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Apache Kafka end of life dates

The support dates the endoflife.date record (community-maintained) holds for Apache Kafka, 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
3.9, security support to no end date announced
Next end date
none announced in the record
Vendor's own notice
no vendor policy link in the record; each version below links its own notice where the record carries one, and the vendor notice is authoritative
Record
Apache Kafka
Kind
server application
Versions in the record
30
Versions past vendor support
25
Essential Eight class
an application outside the priority classes: Patch applications asks for its removal once no longer supported at ML3; at ML1 and ML2 no held Essential Eight clause turns on it.
Source
endoflife.date/apache-kafka, community-maintained, MIT licence, read 30 Sep 2026; sources

Apache Kafka versions and their support dates

as at 30 Sep 2026
CycleReleasedActive support endsSecurity support endsExtended support endsOn the read dateVendor notice
4.320 May 2026not given separatelyno end date announced17 Jun 2028supported, no end date announcednone in the record
4.217 Feb 2026not given separatelyno end date announced4 Mar 2028supported, no end date announcednone in the record
4.12 Sep 2025not given separatelyno end date announced15 Oct 2027supported, no end date announcednone in the record
4.018 Mar 2025not given separatelyno end date announced11 Jun 2027supported, no end date announcednone in the record
3.96 Nov 2024not given separatelyno end date announced19 Feb 2027supported, no end date announcednone in the record
3.826 Jul 2024not given separately6 Nov 20242 Dec 2026extended support onlyaddress held, not linked
3.726 Feb 2024not given separately26 Jul 202426 Jul 2026past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
3.63 Oct 2023not given separately27 Feb 20249 Feb 2026past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
3.513 Jun 2023not given separately3 Oct 202325 Aug 2025past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
3.46 Feb 2023not given separately13 Jun 20233 May 2025past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
3.328 Sep 2022not given separately6 Feb 20234 Nov 2024past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
3.29 May 2022not given separately28 Sep 20226 Jul 2024past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
3.121 Jan 2022not given separately19 Sep 20225 Apr 2024past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
3.020 Sep 2021not given separately19 Sep 202227 Oct 2023past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
2.818 Apr 2021not given separately19 Sep 20228 Jun 2023past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
2.719 Dec 2020not given separately15 Nov 20219 Feb 2023past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
2.63 Aug 2020not given separately15 Nov 202124 Sep 2022past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
2.514 Apr 2020not given separately10 Aug 202024 Apr 2022past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
2.414 Dec 2019not given separately15 Apr 202010 Jan 2022past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
2.324 Jun 2019not given separately16 Dec 201919 Jul 2021past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
2.222 Mar 2019not given separately1 Dec 201928 Mar 2021past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
2.120 Nov 2018not given separately22 Mar 201914 Dec 2020past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
2.028 Jul 2018not given separately20 Nov 201831 Jul 2020past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
1.128 Mar 2018not given separately30 Jul 201816 Apr 2020past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
1.031 Oct 2017not given separately8 Jul 201828 Nov 2019past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
0.1128 Jun 2017not given separately2 Jul 20181 Aug 2019past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
0.1022 May 2016not given separately2 Jul 20182 Mar 2019past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
0.923 Nov 2015not given separately22 May 20167 Dec 2017past vendor supportaddress held, not linked
0.83 Dec 2013not given separately23 Nov 2015none in the recordpast vendor supportaddress held, not linked
0.74 Jan 2012not given separately3 Dec 2013none in the recordpast vendor supportnotice

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 application outside the priority classes: Patch applications asks for its removal once no longer supported at ML3; at ML1 and ML2 no held Essential Eight clause turns on it.
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.

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