IMERG V08 Transition Schedule
For the Final Run, the V07 record ends in September 2025 because the parent products feeding into the IMERG algorithm (CORRA and GPROF) are being upgraded to V08. If processing were to go beyond September, the Final record would have to use V08 inputs instead of V07 inputs. Since the IMERG V07 code is configured with the expectation of V07 inputs, this would introduce potential discontinuities in the Final record. The IMERG V08 Final Run is planned for release in the summer of 2026, though this timeline assumes that V08 of the parent products behaves within expected bounds. When this release