024/06/01 (it may additionally have a patch-level associated with it).</p>
-    <p>Due to the small number of changes these days new releases will appear at irregular intervals, normally once a year. If you are in need of some immediate bug fix you may try the <a href="{{site.baseurl}}/get/#the-latex-git-repository">Git Repository</a> of the source code.</p>
+    <p>The most recent version of LaTeX is nominally dated 2024/11/01 (it may additionally have a patch-level associated with it).</p>
+    <p>We are back to a fairly regular release cycle with two releases per year: typically June and November. If you are in need of some immediate bug fix you may try the  <span class="bold">latex-dev</span> version that contains code updates for the next release (distributed as part of your normal TeX installation, see ltnews30 for details) or try the <a href="{{site.baseurl}}/get/#the-latex-git-repository">Git Repository</a> of the source code.</p>
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     <p>Starting with the 2015/01/01 release we provide a "latexrelease" package that allows you to emulate older (or newer) versions of the format without regenerating it from scratch; see ltnews22 for further details.</p>
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 | Release date | LaTeX2e News issue (PDF) | Important Topics covered |
 |:-------------|--------------------------|-------------------------:|
+| 2024/11/01 | [LaTeX2e News Issue 40]({{site.baseurl}}/news/latex2e-news/ltnews40.pdf) | Thirty years of LaTeX2e; an important update on engine support; automatic tagging of math formulas;  tagging support for external packages; various smaller changes and improvements to the `base`, `amsmath`, `tools`, and `l3build` bundles  |
 | 2024/06/01 | [LaTeX2e News Issue 39]({{site.baseurl}}/news/latex2e-news/ltnews39.pdf) | News from tagging project; enhancements to the mark mechanism; xtemplate in the format; various smaller changes and improvements to the `base`, `amsmath`, `tools`, and `cyrillic` bundles  |
 | 2023/11/01 | [LaTeX2e News Issue 38]({{site.baseurl}}/news/latex2e-news/ltnews38.pdf) | News from tagging project; new management concept: sockets and plugs; new management concept: document properties and cross-referencing; various smaller changes and improvements to the `base` and `tools` bundles  |
 | 2023/06/01 | [LaTeX2e News Issue 37]({{site.baseurl}}/news/latex2e-news/ltnews37.pdf) | Advances in the tagging project; hooks with arguments; various smaller changes and improvements to the `base` and `tools` bundles  |