discourse end of life dates — full support timeline
8 of 11 tracked discourse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026.7 LTS | 2026-07-28 | 2027-03-30 | 2026.7.0 | supported |
| 2026.6 | 2026-06-30 | 2026-08-30 | 2026.6.1 | ends soon |
| 2026.5 | 2026-05-28 | 2026-07-28 | 2026.5.2 | ended |
| 2026.4 | 2026-04-28 | 2026-06-30 | 2026.4.2 | ended |
| 2026.3 | 2026-03-31 | 2026-05-28 | 2026.3.1 | ended |
| 2026.2 | 2026-02-26 | 2026-04-28 | 2026.2.2 | ended |
| 2026.1 LTS | 2026-01-28 | 2026-09-30 | 2026.1.6 | ends soon |
| 2025.12 | 2025-12-30 | 2026-02-26 | 2025.12.2 | ended |
| 2025.11 | 2025-11-25 | 2026-01-28 | 2025.11.2 | ended |
| 3.5 LTS | 2025-08-19 | 2026-01-28 | 3.5.4 | ended |
| 3.4 LTS | 2025-02-04 | 2025-08-19 | 3.4.7 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported discourse 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/discourse, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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