craft cms end of life dates — full support timeline
3 of 4 tracked craft cms 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 | 2024-03-26 | 2031-12-31 | 5.10.12 | supported |
| 4 | 2022-05-04 | 2026-04-30 | 4.18.5 | ended |
| 3 | 2018-04-04 | 2024-04-30 | 3.9.15 | ended |
| 2 | 2014-04-01 | 2022-01-31 | 2.9.2 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported craft cms 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/craft-cms, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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