rails end of life dates — full support timeline
8 of 11 tracked rails 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 2025-10-22 | 2027-10-10 | 8.1.3.1 | supported |
| 8.0 | 2024-11-07 | 2026-11-07 | 8.0.5.1 | ends soon |
| 7.2 | 2024-08-09 | 2026-08-09 | 7.2.3.2 | ends soon |
| 7.1 | 2023-10-05 | 2025-10-01 | 7.1.6 | ended |
| 7.0 | 2021-12-15 | 2025-04-01 | 7.0.10 | ended |
| 6.1 | 2020-12-09 | 2024-10-01 | 6.1.7.10 | ended |
| 6.0 | 2019-08-16 | 2023-06-01 | 6.0.6.1 | ended |
| 5.2 | 2018-04-09 | 2022-06-01 | 5.2.8.1 | ended |
| 5.1 | 2017-04-27 | 2019-08-25 | 5.1.7 | ended |
| 5.0 | 2016-06-30 | 2018-04-09 | 5.0.7.2 | ended |
| 4.2 | 2014-12-19 | 2017-04-27 | 4.2.11.3 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported rails 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/rails, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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