Vitess End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Vitess versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 13.0.3 | Feb 22, 2022 | Feb 22, 2023 | 1235 days past EOL | EOL |
| 14 | 14.0.5 | Jun 28, 2022 | Jun 28, 2023 | 1109 days past EOL | EOL |
| 15 | 15.0.5 | Oct 25, 2022 | Oct 25, 2023 | 990 days past EOL | EOL |
| 16 | 16.0.7 | Feb 28, 2023 | Feb 28, 2024 | 864 days past EOL | EOL |
| 17 | 17.0.7 | Jun 27, 2023 | Jun 27, 2024 | 744 days past EOL | EOL |
| 18 | 18.0.8 | Nov 6, 2023 | Nov 7, 2024 | 611 days past EOL | EOL |
| 19 | 19.0.10 | Mar 6, 2024 | Mar 6, 2025 | 492 days past EOL | EOL |
| 20 | 20.0.8 | Jun 27, 2024 | Jun 27, 2025 | 379 days past EOL | EOL |
| 21 | 21.0.6 | Oct 29, 2024 | Oct 29, 2025 | 255 days past EOL | EOL |
| 22 | 22.0.4 | Apr 29, 2025 | Apr 29, 2026 | 73 days past EOL | EOL |
| 23 | 23.0.5 | Nov 4, 2025 | Nov 4, 2026 | 116 days remaining | Warning |
| 24 | 24.0.2 | May 7, 2026 | May 7, 2027 | 300 days remaining | Active |
What does Vitess end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Vitess 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 Vitess 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 Vitess versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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