zookeeper end of life dates — full support timeline
4 of 6 tracked zookeeper 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.9 | 2023-07-19 | not announced | 3.9.5 | supported |
| 3.8 | 2022-02-25 | not announced | 3.8.6 | supported |
| 3.7 | 2021-03-17 | 2024-01-19 | 3.7.2 | ended |
| 3.6 | 2020-02-25 | 2022-12-30 | 3.6.4 | ended |
| 3.5 | 2019-05-03 | 2022-06-01 | 3.5.10 | ended |
| 3.4 | 2011-11-23 | 2020-06-01 | 3.4.14 | ended |
Who is affected
Anyone running an unsupported zookeeper 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/zookeeper, an open community dataset that cites vendor announcements. Verify against the vendor before making a compliance decision.
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