News · written 13 November 2026. A summary for readers, not technical advice — check the sources at the end for the details.

On 12 November 2026 The Document Foundation announced LibreOffice 26.8.3, the third minor release in the LibreOffice 26.8 family, for Windows, macOS and Linux. It is a bug-fix release with around 45 bug fixes, and the foundation calls it the recommended version for all users.

What is fixed

• Crashes and hangs in Writer, Calc, Impress and Draw, including a Navigator loop that had kept the processor busy since 26.8.0.
• In Calc, TEXTBEFORE and TEXTAFTER now behave like their Excel counterparts.
• Numbered lists in PowerPoint (PPTX) files show the right sequence again.
• Signing with an X.509 certificate works again.
• Some valid files larger than 2 GiB are no longer reported as corrupt.
• On macOS, LibreOffice now uses the system's interface font.

The full list is on the release notes page linked below.

LibreOffice 26.2 ends on 30 November

The 26.2 family reaches end of life on 30 November 2026. After that date it gets no more bug fixes or security updates. 26.2.7, released on 3 November, was its last release. If you still use 26.2, the foundation asks you to move to the 26.8 family before the end of the month.

Good to know

• LibreOffice 26.8 needs Windows 10 or newer on Windows.
• Downloads are on the official site, libreoffice.org/download.
• For organisations that need guaranteed long-term support, the foundation points to the enterprise editions offered by the LibreOffice ecosystem.

Sources

• Announcement of LibreOffice 26.8.3 (The Document Foundation, 12 November 2026)
• LibreOffice 26.2.7 is available for download (The Document Foundation, 3 November 2026)
• Full list of fixes in 26.8.3

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