Boost release 1.85.0 beta 1 is now available at: https://boostorg.jfrog.io/artifactory/main/beta/1.85.0.beta1/source/ The SHA256 checksums are: c13b76f420684a8d5b2eb0f297c281348ba0311d50354d952c5ce7c689e7879b boost_1_85_0_b1.zip e65d529023c7b08d0b92c53fff24ce9df9568cc0fe667c90caf8a9dbc5e63b0d boost_1_85_0_b1.7z 9c1ce4793342e8e57eb34c61f774a9dac0c6fc036084785e416613a18091bacc boost_1_85_0_b1.tar.gz cf7449faedeac9b76bade8ee59007cc4456a14de375dfcbd9e6e38aabe8a1334 boost_1_85_0_b1.tar.bz2 There was one problem reported during the beta release process; when you build the release using b2, it will emit a warning: [errno 2] failed to scan file '': No such file or directory This is harmless, and will be fixed for the final release. the release notes are available at: https://www.boost.org/users/history/version_1_85_0.html Please try the beta and report any problems you encounter. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the release. -- Boost Release Team