openbao end of life dates — full support timeline
6 of 7 tracked openbao 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 2026-07-14 | not announced | 2.6.1 | supported |
| 2.5 | 2026-02-05 | 2026-07-14 | 2.5.5 | ended |
| 2.4 | 2025-08-28 | 2026-02-05 | 2.4.4 | ended |
| 2.3 | 2025-06-25 | 2025-08-29 | 2.3.2 | ended |
| 2.2 | 2025-03-05 | 2025-06-26 | 2.2.2 | ended |
| 2.1 | 2024-11-29 | 2025-03-06 | 2.1.1 | ended |
| 2.0 | 2024-07-17 | 2024-11-30 | 2.0.3 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported openbao 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/openbao, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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