memcached end of life dates — full support timeline
2 of 3 tracked memcached 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.6 | 2020-03-08 | not announced | 1.6.45 | supported |
| 1.5 | 2017-07-21 | 2020-03-09 | 1.5.22 | ended |
| 1.4 | 2009-07-09 | 2017-07-21 | 1.4.39 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported memcached 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/memcached, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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