ruby end of life dates — full support timeline
12 of 15 tracked ruby 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 2025-12-25 | 2029-03-31 | 4.0.6 | supported |
| 3.4 | 2024-12-24 | 2028-03-31 | 3.4.10 | supported |
| 3.3 | 2023-12-25 | 2027-03-31 | 3.3.12 | supported |
| 3.2 | 2022-12-25 | 2026-03-31 | 3.2.11 | ended |
| 3.1 | 2021-12-25 | 2025-03-26 | 3.1.7 | ended |
| 3.0 | 2020-12-25 | 2024-04-23 | 3.0.7 | ended |
| 2.7 | 2019-12-25 | 2023-03-31 | 2.7.8 | ended |
| 2.6 | 2018-12-25 | 2022-03-31 | 2.6.10 | ended |
| 2.5 | 2017-12-25 | 2021-03-31 | 2.5.9 | ended |
| 2.4 | 2016-12-23 | 2020-03-31 | 2.4.10 | ended |
| 2.3 | 2015-12-24 | 2019-03-31 | 2.3.8 | ended |
| 2.2 | 2014-12-25 | 2018-03-31 | 2.2.10 | ended |
| 2.1 | 2013-12-25 | 2017-03-31 | 2.1.10 | ended |
| 2.0.0 | 2013-02-24 | 2016-02-24 | 2.0.0p648 | ended |
| 1.9.3 | 2011-10-30 | 2015-02-23 | 1.9.3p551 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported ruby 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/ruby, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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