gstreamer end of life dates — full support timeline
13 of 15 tracked gstreamer 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.28 | 2026-01-27 | not announced | 1.28.5 | supported |
| 1.26 | 2025-03-11 | not announced | 1.26.11 | supported |
| 1.24 | 2024-03-04 | ended | 1.24.13 | ended |
| 1.22 | 2023-01-23 | ended | 1.22.12 | ended |
| 1.20 | 2022-02-03 | ended | 1.20.7 | ended |
| 1.18 | 2020-09-08 | ended | 1.18.6 | ended |
| 1.16 | 2019-04-19 | ended | 1.16.3 | ended |
| 1.14 | 2018-03-19 | ended | 1.14.5 | ended |
| 1.12 | 2017-05-04 | ended | 1.12.5 | ended |
| 1.10 | 2016-11-01 | ended | 1.10.5 | ended |
| 1.8 | 2016-03-24 | ended | 1.8.3 | ended |
| 1.6 | 2015-09-25 | ended | 1.6.4 | ended |
| 1.4 | 2014-07-19 | ended | 1.4.5 | ended |
| 1.2 | 2013-09-24 | ended | 1.2.4 | ended |
| 1.0 | 2012-09-24 | ended | 1.0.10 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported gstreamer 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/gstreamer, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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