openvpn end of life dates — full support timeline
5 of 7 tracked openvpn 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | 2026-02-11 | not announced | 2.7.5 | supported |
| 2.6 | 2023-01-25 | 2028-08-31 | 2.6.21 | supported |
| 2.5 | 2020-10-27 | 2025-07-31 | 2.5.11 | ended |
| 2.4 | 2016-12-16 | 2023-03-31 | 2.4.12 | ended |
| 2.3 | 2013-01-02 | 2021-06-30 | 2.3.18 | ended |
| 2.2 | 2011-04-21 | 2015-11-30 | 2.2.3 | ended |
| 2.1 | 2009-12-11 | 2011-11-30 | 2.1.4 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported openvpn 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/openvpn, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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