GetBuildInfo

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Added in 1.10.0 / 1.13.2

Returns info for the current client build.

buildVersion, buildNumber, buildDate, interfaceVersion, localizedVersion, buildInfo = GetBuildInfo()  -- Mainline
buildVersion, buildNumber, buildDate, interfaceVersion, localizedVersion, buildInfo, currentVersion = GetBuildInfo()  -- Classic

Returns

buildVersion

string - Current patch version

buildNumber

string - Build number

buildDate

string - Build date

interfaceVersion

number - Interface (.toc) version number

localizedVersion

string - Localized description of the build version

buildInfo

string - Localized build type and machine architecture

currentVersion

string - Current patch version, but formatted similarly to interface version numbers (eg. "11505")

Details

• The localizedVersion and buildInfo return values are currently just an empty string and a string with just a space character respectively.

Example

/dump GetBuildInfo() -- "9.0.2", "36665", "Nov 17 2020", 90002

Latest Builds

Client	Expansion		Version	Number	Date	Interface
Mainline Test		The War Within	11.1.7	60672	2025-05-04	110107
Mainline		The War Within	11.1.5	60568	2025-04-28	110105
Classic Beta		Mists of Pandaria Classic	5.5.0	60700	2025-05-06	50500
Classic Test		Cataclysm Classic	4.4.2	59185	2025-02-13	40402
Classic		Cataclysm Classic	4.4.2	60192	2025-04-07	40402
Classic (China)		Wrath of the Lich King Classic	3.4.4	60430	2025-04-00	30404
TBC		Burning Crusade Classic	2.5.4	44833	2021-07-25	20504
Vanilla Test		Classic Era	1.15.7	60141	2025-04-03	11507
Vanilla		Classic Era	1.15.7	60277	2025-04-11	11507

Patch changes

• Patch 10.1.0 (2023-05-02): Added localizedVersion and buildInfo return values.
  
• Patch 1.10.0 (2006-03-28): Added. Prior to this patch this function was only ever exposed to the glue environment.
  

See also

• Public client builds - List of documented builds
• https://wow.tools/builds/ - List of datamined builds
• https://www.townlong-yak.com/framexml/builds - List of FrameXML builds and TOC numbers