chef workstation end of life dates — full support timeline
5 of 6 tracked chef workstation 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | 2025-02-03 | not announced | 25.14.2 | supported |
| 24 | 2024-02-07 | 2026-04-30 | 24.12.1073 | ended |
| 23 | 2023-02-09 | 2024-12-31 | 23.12.1055 | ended |
| 22 | 2022-01-06 | 2024-12-31 | 22.12.1024 | ended |
| 21 | 2021-01-05 | 2024-12-31 | 21.12.720 | ended |
| 20 | 2020-06-02 | 2024-12-31 | 20.12.205 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported chef workstation 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-workstation, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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