Ansible End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Ansible versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9 | 2.9.27 | Oct 31, 2019 | May 23, 2022 | 1492 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2.10 | 2.10.7 | Sep 22, 2020 | Feb 9, 2021 | 1960 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3 | 3.4.0 | Feb 18, 2021 | May 11, 2021 | 1869 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4 | 4.10.0 | May 18, 2021 | Dec 14, 2021 | 1652 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5 | 5.10.0 | Dec 2, 2021 | Jun 8, 2022 | 1476 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6 | 6.7.0 | Jun 21, 2022 | Dec 6, 2022 | 1295 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7 | 7.7.0 | Nov 22, 2022 | Jun 22, 2023 | 1097 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8 | 8.7.0 | May 30, 2023 | Dec 6, 2023 | 930 days past EOL | EOL |
| 9 | 9.13.0 | Nov 21, 2023 | Dec 3, 2024 | 567 days past EOL | EOL |
| 10 | 10.7.0 | Jun 4, 2024 | Dec 3, 2024 | 567 days past EOL | EOL |
| 11 | 11.13.0 | Nov 19, 2024 | Dec 9, 2025 | 196 days past EOL | EOL |
| 12 | 12.3.0 | Sep 9, 2025 | Dec 9, 2025 | 196 days past EOL | EOL |
| 13 | 13.8.0 | Nov 19, 2025 | Jun 18, 2026 | 5 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14 | 14.1.0 | Jun 2, 2026 | TBD | Supported | Active |
What does Ansible end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Ansible reaches end of life, the maintainers stop issuing security patches. Vulnerabilities discovered after this date are publicly disclosed on the National Vulnerability Database, exploit code appears on GitHub, and your systems remain permanently exposed.
The CVE blind spot: Most vulnerability scanners check for known CVEs but do not flag the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no patch will ever exist. This is the most dangerous gap in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL Ansible should treat it as a vulnerability class in their risk register, apply compensating controls (network segmentation, enhanced monitoring, access restriction), and prioritize migration to a supported version.
Extended Support Options
If you cannot migrate immediately, extended support vendors provide continued security patches for EOL Ansible versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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