apache kafka end of life dates — full support timeline
25 of 30 tracked apache kafka 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2026-05-20 | not announced | 4.3.1 | supported |
| 4.2 | 2026-02-17 | not announced | 4.2.1 | supported |
| 4.1 | 2025-09-02 | not announced | 4.1.2 | supported |
| 4.0 | 2025-03-18 | not announced | 4.0.2 | supported |
| 3.9 | 2024-11-06 | not announced | 3.9.2 | supported |
| 3.8 | 2024-07-26 | 2024-11-06 | 3.8.1 | ended |
| 3.7 | 2024-02-26 | 2024-07-26 | 3.7.2 | ended |
| 3.6 | 2023-10-03 | 2024-02-27 | 3.6.2 | ended |
| 3.5 | 2023-06-13 | 2023-10-03 | 3.5.2 | ended |
| 3.4 | 2023-02-06 | 2023-06-13 | 3.4.1 | ended |
| 3.3 | 2022-09-28 | 2023-02-06 | 3.3.2 | ended |
| 3.2 | 2022-05-09 | 2022-09-28 | 3.2.3 | ended |
| 3.1 | 2022-01-21 | 2022-09-19 | 3.1.2 | ended |
| 3.0 | 2021-09-20 | 2022-09-19 | 3.0.2 | ended |
| 2.8 | 2021-04-18 | 2022-09-19 | 2.8.2 | ended |
| 2.7 | 2020-12-19 | 2021-11-15 | 2.7.2 | ended |
| 2.6 | 2020-08-03 | 2021-11-15 | 2.6.3 | ended |
| 2.5 | 2020-04-14 | 2020-08-10 | 2.5.1 | ended |
| 2.4 | 2019-12-14 | 2020-04-15 | 2.4.1 | ended |
| 2.3 | 2019-06-24 | 2019-12-16 | 2.3.1 | ended |
| 2.2 | 2019-03-22 | 2019-12-01 | 2.2.2 | ended |
| 2.1 | 2018-11-20 | 2019-03-22 | 2.1.1 | ended |
| 2.0 | 2018-07-28 | 2018-11-20 | 2.0.1 | ended |
| 1.1 | 2018-03-28 | 2018-07-30 | 1.1.1 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported apache kafka 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-kafka, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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