openwrt end of life dates — full support timeline
6 of 8 tracked openwrt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25.12 | 2026-03-05 | not announced | 25.12.5 | supported |
| 24.10 | 2025-02-04 | 2026-09-05 | 24.10.8 | ends soon |
| 23.05 | 2023-10-11 | 2025-08-16 | 23.05.6 | ended |
| 22.03 | 2022-09-03 | 2024-04-11 | 22.03.7 | ended |
| 21.02 | 2021-09-01 | 2023-04-30 | 21.02.7 | ended |
| 19.07 | 2020-01-06 | 2022-04-30 | 19.07.10 | ended |
| 18.06 | 2018-07-30 | 2021-07-01 | 18.06.9 | ended |
| 17.01 | 2017-02-20 | 2019-02-01 | 17.01.7 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported openwrt 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/openwrt, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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