diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8c8cf7d..b3a9530 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 target/
 *.jar
 *.war
+mvnw
+mvnw.cmd
 
 # IDE
 .idea/
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7702b30..2edbbd7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ A background job refreshes release groups on a configurable schedule (6 / 12 / 2
 ### 📰 RSS feed
 A global RSS 2.0 feed with Media RSS cover art — subscribe from your reader of choice. Discoverable via `<link rel="alternate">` from the app root.
 
+### 📅 Future release filter
+Hide unreleased releases from the feed, the RSS feed, or both — independently configurable from the settings panel. Releases without a date are always shown.
+
 ### 🌗 Theme switching
 Built-in light/dark theme toggle, persisted in `localStorage`.
 
@@ -77,6 +80,8 @@ All settings are in `application.properties`. Key values can be overridden via e
 | `discdrop.rss.item-count` | — | `50` | RSS item count |
 | `discdrop.sync.default-schedule-hours` | — | `24` | Default sync interval |
 | `discdrop.sync.default-primary-types` | — | `album` | Default types for new artists |
+| `hideFutureFeed` | — | `false` | Hide unreleased from web feed |
+| `hideFutureRss` | — | `false` | Hide unreleased from RSS feed |
 
 The H2 file database lives in `./data/discdrop.mv.db`
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/discdrop/resource/ArtistResource.java b/src/main/java/io/discdrop/resource/ArtistResource.java
index ab94d6f..83eecb5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/discdrop/resource/ArtistResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/discdrop/resource/ArtistResource.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import io.discdrop.persistence.FollowedArtist;
 import io.discdrop.persistence.ReleaseGroupEntity;
 import io.discdrop.service.ArtistService;
 import io.discdrop.service.FeedService;
+import io.discdrop.service.SettingsService;
 import io.discdrop.service.SyncService;
 import io.quarkus.qute.Location;
 import io.quarkus.qute.Template;
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ public class ArtistResource {
     @Inject
     FeedService feedService;
 
+    @Inject
+    SettingsService settingsService;
+
     @Inject
     @Location("fragments/feed-list.html")
     Template fragments_feed_list;
@@ -113,7 +117,8 @@ public class ArtistResource {
         if (offset < 0) {
             offset = 0;
         }
-        List<ReleaseGroupEntity> rows = feedService.feedPage(offset);
+        boolean hideFuture = settingsService.isHideFutureFeed();
+        List<ReleaseGroupEntity> rows = feedService.feedPage(offset, hideFuture);
         int nextOffset = offset + rows.size();
         boolean hasMore = rows.size() == feedService.pageSize();
         return fragments_feed_list.data("rows", rows)
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/discdrop/resource/PageResource.java b/src/main/java/io/discdrop/resource/PageResource.java
index 11d0081..c564f5c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/discdrop/resource/PageResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/discdrop/resource/PageResource.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package io.discdrop.resource;
 import io.discdrop.persistence.FollowedArtist;
 import io.discdrop.persistence.ReleaseGroupEntity;
 import io.discdrop.service.FeedService;
+import io.discdrop.service.SettingsService;
 import io.discdrop.service.SyncService;
 import io.quarkus.qute.Location;
 import io.quarkus.qute.Template;
@@ -24,6 +25,9 @@ public class PageResource {
     @Inject
     SyncService syncService;
 
+    @Inject
+    SettingsService settingsService;
+
     @Inject
     Template index;
 
@@ -38,7 +42,8 @@ public class PageResource {
         if (offset < 0) {
             offset = 0;
         }
-        List<ReleaseGroupEntity> rows = feedService.feedPage(offset);
+        boolean hideFuture = settingsService.isHideFutureFeed();
+        List<ReleaseGroupEntity> rows = feedService.feedPage(offset, hideFuture);
         int nextOffset = offset + rows.size();
         boolean hasMore = rows.size() == feedService.pageSize();
         return fragments_feed_list.data("rows", rows)
@@ -52,7 +57,8 @@ public class PageResource {
     @GET
     @Transactional
     public TemplateInstance index() {
-        List<ReleaseGroupEntity> rows = feedService.feedPage(0);
+        boolean hideFuture = settingsService.isHideFutureFeed();
+        List<ReleaseGroupEntity> rows = feedService.feedPage(0, hideFuture);
         boolean hasMore = rows.size() == feedService.pageSize();
         return index.data("rows", rows)
                 .data("nextOffset", rows.size())
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/discdrop/resource/RssResource.java b/src/main/java/io/discdrop/resource/RssResource.java
index 8781fd5..816f71a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/discdrop/resource/RssResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/discdrop/resource/RssResource.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package io.discdrop.resource;
 
 import io.discdrop.persistence.ReleaseGroupEntity;
 import io.discdrop.service.FeedService;
+import io.discdrop.service.SettingsService;
 import io.quarkus.qute.Location;
 import io.quarkus.qute.Template;
 import io.quarkus.qute.TemplateInstance;
@@ -27,6 +28,9 @@ public class RssResource {
     @Inject
     FeedService feedService;
 
+    @Inject
+    SettingsService settingsService;
+
     @Inject
     @Location("rss.xml")
     Template rss;
@@ -40,7 +44,8 @@ public class RssResource {
     @GET
     @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML)
     public TemplateInstance feed() {
-        List<ReleaseGroupEntity> entities = feedService.latest(itemCount);
+        boolean hideFuture = settingsService.isHideFutureRss();
+        List<ReleaseGroupEntity> entities = feedService.latest(itemCount, hideFuture);
         List<RssItem> items = new ArrayList<>(entities.size());
         for (ReleaseGroupEntity e : entities) {
             String pubDate = null;
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/discdrop/resource/SettingsResource.java b/src/main/java/io/discdrop/resource/SettingsResource.java
index 6c3f0e3..7b2cc07 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/discdrop/resource/SettingsResource.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/discdrop/resource/SettingsResource.java
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ public class SettingsResource {
 
     @POST
     public TemplateInstance save(@FormParam("defaultPrimaryTypes") Set<String> defaultPrimaryTypes,
-                                 @FormParam("syncScheduleHours") int syncScheduleHours) {
+                                 @FormParam("syncScheduleHours") int syncScheduleHours,
+                                 @FormParam("hideFutureFeed") boolean hideFutureFeed,
+                                 @FormParam("hideFutureRss") boolean hideFutureRss) {
         if (defaultPrimaryTypes == null) {
             defaultPrimaryTypes = Set.of();
         }
@@ -47,6 +49,8 @@ public class SettingsResource {
         if (previous != syncScheduleHours) {
             syncService.reschedule();
         }
+        settingsService.setHideFutureFeed(hideFutureFeed);
+        settingsService.setHideFutureRss(hideFutureRss);
         return buildPanel("saved");
     }
 
@@ -54,6 +58,8 @@ public class SettingsResource {
         return fragments_settings_panel
                 .data("defaultPrimaryTypes", settingsService.getDefaultPrimaryTypes())
                 .data("syncScheduleHours", settingsService.getSyncScheduleHours())
+                .data("hideFutureFeed", settingsService.isHideFutureFeed())
+                .data("hideFutureRss", settingsService.isHideFutureRss())
                 .data("allPrimaryTypes", SettingsService.ALL_PRIMARY_TYPES)
                 .data("scheduleOptions", SCHEDULE_OPTIONS)
                 .data("flash", flash);
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/discdrop/service/FeedService.java b/src/main/java/io/discdrop/service/FeedService.java
index 4573205..233d672 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/discdrop/service/FeedService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/discdrop/service/FeedService.java
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import jakarta.enterprise.context.ApplicationScoped;
 import jakarta.transaction.Transactional;
 import org.eclipse.microprofile.config.inject.ConfigProperty;
 
+import java.time.LocalDate;
 import java.util.List;
 
 @ApplicationScoped
@@ -17,21 +18,27 @@ public class FeedService {
     private static final String ORDER_HQL =
             "ORDER BY firstReleaseDate DESC NULLS LAST, discoveredAt DESC";
 
-    private PanacheQuery<ReleaseGroupEntity> orderedQuery() {
+    private static final String WHERE_ORDER_HQL =
+            "WHERE firstReleaseDate IS NULL OR firstReleaseDate <= ?1 " + ORDER_HQL;
+
+    private PanacheQuery<ReleaseGroupEntity> orderedQuery(boolean hideFuture) {
+        if (hideFuture) {
+            return ReleaseGroupEntity.find(WHERE_ORDER_HQL, LocalDate.now());
+        }
         return ReleaseGroupEntity.find(ORDER_HQL);
     }
 
     @Transactional
-    public List<ReleaseGroupEntity> feedPage(int offset) {
+    public List<ReleaseGroupEntity> feedPage(int offset, boolean hideFuture) {
         if (offset < 0) {
             offset = 0;
         }
-        return orderedQuery().range(offset, offset + pageSize - 1).list();
+        return orderedQuery(hideFuture).range(offset, offset + pageSize - 1).list();
     }
 
     @Transactional
-    public List<ReleaseGroupEntity> latest(int count) {
-        return orderedQuery().range(0, Math.max(0, count - 1)).list();
+    public List<ReleaseGroupEntity> latest(int count, boolean hideFuture) {
+        return orderedQuery(hideFuture).range(0, Math.max(0, count - 1)).list();
     }
 
     public int pageSize() {
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/discdrop/service/SettingsService.java b/src/main/java/io/discdrop/service/SettingsService.java
index a12ac77..b7c3348 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/discdrop/service/SettingsService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/discdrop/service/SettingsService.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ public class SettingsService {
 
     public static final String KEY_DEFAULT_PRIMARY_TYPES = "defaultPrimaryTypes";
     public static final String KEY_SYNC_SCHEDULE_HOURS = "syncScheduleHours";
+    public static final String KEY_HIDE_FUTURE_FEED = "hideFutureFeed";
+    public static final String KEY_HIDE_FUTURE_RSS = "hideFutureRss";
 
     public static final List<String> ALL_PRIMARY_TYPES = List.of("album", "single", "ep", "broadcast", "other");
 
@@ -42,6 +44,24 @@ public class SettingsService {
         AppSetting.set(KEY_SYNC_SCHEDULE_HOURS, String.valueOf(hours));
     }
 
+    public boolean isHideFutureFeed() {
+        return Boolean.parseBoolean(AppSetting.get(KEY_HIDE_FUTURE_FEED, "false"));
+    }
+
+    @Transactional
+    public void setHideFutureFeed(boolean hide) {
+        AppSetting.set(KEY_HIDE_FUTURE_FEED, String.valueOf(hide));
+    }
+
+    public boolean isHideFutureRss() {
+        return Boolean.parseBoolean(AppSetting.get(KEY_HIDE_FUTURE_RSS, "false"));
+    }
+
+    @Transactional
+    public void setHideFutureRss(boolean hide) {
+        AppSetting.set(KEY_HIDE_FUTURE_RSS, String.valueOf(hide));
+    }
+
     private Set<String> parseTypes(String raw) {
         if (raw == null || raw.isBlank()) {
             return new LinkedHashSet<>();
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/settings-panel.html b/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/settings-panel.html
index b64b69e..f9d3428 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/settings-panel.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/fragments/settings-panel.html
@@ -34,6 +34,23 @@
             </div>
         </div>
 
+        <div class="divider my-1"></div>
+        <div class="text-sm font-semibold mb-1">Future releases</div>
+        <div class="space-y-2">
+            <label class="label cursor-pointer justify-start gap-3">
+                <input type="checkbox" name="hideFutureFeed" value="true"
+                       class="checkbox checkbox-sm"
+                       {#if hideFutureFeed}checked{/if}/>
+                <span class="text-xs">Hide unreleased in feed</span>
+            </label>
+            <label class="label cursor-pointer justify-start gap-3">
+                <input type="checkbox" name="hideFutureRss" value="true"
+                       class="checkbox checkbox-sm"
+                       {#if hideFutureRss}checked{/if}/>
+                <span class="text-xs">Hide unreleased in RSS</span>
+            </label>
+        </div>
+
         <button class="btn btn-primary btn-sm w-full">Save</button>
     </form>
 </div>