Knative End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Knative versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.13 | 0.13.3 | Mar 3, 2020 | Aug 18, 2020 | 2135 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.14 | 0.14.3 | Apr 14, 2020 | Sep 29, 2020 | 2093 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.15 | 0.15.0 | May 26, 2020 | Nov 10, 2020 | 2051 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.16 | 0.16.0 | Jul 7, 2020 | Dec 22, 2020 | 2009 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.17 | 0.17.1 | Aug 18, 2020 | Feb 2, 2021 | 1967 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.18 | 0.18.2 | Sep 29, 2020 | Mar 16, 2021 | 1925 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.19 | 0.19.0 | Nov 10, 2020 | May 18, 2021 | 1862 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.20 | 0.20.0 | Jan 12, 2021 | Jun 29, 2021 | 1820 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.21 | 0.21.0 | Feb 23, 2021 | Aug 10, 2021 | 1778 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.22 | 0.22.0 | Apr 6, 2021 | Sep 21, 2021 | 1736 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.23 | 0.23.0 | May 18, 2021 | Nov 2, 2021 | 1694 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.24 | 0.24.0 | Jun 29, 2021 | Dec 14, 2021 | 1652 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.25 | 0.25.0 | Aug 10, 2021 | Jan 25, 2022 | 1610 days past EOL | EOL |
| 0.26 | 0.26.1 | Sep 21, 2021 | Mar 8, 2022 | 1568 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.0 | 1.0.2 | Nov 2, 2021 | Apr 19, 2022 | 1526 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.1 | 1.1.4 | Dec 14, 2021 | May 31, 2022 | 1484 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.2 | 1.2.5 | Jan 25, 2022 | Jul 12, 2022 | 1442 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.3 | 1.3.2 | Mar 8, 2022 | Aug 30, 2022 | 1393 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.4 | 1.4.0 | Apr 19, 2022 | Oct 11, 2022 | 1351 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.5 | 1.5.1 | May 31, 2022 | Nov 29, 2022 | 1302 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.6 | 1.6.3 | Jul 12, 2022 | Jan 10, 2023 | 1260 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.7 | 1.7.4 | Aug 23, 2022 | Feb 21, 2023 | 1218 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.8 | 1.8.6 | Oct 18, 2022 | May 2, 2023 | 1148 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.9 | 1.9.4 | Jan 24, 2023 | Aug 1, 2023 | 1057 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.10 | 1.10.6 | Apr 25, 2023 | Oct 31, 2023 | 966 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.11 | 1.11.6 | Jul 25, 2023 | Jan 30, 2024 | 875 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.12 | 1.12.4 | Oct 24, 2023 | Apr 30, 2024 | 784 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.13 | 1.13.2 | Jan 23, 2024 | Jul 22, 2024 | 701 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.14 | 1.14.2 | Apr 23, 2024 | Oct 22, 2024 | 609 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.15 | 1.15.3 | Jul 23, 2024 | Jan 21, 2025 | 518 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.16 | 1.16.3 | Oct 22, 2024 | Apr 22, 2025 | 427 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.17 | 1.17.2 | Jan 28, 2025 | Jul 28, 2025 | 330 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.18 | 1.18.2 | Apr 22, 2025 | Oct 28, 2025 | 238 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.19 | 1.19.9 | Jul 22, 2025 | Feb 3, 2026 | 140 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.20 | 1.20.3 | Oct 21, 2025 | May 5, 2026 | 49 days past EOL | EOL |
| 1.21 | 1.21.3 | Jan 27, 2026 | Aug 4, 2026 | 42 days remaining | Warning |
| 1.22 | 1.22.1 | Apr 28, 2026 | Nov 3, 2026 | 133 days remaining | Warning |
What does Knative end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Knative 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 Knative 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.
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