Ruby on Rails End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Ruby on 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 | 3344 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.0 | 5.0.7.2 | Jun 30, 2016 | Apr 9, 2018 | 2997 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.1 | 5.1.7 | Apr 27, 2017 | Aug 25, 2019 | 2494 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.2 | 5.2.8.1 | Apr 9, 2018 | Jun 1, 2022 | 1483 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.0 | 6.0.6.1 | Aug 16, 2019 | Jun 1, 2023 | 1118 days past EOL | EOL |
| 6.1 | 6.1.7.10 | Dec 9, 2020 | Oct 1, 2024 | 630 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.0 | 7.0.10 | Dec 15, 2021 | Apr 1, 2025 | 448 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.1 | 7.1.6 | Oct 5, 2023 | Oct 1, 2025 | 265 days past EOL | EOL |
| 7.2 | 7.2.3.1 | Aug 9, 2024 | Aug 9, 2026 | 47 days remaining | Warning |
| 8.0 | 8.0.5 | Nov 7, 2024 | Nov 7, 2026 | 137 days remaining | Warning |
| 8.1 | 8.1.3 | Oct 22, 2025 | Oct 10, 2027 | 474 days remaining | Active |
What does Ruby on Rails end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Ruby on Rails 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 Ruby on 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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