cert manager end of life dates — full support timeline
10 of 12 tracked cert manager 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.21 | 2026-07-08 | not announced | 1.21.1 | supported |
| 1.20 | 2026-03-10 | not announced | 1.20.3 | supported |
| 1.19 | 2025-10-07 | 2026-07-08 | 1.19.6 | ended |
| 1.18 | 2025-06-10 | 2026-03-10 | 1.18.6 | ended |
| 1.17 | 2025-02-03 | 2025-10-07 | 1.17.4 | ended |
| 1.16 | 2024-10-03 | 2025-06-10 | 1.16.5 | ended |
| 1.15 | 2024-06-05 | 2025-02-03 | 1.15.5 | ended |
| 1.14 | 2024-01-31 | 2024-10-03 | 1.14.7 | ended |
| 1.13 | 2023-09-12 | 2024-06-05 | 1.13.6 | ended |
| 1.12 LTS | 2023-05-19 | 2025-05-19 | 1.12.17 | ended |
| 1.11 | 2023-01-11 | 2023-09-12 | 1.11.5 | ended |
| 1.10 | 2022-10-17 | 2023-05-19 | 1.10.2 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported cert manager 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/cert-manager, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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