kde plasma end of life dates — full support timeline
13 of 14 tracked kde plasma 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.7 | 2026-06-16 | not announced | 6.7.3 | supported |
| 6.6 | 2026-02-17 | 2026-06-16 | 6.6.6 | ended |
| 6.5 | 2025-10-21 | 2026-02-17 | 6.5.6 | ended |
| 6.4 | 2025-06-17 | 2025-10-21 | 6.4.6 | ended |
| 6.3 | 2025-02-11 | 2025-06-17 | 6.3.6 | ended |
| 6.2 | 2024-10-08 | 2025-02-11 | 6.2.5 | ended |
| 6.1 | 2024-06-18 | 2024-10-08 | 6.1.5 | ended |
| 6.0 | 2024-02-28 | 2024-06-18 | 6.0.5 | ended |
| 5.27 LTS | 2023-02-14 | 2025-01-06 | 5.27.12 | ended |
| 5.26 | 2022-10-11 | 2023-02-14 | 5.26.5 | ended |
| 5.25 | 2022-06-14 | 2022-10-11 | 5.25.5 | ended |
| 5.24 LTS | 2022-02-08 | 2022-10-14 | 5.24.7 | ended |
| 5.23 | 2021-10-14 | 2022-02-03 | 5.23.5 | ended |
| 5.18 LTS | 2020-02-11 | 2022-02-11 | 5.18.8 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported kde plasma 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/kde-plasma, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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