opensuse end of life dates — full support timeline
20 of 21 tracked opensuse 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.0 | 2025-10-01 | 2027-10-31 | — | supported |
| 15.6 | 2024-06-12 | 2026-04-30 | — | ended |
| 15.5 | 2023-06-07 | 2024-12-31 | — | ended |
| 15.4 | 2022-06-09 | 2023-12-07 | — | ended |
| 15.3 | 2021-06-02 | 2022-12-31 | — | ended |
| 15.2 | 2020-07-02 | 2022-01-04 | — | ended |
| 15.1 | 2019-05-22 | 2021-02-02 | — | ended |
| 15.0 | 2018-05-25 | 2019-12-03 | — | ended |
| 42.3 | 2017-07-26 | 2019-07-01 | — | ended |
| 42.2 | 2016-11-16 | 2018-01-26 | — | ended |
| 42.1 | 2015-11-04 | 2017-05-17 | — | ended |
| 13.2 | 2014-11-04 | 2017-01-17 | — | ended |
| 13.1 | 2014-01-08 | 2016-02-03 | — | ended |
| 12.3 | 2013-03-13 | 2015-01-29 | — | ended |
| 12.2 | 2012-09-05 | 2014-01-15 | — | ended |
| 12.1 | 2011-11-16 | 2013-05-15 | — | ended |
| 11.4 | 2011-03-10 | 2012-11-05 | — | ended |
| 11.3 | 2010-07-15 | 2012-01-20 | — | ended |
| 11.2 | 2009-11-12 | 2011-05-12 | — | ended |
| 11.1 | 2008-12-18 | 2011-01-14 | — | ended |
| 11.0 | 2008-06-19 | 2010-07-26 | — | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported opensuse 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/opensuse, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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