Alpine Linux end of life dates
The support dates the endoflife.date record (community-maintained) holds for Alpine Linux, read on 30 Sep 2026: when security support ends for each version (cycle), when active support ends, and extended support where the record shows it. Below them, what Cyber Essentials, the Essential Eight, CIS Controls v8, PCI DSS and NIST SP 800-53 ask of a version past its end.
- Oldest version still in support
- 3.21, security support to 1 Nov 2026
- Next end date
- 3.21, security support ends 1 Nov 2026
- Vendor's own notice
- the vendor lifecycle policy for Alpine Linux, authoritative; each version below links its own notice where the record carries one
- Record
- Alpine Linux
- Kind
- operating system
- Versions in the record
- 32
- Versions past vendor support
- 28
- Essential Eight class
- an operating system: Patch operating systems asks that operating systems no longer supported by vendors are replaced, from ML1 (the held ML2 text carries the ML1 set).
- Source
- endoflife.date/alpine-linux, community-maintained, MIT licence, read 30 Sep 2026; sources
Alpine Linux versions and their support dates
as at 30 Sep 2026| Cycle | Released | Active support ends | Security support ends | Extended support ends | On the read date | Vendor notice | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.24 | 9 Jun 2026 | not given separately | 1 Jun 2028 | none in the record | supported | notice | |
| 3.23 | 4 Dec 2025 | not given separately | 1 Nov 2027 | none in the record | supported | notice | |
| 3.22 | 30 May 2025 | not given separately | 1 May 2027 | none in the record | supported | notice | |
| 3.21 | 5 Dec 2024 | not given separately | 1 Nov 2026 | none in the record | ends within 90 days | notice | |
| 3.20 | 22 May 2024 | not given separately | 1 Apr 2026 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 3.19 | 7 Dec 2023 | not given separately | 1 Nov 2025 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 3.18 | 9 May 2023 | not given separately | 9 May 2025 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 3.17 | 22 Nov 2022 | not given separately | 22 Nov 2024 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 3.16 | 23 May 2022 | not given separately | 23 May 2024 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 3.15 | 24 Nov 2021 | not given separately | 1 Nov 2023 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 3.14 | 15 Jun 2021 | not given separately | 1 May 2023 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 3.13 | 14 Jan 2021 | not given separately | 1 Nov 2022 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 3.12 | 29 May 2020 | not given separately | 1 May 2022 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 3.11 | 19 Dec 2019 | not given separately | 1 Nov 2021 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 3.10 | 19 Jun 2019 | not given separately | 1 May 2021 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 3.9 | 29 Jan 2019 | not given separately | 1 Nov 2020 | none in the record | past vendor support | notice | |
| 3.8 | 26 Jun 2018 | not given separately | 1 May 2020 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 3.7 | 30 Nov 2017 | not given separately | 1 Nov 2019 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 3.6 | 24 May 2017 | not given separately | 1 May 2019 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 3.5 | 22 Dec 2016 | not given separately | 1 Nov 2018 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 3.4 | 31 May 2016 | not given separately | 1 May 2018 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 3.3 | 19 Dec 2015 | not given separately | 1 Nov 2017 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 3.2 | 26 May 2015 | not given separately | 1 May 2017 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 3.1 | 10 Dec 2014 | not given separately | 1 Nov 2016 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 3.0 | 4 Jun 2014 | not given separately | 1 May 2016 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 2.7 | 6 Jan 2011 | not given separately | 1 Nov 2015 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 2.6 | 15 Dec 2010 | not given separately | 1 May 2015 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 2.5 | 12 Aug 2010 | not given separately | 1 Nov 2014 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 2.4 | 7 Jul 2010 | not given separately | 1 May 2014 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 2.3 | 19 May 2010 | not given separately | 1 Nov 2013 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 2.2 | 4 May 2010 | not given separately | 1 May 2013 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record | |
| 2.1 | 30 Dec 2009 | not given separately | 1 Nov 2012 | none in the record | past vendor support | none in the record |
A version this table does not list is not in the record: the finder reads it as unknown, never supported. The dates are the record's own; nothing here states a date the record does not hold.
What the schemes ask of a version past its end
- Cyber Essentials
- software on in-scope devices licensed and supported by the vendor, meaning it still receives security updates; unsupported software removed or segregated (SU.1, SU.4). Cyber Essentials Plus: removed, or isolated with compensating controls (PM-02).
- Essential Eight
- An operating system: Patch operating systems asks that operating systems no longer supported by vendors are replaced, from ML1 (the held ML2 text carries the ML1 set).
- CIS Controls v8, Safeguard 2.2
- only software that still receives vendor support may be marked authorised; unsupported software kept for the mission needs a recorded exception with compensating controls and the acceptance of the remaining risk; support status checked at least monthly.
- PCI DSS 12.3.4
- hardware and software reviewed at least every 12 months: that vendors still supply timely security fixes, end-of-life announcements documented, and a remediation plan for outdated technology approved by senior management.
- NIST SP 800-53 SA-22
- system components replaced when support is no longer available from the developer, vendor or manufacturer, or alternative sources of continued support provided.