suse manager end of life dates — full support timeline
10 of 11 tracked suse manager 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.1 | 2025-07-31 | 2027-07-31 | 5.1.2 | supported |
| 5.0 | 2024-07-16 | 2026-06-30 | 5.0.7 | ended |
| 4.3 LTS | 2022-06-20 | 2025-06-30 | 4.3.17 | ended |
| 4.2 | 2021-06-21 | 2023-10-31 | 4.2.14 | ended |
| 4.1 | 2020-07-21 | 2022-10-31 | 4.1.15 | ended |
| 4.0 | 2019-06-26 | 2021-06-30 | 4.0.14 | ended |
| 3.2 | 2018-06-25 | 2020-09-30 | 3.2.15 | ended |
| 3.1 | 2017-06-27 | 2019-06-30 | 3.1.11 | ended |
| 3.0 | 2016-04-05 | 2018-10-31 | 3.0.12 | ended |
| 2.1 | 2014-06-02 | 2017-01-31 | 2.1.19 | ended |
| 1.7 | 2012-08-09 | 2015-06-30 | 1.7.6 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported suse manager 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-manager, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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