Ionic End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Ionic versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1.3.2 | May 12, 2015 | Jan 25, 2017 | 3436 days past EOL | EOL |
| 2 | 2.3.0 | Jan 24, 2017 | Apr 5, 2017 | 3366 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3 | 3.9.3 | Apr 5, 2017 | Oct 30, 2019 | 2428 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4 | 4.11.13 | Jan 23, 2019 | Aug 11, 2020 | 2142 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5 | 5.9.4 | Feb 11, 2020 | Jun 8, 2022 | 1476 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6 | 6.7.5 | Dec 8, 2021 | Sep 29, 2023 | 998 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7 | 7.8.6 | Mar 29, 2023 | Oct 17, 2024 | 614 days past EOL | EOL |
| 8 | 8.8.11 | Apr 17, 2024 | TBD | Supported | Active |
What does Ionic end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Ionic 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 Ionic 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 Ionic versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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