containerd end of life dates — full support timeline
8 of 12 tracked containerd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.3 LTS | 2026-04-30 | 2028-04-30 | 2.3.3 | supported |
| 2.2 | 2025-11-05 | 2026-11-06 | 2.2.6 | ends soon |
| 2.1 | 2025-05-07 | 2026-07-03 | 2.1.9 | ended |
| 2.0 LTS | 2024-11-05 | 2027-03-01 | 2.0.11 | supported |
| 1.7 LTS | 2023-03-10 | 2026-09-01 | 1.7.34 | ends soon |
| 1.6 LTS | 2022-02-15 | 2025-08-23 | 1.6.39 | ended |
| 1.5 | 2021-05-03 | 2023-02-28 | 1.5.18 | ended |
| 1.4 | 2020-08-17 | 2022-03-03 | 1.4.13 | ended |
| 1.3 | 2019-09-26 | 2021-03-04 | 1.3.10 | ended |
| 1.2 | 2018-10-24 | 2020-10-15 | 1.2.14 | ended |
| 1.1 | 2018-04-23 | 2019-10-23 | 1.1.8 | ended |
| 1.0 | 2017-12-05 | 2018-12-05 | 1.0.3 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported containerd 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/containerd, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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