Pop!_OS End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Pop!_OS versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17.10 | — | Oct 27, 2017 | Jul 29, 2018 | 2886 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.04 LTS | — | Apr 30, 2018 | Apr 30, 2023 | 1150 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18.10 | — | Oct 19, 2018 | Jul 19, 2019 | 2531 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19.04 | — | Apr 20, 2019 | Jan 18, 2020 | 2348 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19.10 | — | Oct 19, 2019 | Jul 29, 2020 | 2155 days past EOL | EOL |
| 20.04 LTS | — | Apr 30, 2020 | Apr 30, 2025 | 419 days past EOL | EOL |
| 20.10 | — | Oct 23, 2020 | Sep 28, 2021 | 1729 days past EOL | EOL |
| 21.04 | — | Jun 29, 2021 | Mar 13, 2022 | 1563 days past EOL | EOL |
| 21.10 | — | Dec 14, 2021 | Jul 24, 2022 | 1430 days past EOL | EOL |
| 22.04 LTS | — | Apr 25, 2022 | Apr 25, 2027 | 306 days remaining | Active |
| 24.04 LTS | — | Dec 11, 2025 | May 31, 2029 | 1073 days remaining | Active |
What does Pop!_OS end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Pop!_OS 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 Pop!_OS 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 Pop!_OS versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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