apache flink end of life dates — full support timeline
4 of 8 tracked apache flink 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 | 2026-06-25 | not announced | 2.3.0 | supported |
| 2.2 | 2025-12-04 | not announced | 2.2.1 | supported |
| 2.1 | 2025-07-29 | not announced | 2.1.3 | supported |
| 2.0 | 2025-03-19 | 2026-06-25 | 2.0.2 | ended |
| 1.20 LTS | 2024-08-01 | not announced | 1.20.5 | supported |
| 1.19 | 2024-03-15 | 2026-07-01 | 1.19.3 | ended |
| 1.18 | 2023-10-24 | 2025-03-24 | 1.18.1 | ended |
| 1.17 | 2023-03-23 | 2024-08-01 | 1.17.2 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported apache flink 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/apache-flink, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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