rhel end of life dates — full support timeline
4 of 7 tracked rhel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 LTS | 2025-05-20 | 2035-05-31 | 10.2 | supported |
| 9 LTS | 2022-05-18 | 2032-05-31 | 9.8 | supported |
| 8 LTS | 2019-05-07 | 2029-05-31 | 8.10 | supported |
| 7 LTS | 2014-06-10 | 2024-06-30 | 7.9 | ended |
| 6 LTS | 2010-11-10 | 2020-11-30 | 6.10 | ended |
| 5 LTS | 2007-03-15 | 2017-03-31 | 5.11 | ended |
| 4 | 2005-02-15 | 2012-02-29 | 4.9 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported rhel 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/rhel, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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