photon end of life dates — full support timeline
3 of 5 tracked photon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2023-05-02 | not announced | — | supported |
| 4.0 | 2021-02-25 | 2027-10-11 | — | supported |
| 3.0 | 2019-02-08 | 2025-10-02 | — | ended |
| 2.0 | 2017-11-01 | 2022-12-01 | — | ended |
| 1.0 | 2016-06-11 | 2022-02-28 | — | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported photon 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/photon, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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