chef inspec end of life dates — full support timeline
5 of 7 tracked chef inspec 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | 2025-10-16 | not announced | 7.1.7 | supported |
| 6 | 2023-11-14 | not announced | 6.8.24 | supported |
| 5 | 2022-03-17 | 2025-10-16 | 5.24.24 | ended |
| 4 | 2019-04-30 | 2023-11-14 | 4.56.58 | ended |
| 3 | 2018-10-15 | 2020-04-30 | 3.9.3 | ended |
| 2 | 2018-02-20 | 2019-12-31 | 2.3.28 | ended |
| 1 | 2016-09-26 | 2019-12-31 | 1.51.31 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported chef inspec 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/chef-inspec, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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