yocto end of life dates — full support timeline
13 of 15 tracked yocto 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.0 LTS | 2026-05-13 | 2030-04-30 | 6.0.1 | supported |
| 5.3 | 2025-12-15 | 2026-06-15 | 5.3 | ended |
| 5.2 | 2025-05-07 | 2025-12-07 | 5.2.4 | ended |
| 5.1 | 2024-10-16 | 2025-05-16 | 5.1.4 | ended |
| 5.0 LTS | 2024-04-29 | 2028-04-30 | 5.0.19 | supported |
| 4.3 | 2023-11-09 | 2024-06-09 | 4.3.4 | ended |
| 4.2 | 2023-05-03 | 2023-11-05 | 4.2.4 | ended |
| 4.1 | 2022-10-23 | 2023-05-27 | 4.1.4 | ended |
| 4.0 LTS | 2022-04-25 | 2026-04-27 | 4.0.35 | ended |
| 3.4 | 2021-10-25 | 2022-05-01 | 3.4.4 | ended |
| 3.3 | 2021-04-19 | 2022-04-20 | 3.3.6 | ended |
| 3.2 | 2020-11-03 | 2021-05-01 | 3.2.4 | ended |
| 3.1 LTS | 2020-04-21 | 2024-04-30 | 3.1.33 | ended |
| 3.0 | 2019-10-22 | 2020-08-01 | 3.0.4 | ended |
| 2.7 | 2019-05-01 | 2020-06-01 | 2.7.4 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported yocto 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/yocto, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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