Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Rails versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.2 | 4.2.11.3 | Dec 19, 2014 | Apr 27, 2017 | 3299 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.0 | 5.0.7.2 | Jun 30, 2016 | Apr 9, 2018 | 2952 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.1 | 5.1.7 | Apr 27, 2017 | Aug 25, 2019 | 2449 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.2 | 5.2.8.1 | Apr 9, 2018 | Jun 1, 2022 | 1438 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.0 | 6.0.6.1 | Aug 16, 2019 | Jun 1, 2023 | 1073 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.1 | 6.1.7.10 | Dec 9, 2020 | Oct 1, 2024 | 585 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.0 | 7.0.10 | Dec 15, 2021 | Apr 1, 2025 | 403 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.1 | 7.1.6 | Oct 5, 2023 | Oct 1, 2025 | 220 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.2 | 7.2.3.1 | Aug 9, 2024 | Aug 9, 2026 | 92 days remaining | Warning |
| 8.0 | 8.0.5 | Nov 7, 2024 | Nov 7, 2026 | 182 days remaining | Active |
| 8.1 | 8.1.3 | Oct 22, 2025 | Oct 10, 2027 | 519 days remaining | Active |
When a Rails version 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 Rails 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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