ant end of life dates — full support timeline
2 of 3 tracked ant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.10 | 2016-12-27 | not announced | 1.10.17 | supported |
| 1.9 | 2013-03-07 | 2024-06-19 | 1.9.16 | ended |
| 1.8 | 2010-02-02 | 2013-03-07 | 1.8.4 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported ant 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/ant, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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