---
title: "Cooldown policies now support Maven"
description: "You can now apply cooldown policies to Maven packages, protecting your supply chain from newly published versions that may carry malware or have not yet undergone sufficient community scrutiny. "
canonical_url: "https://cloudsmith.com/changelog/cooldown-policies-now-support-maven"
last_updated: "2026-07-23T08:50:10.101Z"
---
# Cooldown policies now support Maven

You can now apply cooldown policies to Maven packages, protecting your supply chain from newly published versions that may carry malware or have not yet undergone sufficient community scrutiny.

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You can create cooldown policies via the Cloudsmith API, Terraform provider, and web app.

## Getting started

This feature is available in Early Access for Ultra and Enterprise customers.



Cooldown policies are now supported for npm, Python, Go, Maven, and NuGet. For more information about using cooldown policies, see [our documentation](https://docs.cloudsmith.com/supply-chain-security/epm/cooldown-policy).