Meta Llama End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Meta Llama versions. Data from endoflife.date, checked against the vendor's own lifecycle pages where we have read them (share on /accuracy). Updated at every deploy.
Meta Llama llama-4-scout is supported, with no end-of-life or end-of-support date announced yet. 6 of 15 tracked Meta Llama versions are past end of life; the most recent to reach it, llama-3-70b, did so on May 31, 2025. The full Meta Llama lifecycle, with every version's release and end-of-support date, is in the table below.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| llama-2-7b | llama-2-7b-chat | Jul 18, 2023 | Jul 23, 2024 | 812 days past EOL | EOL |
| llama-2-13b | llama-2-13b-chat | Jul 18, 2023 | Jul 23, 2024 | 812 days past EOL | EOL |
| llama-2-70b | llama-2-70b-chat | Jul 18, 2023 | Jul 23, 2024 | 812 days past EOL | EOL |
| llama-3-8b | llama-3-8b-instruct | Apr 18, 2024 | May 31, 2025 | 500 days past EOL | EOL |
| llama-3-70b | llama-3-70b-instruct | Apr 18, 2024 | May 31, 2025 | 500 days past EOL | EOL |
| llama-3.1-8b | llama-3.1-8b-instruct | Jul 23, 2024 | TBD | Supported | Active |
| llama-3.1-70b | llama-3.1-70b-instruct | Jul 23, 2024 | Jan 24, 2025 | 627 days past EOL | EOL |
| llama-3.1-405b | llama-3.1-405b-instruct | Jul 23, 2024 | TBD | Supported | Active |
| llama-3.2-1b | llama-3.2-1b-instruct | Sep 25, 2024 | TBD | Supported | Active |
| llama-3.2-3b | llama-3.2-3b-instruct | Sep 25, 2024 | TBD | Supported | Active |
| llama-3.2-11b | llama-3.2-11b-vision-instruct | Sep 25, 2024 | TBD | Supported | Active |
| llama-3.2-90b | llama-3.2-90b-vision-instruct | Sep 25, 2024 | TBD | Supported | Active |
| llama-3.3-70b | llama-3.3-70b-instruct | Dec 6, 2024 | TBD | Supported | Active |
| llama-4-scout | llama-4-scout | Apr 5, 2025 | TBD | Supported | Active |
| llama-4-maverick | llama-4-maverick | Apr 5, 2025 | TBD | Supported | Active |
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Meta Llama release and support pattern
Of the 15 release lines tracked, 6 are past end of life and 9 are still within support. The newest line, llama-4-maverick, was released April 5, 2025. No end-of-life date is currently published for the 9 supported lines.
Computed from the tracked release data at every build — the figures above are the dates in the table, restated, not an editorial estimate.
What does Meta Llama end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Meta Llama 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: A CVE-based scan does not show the accumulation of unpatched vulnerabilities in EOL software. Some scanners flag unsupported versions of common products, but coverage varies, and none of them give you the date in advance. With a zero-day, nobody knows about the vulnerability. With EOL software, the vulnerability is public — listed, rated, and often weaponized — but no vendor patch is coming. This is one of the most dangerous gaps in enterprise security posture.
Organizations running EOL Meta Llama 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.
Your options when Meta Llama reaches end of life
There are four realistic paths. Which one is right depends far more on how long the system needs to keep running than on the version you are on today.
| Option | Best when | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|
| Move to a supported version | The system will outlive the current version's support window and you can schedule the work | Budget for compatibility testing, not just the upgrade itself — that is where the real cost sits |
| Replace the component | The project is unmaintained, or a better-supported alternative exists | The replacement has its own lifecycle and its own end-of-life date — you are changing vendors, not escaping the problem |
| Commercial extended support | Not available for Meta Llama from the original maintainer | Third-party vendors patch some end-of-life software on a custom basis; availability depends on the specific version and source access |
| Document accepted risk | The system is isolated, short-lived, or scheduled for retirement | Only defensible with real compensating controls and a written decision — auditors treat undocumented end-of-life software as a finding |
How to choose, in one question: how many more years does this system need to run? Under a year, extended support (where it exists) is usually cheaper than an emergency migration. One to three years, migrate — support purchased repeatedly costs more than doing the project once, and the project only gets harder as the version ages. Indefinitely, migrate now and plan the next migration before it surprises you.
Worth saying plainly, because vendors selling extended support rarely will: extended support is often the more expensive choice over a multi-year horizon. It is the right answer when a deadline is genuinely unreachable, not as a default. Compare the annual fee against the one-time cost of migrating before committing to either.
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