Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Ros 2 versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ardent | — | Dec 8, 2017 | Dec 31, 2018 | 2686 days past EOL | EOL |
| bouncy | — | Jul 2, 2018 | Jul 31, 2019 | 2474 days past EOL | EOL |
| crystal | — | Dec 14, 2018 | Dec 31, 2019 | 2321 days past EOL | EOL |
| dashing | — | May 31, 2019 | May 31, 2021 | 1804 days past EOL | EOL |
| eloquent | — | Nov 22, 2019 | Nov 30, 2020 | 1986 days past EOL | EOL |
| foxy | — | Jun 5, 2020 | Jun 20, 2023 | 1054 days past EOL | EOL |
| galactic | — | May 23, 2021 | Dec 9, 2022 | 1247 days past EOL | EOL |
| humble | — | May 23, 2022 | May 31, 2027 | 387 days remaining | Active |
| iron | — | May 23, 2023 | Dec 4, 2024 | 521 days past EOL | EOL |
| jazzy | — | May 23, 2024 | May 31, 2029 | 1118 days remaining | Active |
| kilted | — | May 23, 2025 | Dec 31, 2026 | 236 days remaining | Active |
When a Ros 2 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 Ros 2 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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