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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

2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2027 8.1 8.0 7.2 7.1 EOL 7.0 EOL 6.1 EOL 6.0 EOL 5.2 EOL 5.1 EOL 5.0 EOL today

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.

BranchReleasedEnd of lifeStatusCVEs missedLatest
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