Every Besu documentation version is tagged in the repository, but the published documentation site only contains the in-flight latest version – that is, new documentation is published as features are released.

Document version-specific information

We recommend most users upgrade to the latest version of Besu (especially on Mainnet), but for some enterprise use cases, it might be helpful to include version-specific information in the documentation. For example, if a new JSON-RPC method qbft_getPendingVotes  is released with version 24.9.0, add something like the following to the method description. This informs enterprise users whether their version of Besu supports the new method.

View older documentation versions

To build or host a specific older version of the documentation (for example, 23.7.1):

1. Clone the besu-docs repository and checkout the tag for your intended version:
   • git clone git@github.com:hyperledger/besu-docs.git
   • cd besu-docs
   • git checkout 23.7.1
2. Build and run locally:
   • yarn
   • yarn run start
3. Open a browser tab and navigate to http://localhost:3000/development
4. (Optional) Host this version on your own infrastructure (for example, nginx or s3):
   • yarn
   • yarn run build
   • yarn run serve (optional – this is to check the output locally) 

          Host the contents of the build folder on your own infrastructure.