ros end of life dates — full support timeline
4 of 4 tracked ros 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| noetic | 2020-05-23 | 2025-05-01 | — | ended |
| melodic | 2018-05-23 | 2023-04-01 | — | ended |
| lunar | 2017-05-23 | 2019-05-01 | — | ended |
| kinetic | 2016-05-23 | 2021-05-01 | — | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported ros 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/ros, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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