lua end of life dates — full support timeline
13 of 15 tracked lua 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 2025-12-22 | not announced | 5.5.0 | supported |
| 5.4 | 2020-06-29 | not announced | 5.4.8 | supported |
| 5.3 | 2015-01-12 | 2020-09-25 | 5.3.6 | ended |
| 5.2 | 2011-12-16 | 2015-03-07 | 5.2.4 | ended |
| 5.1 | 2006-02-21 | 2012-02-17 | 5.1.5 | ended |
| 5.0 | 2003-04-11 | 2006-06-26 | 5.0.3 | ended |
| 4.0 | 2000-11-06 | 2002-07-04 | 4.0.1 | ended |
| 3.2 | 1999-07-08 | 2000-02-22 | 3.2.2 | ended |
| 3.1 | 1998-07-11 | 1999-07-08 | 3.1 | ended |
| 3.0 | 1997-07-01 | 1998-07-11 | 3.0 | ended |
| 2.5 | 1996-11-19 | 1997-07-01 | 2.5.1 | ended |
| 2.4 | 1996-05-14 | 1996-11-19 | 2.4 | ended |
| 2.2 | 1995-11-28 | 1996-05-14 | 2.2 | ended |
| 2.1 | 1995-02-07 | 1995-11-28 | 2.1 | ended |
| 1.1 | 1994-07-08 | 1995-02-07 | 1.1 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported lua 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/lua, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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