Yocto End of Life (EOL) Dates & Support Timeline
Complete end-of-life dates, support windows, and security status for all Yocto versions. Data sourced from endoflife.date and official vendor documentation. Updated at every deploy.
| Version | Latest Release | Release Date | EOL Date | Days | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.7 | 2.7.4 | May 1, 2019 | Jun 1, 2020 | 2213 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.0 | 3.0.4 | Oct 22, 2019 | Aug 1, 2020 | 2152 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.1 LTS | 3.1.33 | Apr 21, 2020 | Apr 30, 2024 | 784 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.2 | 3.2.4 | Nov 3, 2020 | May 1, 2021 | 1879 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.3 | 3.3.6 | Apr 19, 2021 | Apr 20, 2022 | 1525 days past EOL | EOL |
| 3.4 | 3.4.4 | Oct 25, 2021 | May 1, 2022 | 1514 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.0 LTS | 4.0.35 | Apr 25, 2022 | Apr 27, 2026 | 57 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.1 | 4.1.4 | Oct 23, 2022 | May 27, 2023 | 1123 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.2 | 4.2.4 | May 3, 2023 | Nov 5, 2023 | 961 days past EOL | EOL |
| 4.3 | 4.3.4 | Nov 9, 2023 | Jun 9, 2024 | 744 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.0 LTS | 5.0.18 | Apr 29, 2024 | Apr 30, 2028 | 677 days remaining | Active |
| 5.1 | 5.1.4 | Oct 16, 2024 | May 16, 2025 | 403 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.2 | 5.2.4 | May 7, 2025 | Dec 7, 2025 | 198 days past EOL | EOL |
| 5.3 | 5.3 | Dec 15, 2025 | Jun 15, 2026 | 8 days past EOL | EOL |
What does Yocto end of life mean for your organization?
When a version of Yocto 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 Yocto 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 Yocto versions. This is a bridge, not a permanent solution — plan your migration in parallel.
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