bazel end of life dates — full support timeline
3 of 6 tracked bazel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 LTS | 2026-01-20 | 2028-12-31 | 9.2.0 | supported |
| 8 LTS | 2024-12-09 | 2027-12-31 | 8.7.0 | supported |
| 7 LTS | 2023-12-11 | 2026-12-31 | 7.7.1 | ends soon |
| 6 LTS | 2022-12-19 | 2025-12-31 | 6.6.0 | ended |
| 5 LTS | 2022-01-19 | 2025-01-31 | 5.4.1 | ended |
| 4 LTS | 2021-01-21 | 2024-01-31 | 4.2.4 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported bazel 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/bazel, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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