protractor end of life dates — full support timeline
7 of 7 tracked protractor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.0 | 2020-05-13 | 2023-08-31 | 7.0.0 | ended |
| 6.0 | 2019-03-23 | 2023-08-31 | 6.0.0 | ended |
| 5.0 | 2017-01-10 | 2023-08-31 | 5.4.4 | ended |
| 4.0 | 2016-07-12 | 2023-08-31 | 4.0.14 | ended |
| 3.0 | 2015-11-18 | 2023-08-31 | 3.3.0 | ended |
| 2.0 | 2015-03-18 | 2023-08-31 | 2.5.1 | ended |
| 1.0 | 2014-07-21 | 2023-08-31 | 1.8.0 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported protractor 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/protractor, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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