suse linux micro end of life dates — full support timeline
3 of 9 tracked suse linux micro 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.2 | 2025-11-04 | 2029-11-30 | — | supported |
| 6.1 | 2024-11-26 | 2028-11-30 | — | supported |
| 6.0 | 2024-06-06 | 2028-06-30 | — | supported |
| 5.5 | 2023-10-12 | 2027-10-31 | — | supported |
| 5.4 | 2023-04-20 | 2027-04-30 | — | supported |
| 5.3 | 2022-10-25 | 2026-10-30 | — | ends soon |
| 5.2 | 2022-04-14 | 2026-04-30 | — | ended |
| 5.1 | 2021-10-26 | 2025-10-31 | — | ended |
| 5.0 | 2021-03-30 | 2022-03-31 | — | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported suse linux micro 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/suse-linux-micro, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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