dotnet end of life dates — full support timeline
10 of 13 tracked dotnet 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 LTS | 2025-11-11 | 2028-11-14 | 10.0.10 | supported |
| 9 | 2024-11-12 | 2026-11-10 | 9.0.18 | ends soon |
| 8 LTS | 2023-11-14 | 2026-11-10 | 8.0.29 | ends soon |
| 7 | 2022-11-08 | 2024-05-14 | 7.0.20 | ended |
| 6 LTS | 2021-11-08 | 2024-11-12 | 6.0.36 | ended |
| 5 | 2020-11-10 | 2022-05-10 | 5.0.17 | ended |
| 3.1 LTS | 2019-12-03 | 2022-12-13 | 3.1.32 | ended |
| 3.0 | 2019-09-23 | 2020-03-03 | 3.0.3 | ended |
| 2.2 | 2018-12-04 | 2019-12-23 | 2.2.8 | ended |
| 2.1 LTS | 2018-05-30 | 2021-08-21 | 2.1.30 | ended |
| 2.0 | 2017-08-14 | 2018-10-01 | 2.0.9 | ended |
| 1.1 | 2016-11-16 | 2019-06-27 | 1.1.13 | ended |
| 1.0 | 2016-06-27 | 2019-06-27 | 1.0.16 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported dotnet 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/dotnet, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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