visual studio end of life dates — full support timeline
46 of 50 tracked visual studio 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18.8 | 2026-07-14 | not announced | 18.8.2 | supported |
| 18.7 | 2026-06-09 | 2026-07-14 | 18.7.4 | ended |
| 18.6 | 2026-05-12 | 2026-06-09 | 18.6.3 | ended |
| 18.5 | 2026-04-14 | 2026-05-12 | 18.5.3 | ended |
| 18.4 | 2026-03-10 | 2026-04-14 | 18.4.4 | ended |
| 18.3 | 2026-02-10 | 2026-03-10 | 18.3.3 | ended |
| 18.2 | 2026-01-13 | 2026-02-10 | 18.2.2 | ended |
| 18.1 | 2025-12-09 | 2026-01-13 | 18.1.1 | ended |
| 18.0 | 2025-11-11 | 2025-12-09 | 18.0.2 | ended |
| 17.14 LTS | 2025-05-13 | 2032-01-13 | 17.14.36 | supported |
| 17.13 | 2025-02-11 | 2025-05-13 | 17.13.7 | ended |
| 17.12 LTS | 2024-11-12 | 2026-07-14 | 17.12.22 | ended |
| 17.11 | 2024-08-13 | 2024-11-12 | 17.11.6 | ended |
| 17.10 LTS | 2024-05-21 | 2026-01-13 | 17.10.21 | ended |
| 17.9 | 2024-02-13 | 2024-05-21 | 17.9.7 | ended |
| 17.8 LTS | 2023-11-14 | 2025-07-08 | 17.8.23 | ended |
| 17.7 | 2023-08-08 | 2023-11-14 | 17.7.7 | ended |
| 17.6 LTS | 2023-05-16 | 2025-01-14 | 17.6.22 | ended |
| 17.5 | 2023-02-21 | 2023-05-16 | 17.5.5 | ended |
| 17.4 LTS | 2022-11-08 | 2024-07-09 | 17.4.21 | ended |
| 17.3 | 2022-08-09 | 2022-11-08 | 17.3.7 | ended |
| 17.2 LTS | 2022-05-10 | 2024-01-09 | 17.2.23 | ended |
| 17.1 | 2022-02-15 | 2022-05-10 | 17.1.7 | ended |
| 17.0 LTS | 2021-11-08 | 2023-07-11 | 17.0.23 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported visual studio 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/visual-studio, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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