sles end of life dates — full support timeline
23 of 25 tracked sles 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16.0 | 2025-11-04 | 2027-11-30 | — | supported |
| 15.7 | 2025-06-17 | 2031-07-31 | — | supported |
| 15.6 | 2024-06-26 | 2025-12-31 | — | ended |
| 15.5 | 2023-06-20 | 2024-12-31 | — | ended |
| 15.4 | 2022-06-21 | 2023-12-31 | — | ended |
| 15.3 | 2021-06-22 | 2022-12-31 | — | ended |
| 15.2 | 2020-07-21 | 2021-12-31 | — | ended |
| 12.5 | 2019-12-09 | 2024-10-31 | — | ended |
| 15.1 | 2019-06-24 | 2021-01-31 | — | ended |
| 12.4 | 2018-12-12 | 2020-06-30 | — | ended |
| 15.0 | 2018-07-16 | 2019-12-31 | — | ended |
| 12.3 | 2017-09-07 | 2019-06-30 | — | ended |
| 12.2 | 2016-11-08 | 2018-03-31 | — | ended |
| 12.1 | 2015-12-15 | 2017-05-31 | — | ended |
| 11.4 | 2015-07-15 | 2019-03-31 | — | ended |
| 12.0 | 2014-10-27 | 2016-06-30 | — | ended |
| 11.3 | 2013-07-01 | 2016-01-31 | — | ended |
| 11.2 | 2012-02-29 | 2014-01-31 | — | ended |
| 10.4 | 2011-04-12 | 2013-07-31 | — | ended |
| 11.1 | 2010-06-02 | 2012-08-31 | — | ended |
| 10.3 | 2009-10-12 | 2011-10-11 | — | ended |
| 11.0 | 2009-03-24 | 2010-12-31 | — | ended |
| 10.2 | 2008-05-19 | 2010-04-11 | — | ended |
| 10.1 | 2007-06-18 | 2008-11-30 | — | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported sles 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/sles, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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