Ruby on Rails End of Life Dates
All 11 Ruby on Rails release branches: support windows, latest releases, and what each EOL branch has missed since. Data refreshed 2026-08-09.
Support lifecycle at a glance
■ supported ■ security fixes only ■ end of life
All versions
"CVEs missed" = Ruby on Rails vulnerabilities published after that branch's EOL, fixed only in newer branches. Source: NVD.
| Branch | Released | End of life | Status | CVEs missed | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1 | 22 Oct 2025 | 10 Oct 2027 | supported | — | 8.1.3.1 |
| 8.0 | 7 Nov 2024 | 7 Nov 2026 | supported | — | 8.0.5.1 |
| 7.2 | 9 Aug 2024 | 9 Aug 2026 | supported | — | 7.2.3.2 |
| 7.1 | 5 Oct 2023 | 1 Oct 2025 | EOL | 8 | 7.1.6 |
| 7.0 | 15 Dec 2021 | 1 Apr 2025 | EOL | 8 | 7.0.10 |
| 6.1 | 9 Dec 2020 | 1 Oct 2024 | EOL | 8 | 6.1.7.10 |
| 6.0 | 16 Aug 2019 | 1 Jun 2023 | EOL | 13 | 6.0.6.1 |
| 5.2 | 9 Apr 2018 | 1 Jun 2022 | EOL | 18 | 5.2.8.1 |
| 5.1 | 27 Apr 2017 | 25 Aug 2019 | EOL | 38 | 5.1.7 |
| 5.0 | 30 Jun 2016 | 9 Apr 2018 | EOL | 43 | 5.0.7.2 |
| 4.2 | 19 Dec 2014 | 27 Apr 2017 | EOL | 45 | 4.2.11.3 |