apache lucene end of life dates — full support timeline
2 of 4 tracked apache lucene 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 2024-10-14 | not announced | 10.5.0 | supported |
| 9 | 2021-12-07 | not announced | 9.12.3 | supported |
| 8 | 2019-03-13 | 2024-10-14 | 8.11.4 | ended |
| 7 | 2017-09-19 | ended | 7.7.3 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported apache lucene 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-lucene, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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