netbsd end of life dates — full support timeline
8 of 10 tracked netbsd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 2024-03-28 | not announced | 10.1 | supported |
| 9 | 2020-02-14 | not announced | 9.4 | supported |
| 8 | 2018-07-17 | 2024-05-04 | 8.3 | ended |
| 7 | 2015-09-25 | 2020-06-30 | 7.2 | ended |
| 6 | 2012-10-17 | 2018-08-23 | 6.1.5 | ended |
| 5 | 2009-04-29 | 2015-11-11 | 5.2.3 | ended |
| 4 | 2007-12-19 | ended | 4.0.1 | ended |
| 3 | 2005-12-23 | 2009-05-30 | 3.1 | ended |
| 2 | 2004-12-09 | 2008-08-21 | 2.1 | ended |
| 1 | 1994-10-26 | 2006-05-17 | 1.6.2 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported netbsd 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/netbsd, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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