# 5.6.1 patch release coming soon

**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/5-6-1-patch-release-coming-soon/1855
**Category:** Announcements
**Tags:** releases
**Created:** [May 14, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/5-6-1-patch-release-coming-soon/1855 "2019-05-14T17:17:55Z")
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### Author: ![Dave\_DeMarle](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/dave_demarle/32/27_2.png) [@Dave\_DeMarle](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Dave_DeMarle)
#### Post date: [May 14, 2019, 5:17pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/5-6-1-patch-release-coming-soon/1855/1 "2019-05-14T17:17:55Z")

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Hey folks,

We are going to make a patch release, ParaView 5.6.1, in the next couple of days prior to starting the 5.7 release candidate cycle.

The impetus behind 5.6.1 is a bug in the merge blocks filter that comes up often in LANL’s in situ work flows. ([https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/18991](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/18991))

I am gathering up a merge request for this and a handful of other critical/easy bug fixes in gitlab.  
([https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/merge\_requests/3267](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/merge_requests/3267)). If you have other fixup that you need to see in this release, please let us know.

thanks

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### Author: ![GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/gregvernon/32/1494_2.png) [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2019, 12:13am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/5-6-1-patch-release-coming-soon/1855/2 "2019-05-16T00:13:19Z")

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Depending on how long until 5.7, could we get some of the critical Exodus fixes in 5.6.1?

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### Author: ![wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/w/8e8cbc/32.png) [@wascott](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/wascott)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/5-6-1-patch-release-coming-soon/1855/3 "2019-05-16T00:25:44Z")

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Hi Greg,  
Mind elaborating? "critical Exodus fixes is pretty vague…

Also, the 5.7 RC1 should be coming out within a few weeks.

Alan

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### Author: ![GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/user_avatar/discourse.paraview.org/gregvernon/32/1494_2.png) [@GregVernon](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/GregVernon)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2019, 1:36pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/5-6-1-patch-release-coming-soon/1855/4 "2019-05-16T13:36:48Z")

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That’s fair, I guess specifically the issue with Windows not recognizing certain Exodus files

[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/18711](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/issues/18711)