ros 2 end of life dates — full support timeline
8 of 12 tracked ros 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lyrical | 2026-05-22 | 2031-05-31 | — | supported |
| kilted | 2025-05-23 | 2026-12-31 | — | ends soon |
| jazzy | 2024-05-23 | 2029-05-31 | — | supported |
| iron | 2023-05-23 | 2024-12-04 | — | ended |
| humble | 2022-05-23 | 2027-05-31 | — | supported |
| galactic | 2021-05-23 | 2022-12-09 | — | ended |
| foxy | 2020-06-05 | 2023-06-20 | — | ended |
| eloquent | 2019-11-22 | 2020-11-30 | — | ended |
| dashing | 2019-05-31 | 2021-05-31 | — | ended |
| crystal | 2018-12-14 | 2019-12-31 | — | ended |
| bouncy | 2018-07-02 | 2019-07-31 | — | ended |
| ardent | 2017-12-08 | 2018-12-31 | — | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported ros 2 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-2, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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