unrealircd end of life dates — full support timeline
3 of 4 tracked unrealircd 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 | 2021-12-17 | not announced | 6.2.6 | supported |
| 5 | 2019-12-13 | 2023-07-01 | 5.2.4 | ended |
| 4 | 2015-12-24 | 2020-12-31 | 4.2.4.1 | ended |
| 3.2 | 2004-04-25 | 2016-12-31 | 3.2.10.7 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported unrealircd 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/unrealircd, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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