dotnetfx end of life dates — full support timeline
6 of 13 tracked dotnetfx 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.8.1 | 2022-08-09 | not announced | — | supported |
| 4.8 | 2019-04-18 | not announced | — | supported |
| 4.7.2 | 2018-04-30 | not announced | — | supported |
| 4.7.1 | 2017-10-17 | not announced | — | supported |
| 4.7 | 2017-04-05 | not announced | — | supported |
| 4.6.2 | 2016-08-02 | 2027-01-12 | — | ends soon |
| 4.6.1 | 2015-11-30 | 2022-04-26 | — | ended |
| 4.6 | 2015-07-20 | 2022-04-26 | — | ended |
| 4.5.2 | 2014-05-05 | 2022-04-26 | — | ended |
| 4.5.1 | 2013-10-17 | 2016-01-12 | — | ended |
| 4.5 | 2012-08-15 | 2016-01-12 | — | ended |
| 4.0 | 2010-04-12 | 2016-01-12 | — | ended |
| 3.5-sp1 | 2007-11-19 | 2029-01-09 | — | supported |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported dotnetfx 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/dotnetfx, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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