vinyl cache end of life dates — full support timeline
8 of 11 tracked vinyl cache 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.0 | 2026-03-16 | 2027-03-16 | 9.0.1 | supported |
| 8.0 | 2025-09-15 | 2026-09-15 | 8.0.2 | ends soon |
| 7.7 | 2025-03-17 | 2026-03-15 | 7.7.3 | ended |
| 7.6 | 2024-09-13 | 2025-09-15 | 7.6.5 | ended |
| 7.5 | 2024-03-18 | 2025-03-15 | 7.5.0 | ended |
| 7.4 | 2023-09-15 | 2024-09-15 | 7.4.3 | ended |
| 7.3 | 2023-03-15 | 2024-03-15 | 7.3.2 | ended |
| 7.2 | 2022-09-15 | 2023-09-15 | 7.2.1 | ended |
| 7.1 | 2022-03-15 | 2023-03-15 | 7.1.2 | ended |
| 7.0 | 2021-09-15 | 2022-09-15 | 7.0.3 | ended |
| 6.0 LTS | 2018-03-15 | not announced | 6.0.18 | supported |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported vinyl cache 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/vinyl-cache, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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