kong gateway end of life dates — full support timeline
9 of 11 tracked kong gateway 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | 2024-12-12 | not announced | 3.9.3 | supported |
| 3.8 | 2024-09-09 | 2024-12-12 | 3.8.1 | ended |
| 3.7 | 2024-05-28 | 2024-09-09 | 3.7.1 | ended |
| 3.6 | 2024-02-09 | 2024-05-28 | 3.6.1 | ended |
| 3.5 | 2023-11-08 | 2024-02-15 | 3.5.0 | ended |
| 3.4 LTS | 2023-08-09 | not announced | 3.4.2 | supported |
| 3.3 | 2023-05-18 | 2023-08-09 | 3.3.1 | ended |
| 3.2 | 2023-02-20 | 2023-05-18 | 3.2.2 | ended |
| 3.1 | 2022-12-06 | 2023-02-21 | 3.1.1 | ended |
| 3.0 | 2022-09-12 | 2022-12-09 | 3.0.2 | ended |
| 2.8 LTS | 2022-03-01 | 2024-06-24 | 2.8.5 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported kong gateway 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/kong-gateway, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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