debian end of life dates — full support timeline
17 of 18 tracked debian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 2025-08-09 | 2028-08-09 | 13.6 | supported |
| 12 | 2023-06-10 | 2026-07-11 | 12.15 | ended |
| 11 | 2021-08-14 | 2024-08-14 | 11.11 | ended |
| 10 | 2019-07-06 | 2022-09-10 | 10.13 | ended |
| 9 | 2017-06-17 | 2020-07-18 | 9.13 | ended |
| 8 | 2015-04-25 | 2018-06-17 | 8.11 | ended |
| 7 | 2013-05-04 | 2016-04-25 | 7.11 | ended |
| 6 | 2011-02-06 | 2014-05-31 | 6.0.10 | ended |
| 5 | 2009-02-14 | 2012-02-06 | 5.0.10 | ended |
| 4 | 2007-04-08 | 2010-02-15 | 4.0r9 | ended |
| 3.1 | 2005-06-06 | 2008-03-31 | 3.1r8 | ended |
| 3.0 | 2002-07-19 | 2006-06-30 | 3.0r6 | ended |
| 2.2 | 2000-08-15 | 2003-06-30 | 2.2r7 | ended |
| 2.1 | 1999-03-09 | 2000-09-30 | 2.1r5 | ended |
| 2.0 | 1998-07-24 | 1999-02-15 | 2.0r5 | ended |
| 1.3 | 1997-07-02 | 1998-12-08 | 1.3.1 r.6 | ended |
| 1.2 | 1996-12-12 | 1997-10-23 | 1.2 | ended |
| 1.1 | 1996-06-17 | 1996-12-12 | 1.1 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported debian 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/debian, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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