apache pulsar end of life dates — full support timeline
12 of 14 tracked apache pulsar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2 | 2026-03-24 | 2026-09-24 | 4.2.3 | ends soon |
| 4.1 | 2025-09-08 | 2026-03-08 | 4.1.3 | ended |
| 4.0 LTS | 2024-10-21 | 2026-10-21 | 4.0.12 | ends soon |
| 3.3 | 2024-06-05 | 2024-12-05 | 3.3.9 | ended |
| 3.2 | 2024-02-05 | 2024-08-05 | 3.2.4 | ended |
| 3.1 | 2023-08-10 | 2024-02-10 | 3.1.3 | ended |
| 3.0 LTS | 2023-05-02 | 2025-05-02 | 3.0.17 | ended |
| 2.11 | 2023-01-11 | 2024-01-11 | 2.11.4 | ended |
| 2.10 | 2022-04-18 | 2023-04-18 | 2.10.6 | ended |
| 2.9 | 2021-12-20 | 2022-12-20 | 2.9.5 | ended |
| 2.8 | 2021-06-15 | 2022-06-15 | 2.8.4 | ended |
| 2.7 | 2020-12-03 | 2021-12-03 | 2.7.5 | ended |
| 2.6 | 2020-06-17 | 2021-06-17 | 2.6.4 | ended |
| 2.5 | 2020-01-15 | 2021-01-15 | 2.5.2 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported apache pulsar 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-pulsar, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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