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The README and CONTRIBUTING said Prisma 7 gets "bug fixes for twelve months after 8.0.0 final". The docs site's Release status page says Prisma ORM 7 receives bug fixes and security updates for 18 months from general availability. Both now say eighteen months, and name security updates as well as bug fixes.

Before:

Prisma 7 stays on the v7 branch with bug fixes for twelve months after 8.0.0 final.

After:

Prisma 7 stays on the v7 branch with bug fixes and security updates for eighteen months after 8.0.0 final.

Not changed: the planning documents under projects/prisma-8-rc1/ still say 12 months. They record the plan as it was written, so they are left as history.

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    • Updated support guidance to state that Prisma 7 will receive bug fixes and security updates for 18 months after the Prisma 8.0.0 final release.
    • Clarified that Prisma 7 is an exception to the latest-release-only security-fix policy, with updates provided on the v7 branch.
    • Updated the contribution guidelines, README, and security documentation to reflect the revised support window.

The README and CONTRIBUTING said twelve months of bug fixes. The docs
site's Release status page says bug fixes and security updates for
18 months from general availability. Match the docs.

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The Prisma 7 support policy is updated in CONTRIBUTING.md, README.md, and SECURITY.md to specify eighteen months of bug fixes and security updates after 8.0.0 final.

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CONTRIBUTING.md, README.md, SECURITY.md
The documents state that Prisma 7 receives bug fixes and security updates for eighteen months after 8.0.0 final. SECURITY.md and CONTRIBUTING.md identify the v7 branch for security updates.

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Thegreatsura pushed a commit to Thegreatsura/prisma that referenced this pull request Sep 16, 2026
A Prisma 7 user who opens a bug report in this repository today is told
this before the form:

> You are on the **latest minor version** of Prisma 8. While we are
pre-1.0, only the latest minor receives fixes — older minors are not
supported. If you are on an older minor, please upgrade and re-verify
before filing.

With this PR they are told this instead:

> You are on the latest release of the line you use. For Prisma 8, that
is the latest release candidate: while we are pre-1.0, only the latest
release receives fixes. For Prisma 7, that is the latest `7.x`: Prisma 7
is maintained on the [`v7`
branch](https://github.com/prisma/orm/tree/v7) of this repository and
receives bug fixes for eighteen months after `8.0.0` final, so Prisma 7
reports belong here too.

## The decision

Prisma 7 bug reports are filed in this repository, on the same templates
as Prisma 8 reports, and every contributor-facing document here says so
and links only to this repository.

## Why the docs need it

Prisma 7 moved to the `v7` branch of this repository when Prisma 8
became the `main` line. The README says so. The documents a reporter
actually reads were written for a Prisma 8 only repository and were
never updated:

- The bug template's precondition, quoted above, reads as "Prisma 7 is
not supported here". A user with a real Prisma 7 problem reads it and
leaves. That is how prisma#30295, a dependency advisory on `prisma@7.10.0`,
nearly went unfiled.
- `CONTRIBUTING.md`'s clone command fetches `prisma/prisma` and then
enters a directory that clone does not create. Anyone who follows it
ends up in the wrong repository, then in no directory at all.
- `SECURITY.md` and the template config send vulnerability reports to
`prisma/prisma`'s advisory form and say advisories are published there.
`SECURITY.md`'s supported-versions section describes only the
release-candidate line, so a Prisma 7 user cannot tell whether their
version gets security fixes at all.
- Both templates apply labels that do not exist here: `bug`,
`needs-triage` and `enhancement`. GitHub drops labels it cannot find, so
every issue filed through the web form lands unlabelled.

## What changes

- **Bug template.** The precondition covers both lines, as quoted above.
The package field says Prisma 7 versions are welcome. Labels become
`kind/bug` and `bug/1-unconfirmed`, which exist.
- **Feature template.** Label becomes `kind/feature`. Its links to the
issue list and the README point at this repository.
- **`SECURITY.md`.** The advisory links point at this repository.
Supported versions gains a Prisma 7 paragraph: bug and security fixes
for eighteen months after `8.0.0` final, on the latest `7.x` only.
- **`CONTRIBUTING.md`.** The clone URL points at this repository and the
setup snippet enters the `orm` directory the clone creates. The `v7`
branch link and the eighteen-month window landed on `main` in prisma#30296 and
are not repeated here.
- **Template config.** The security and contributing links point at this
repository.

Documentation only; no code or workflow changes.

## Alternatives considered

- **A separate Prisma 7 bug template.** Rejected: the fields are
identical, and two templates means two places to keep in step. One
precondition that names both lines is enough.
- **Sending Prisma 7 reports to `prisma/prisma`.** Rejected: the code is
not there. The `v7` branch is in this repository and the fix would land
here.
- **Creating the `bug`, `needs-triage` and `enhancement` labels instead
of changing the templates.** Rejected: this repository already has a
label scheme (`kind/*`, `bug/*`, `status/*`), and adding a parallel one
would split triage across two vocabularies.

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## Summary by CodeRabbit

* **Documentation**
* Updated contribution and setup instructions to use the current
repository location.
* Clarified Prisma 7 maintenance coverage, supported versions, and
release-branch guidance.
* Updated security reporting links to the Prisma ORM vulnerability
portal.
* Refreshed issue templates with current labels, repository links, and
Prisma 7/8 version guidance.

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Signed-off-by: Will Madden <madden@prisma.io>
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