linux end of life dates — full support timeline
29 of 36 tracked linux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1 | 2026-06-14 | not announced | 7.1.5 | supported |
| 7.0 | 2026-04-12 | 2026-06-27 | 7.0.14 | ended |
| 6.19 | 2026-02-08 | 2026-04-22 | 6.19.14 | ended |
| 6.18 LTS | 2025-11-30 | 2028-12-31 | 6.18.41 | supported |
| 6.17 | 2025-09-28 | 2025-12-18 | 6.17.13 | ended |
| 6.16 | 2025-07-27 | 2025-10-12 | 6.16.12 | ended |
| 6.15 | 2025-05-25 | 2025-08-20 | 6.15.11 | ended |
| 6.14 | 2025-03-24 | 2025-06-10 | 6.14.11 | ended |
| 6.13 | 2025-01-19 | 2025-04-20 | 6.13.12 | ended |
| 6.12 LTS | 2024-11-17 | 2028-12-31 | 6.12.100 | supported |
| 6.11 | 2024-09-15 | 2024-12-05 | 6.11.11 | ended |
| 6.10 | 2024-07-14 | 2024-10-10 | 6.10.14 | ended |
| 6.9 | 2024-05-12 | 2024-07-27 | 6.9.12 | ended |
| 6.8 | 2024-03-10 | 2024-05-30 | 6.8.12 | ended |
| 6.7 | 2024-01-07 | 2024-04-03 | 6.7.12 | ended |
| 6.6 LTS | 2023-10-30 | 2027-12-31 | 6.6.147 | supported |
| 6.5 | 2023-08-27 | 2023-11-28 | 6.5.13 | ended |
| 6.4 | 2023-06-25 | 2023-09-13 | 6.4.16 | ended |
| 6.3 | 2023-04-23 | 2023-07-11 | 6.3.13 | ended |
| 6.2 | 2023-02-19 | 2023-05-17 | 6.2.16 | ended |
| 6.1 LTS | 2022-12-11 | 2027-12-31 | 6.1.180 | supported |
| 6.0 | 2022-10-02 | 2023-01-12 | 6.0.19 | ended |
| 5.19 | 2022-07-31 | 2022-10-24 | 5.19.17 | ended |
| 5.18 | 2022-05-22 | 2022-08-21 | 5.18.19 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported linux 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/linux, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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