openbsd end of life dates — full support timeline
57 of 59 tracked openbsd 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.9 | 2026-05-19 | 2027-06-01 | — | supported |
| 7.8 | 2025-10-22 | 2026-11-01 | — | ends soon |
| 7.7 | 2025-04-28 | 2026-05-19 | — | ended |
| 7.6 | 2024-10-08 | 2025-10-22 | — | ended |
| 7.5 | 2024-04-05 | 2025-04-28 | — | ended |
| 7.4 | 2023-10-16 | 2024-10-08 | — | ended |
| 7.3 | 2023-04-10 | 2024-04-05 | — | ended |
| 7.2 | 2022-10-20 | 2023-10-16 | — | ended |
| 7.1 | 2022-04-21 | 2023-04-10 | — | ended |
| 7.0 | 2021-10-14 | 2022-10-20 | — | ended |
| 6.9 | 2021-05-01 | 2022-04-21 | — | ended |
| 6.8 | 2020-10-18 | 2021-10-14 | — | ended |
| 6.7 | 2020-05-19 | 2021-05-01 | — | ended |
| 6.6 | 2019-10-17 | 2020-10-18 | — | ended |
| 6.5 | 2019-04-24 | 2020-05-19 | — | ended |
| 6.4 | 2018-10-18 | 2019-10-17 | — | ended |
| 6.3 | 2018-04-02 | 2019-05-03 | — | ended |
| 6.2 | 2017-10-09 | 2018-10-18 | — | ended |
| 6.1 | 2017-04-11 | 2018-04-15 | — | ended |
| 6.0 | 2016-09-01 | 2017-10-09 | — | ended |
| 5.9 | 2016-03-29 | 2017-04-11 | — | ended |
| 5.8 | 2015-10-18 | 2016-09-01 | — | ended |
| 5.7 | 2015-05-01 | 2016-03-29 | — | ended |
| 5.6 | 2014-11-01 | 2015-10-18 | — | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported openbsd 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/openbsd, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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