Grails End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Grails versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.3.9 | May 14, 2009 | May 1, 2012 | 5166 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2 | 2.6.1 | Dec 15, 2011 | Jun 30, 2021 | 1819 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3 | 3.3.18 | Mar 31, 2015 | Sep 30, 2021 | 1727 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4 | 4.1.4 | Jul 11, 2019 | Mar 31, 2023 | 1180 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5 | 5.3.6 | Oct 12, 2021 | Jan 9, 2025 | 530 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6 | 6.2.3 | Jul 24, 2023 | Oct 19, 2025 | 247 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7 | 7.1.2 | Oct 19, 2025 | TBD | Supported | Active |
What does Grails end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Grails 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 Grails 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 Grails versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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