alpine linux end of life dates — full support timeline
28 of 32 tracked alpine linux releases have already reached end of life. The dates below are published support dates, not estimates.
Version support timeline
| Release | Released | End of life | Latest | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.24 | 2026-06-09 | 2028-06-01 | 3.24.1 | supported |
| 3.23 | 2025-12-04 | 2027-11-01 | 3.23.5 | supported |
| 3.22 | 2025-05-30 | 2027-05-01 | 3.22.5 | supported |
| 3.21 | 2024-12-05 | 2026-11-01 | 3.21.7 | ends soon |
| 3.20 | 2024-05-22 | 2026-04-01 | 3.20.10 | ended |
| 3.19 | 2023-12-07 | 2025-11-01 | 3.19.9 | ended |
| 3.18 | 2023-05-09 | 2025-05-09 | 3.18.12 | ended |
| 3.17 | 2022-11-22 | 2024-11-22 | 3.17.10 | ended |
| 3.16 | 2022-05-23 | 2024-05-23 | 3.16.9 | ended |
| 3.15 | 2021-11-24 | 2023-11-01 | 3.15.11 | ended |
| 3.14 | 2021-06-15 | 2023-05-01 | 3.14.10 | ended |
| 3.13 | 2021-01-14 | 2022-11-01 | 3.13.12 | ended |
| 3.12 | 2020-05-29 | 2022-05-01 | 3.12.12 | ended |
| 3.11 | 2019-12-19 | 2021-11-01 | 3.11.13 | ended |
| 3.10 | 2019-06-19 | 2021-05-01 | 3.10.9 | ended |
| 3.9 | 2019-01-29 | 2020-11-01 | 3.9.6 | ended |
| 3.8 | 2018-06-26 | 2020-05-01 | 3.8.5 | ended |
| 3.7 | 2017-11-30 | 2019-11-01 | 3.7.3 | ended |
| 3.6 | 2017-05-24 | 2019-05-01 | 3.6.5 | ended |
| 3.5 | 2016-12-22 | 2018-11-01 | 3.5.3 | ended |
| 3.4 | 2016-05-31 | 2018-05-01 | 3.4.6 | ended |
| 3.3 | 2015-12-19 | 2017-11-01 | 3.3.3 | ended |
| 3.2 | 2015-05-26 | 2017-05-01 | 3.2.3 | ended |
| 3.1 | 2014-12-10 | 2016-11-01 | 3.1.4 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported alpine linux release. After end of life a version stops receiving security patches, which typically becomes an audit or compliance finding before it becomes an outage. Upgrading to a supported release is the migration path; the table above shows which releases still qualify.
Source
These dates are maintained by endoflife.date/alpine-linux, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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