azul zulu end of life dates — full support timeline
15 of 21 tracked azul zulu 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 2026-03-17 | 2026-09-30 | 26.28.59 | ends soon |
| 25 LTS | 2025-09-16 | 2033-09-30 | 25.32.21 | supported |
| 24 | 2025-03-18 | 2025-09-16 | 24.32.13 | ended |
| 23 | 2024-09-17 | 2025-03-18 | 23.32.11 | ended |
| 22 | 2024-03-19 | 2024-09-17 | 22.32.15 | ended |
| 21 LTS | 2023-09-19 | 2031-09-30 | 21.48.17 | supported |
| 20 | 2023-03-21 | 2023-09-19 | 20.32.11 | ended |
| 19 | 2022-09-20 | 2023-03-31 | 19.32.13 | ended |
| 18 | 2022-03-12 | 2022-09-30 | 18.32.13 | ended |
| 17 LTS | 2021-09-15 | 2029-09-30 | 17.64.17 | supported |
| 16 | 2021-03-16 | 2021-09-30 | 16.32.15 | ended |
| 15 | 2020-09-15 | 2023-03-31 | 15.46.17 | ended |
| 14 | 2020-03-17 | 2020-09-30 | 14.29.23 | ended |
| 13 | 2019-09-17 | 2023-03-31 | 13.54.17 | ended |
| 12 | 2019-03-19 | 2019-09-30 | 12.3.11 | ended |
| 11 LTS | 2018-09-25 | 2032-01-31 | 11.86.21 | supported |
| 10 | 2018-03-27 | 2018-09-30 | 10.3.5 | ended |
| 9 | 2017-09-21 | 2018-03-31 | 9.0.7.1 | ended |
| 8 LTS | 2014-04-08 | 2030-12-31 | 8.92.0.21 | supported |
| 6 LTS | 2014-01-21 | 2018-12-31 | N/A | ended |
| 7 LTS | 2013-09-25 | 2022-07-31 | 7.56 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported azul zulu 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/azul-zulu, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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