bootstrap end of life dates — full support timeline
3 of 4 tracked bootstrap 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 LTS | 2021-05-05 | not announced | 5.3.8 | supported |
| 4 LTS | 2018-01-18 | 2023-01-01 | 4.6.2 | ended |
| 3 LTS | 2013-08-19 | 2019-07-24 | 3.4.1 | ended |
| 2 | 2012-01-31 | 2013-08-19 | 2.3.2 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported bootstrap 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/bootstrap, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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