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Visual COBOL End of Life Dates

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All 12 Visual COBOL release branches: support windows, latest releases, and what each EOL branch has missed since. Updated daily — last refresh 2026-10-05.

2still supported
10end of life
31 Jul 2027next to expire — 9.0

Support lifecycle at a glance

2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2027 10.0 9.0 8.0 EOL 7.0 EOL 6.0 EOL 5.0 EOL 4.0 EOL 3.0 EOL 2.3 EOL 2.2 EOL today

■ supported   ■ security fixes only   ■ end of life

All versions

Release dates, support status dates and current support status for every Visual COBOL branch.

BranchReleased Support Status ends StatusLatest
10.0 19 Jul 20242y 3mo ago 31 Jul 2028in 1y 10mo supported —
9.0 29 Jun 20233y 3mo ago 31 Jul 2027in 10mo supported —
8.0 13 Jul 20224y 3mo ago 31 Jul 20262mo ago EOL —
7.0 14 Sept 20215y 1mo ago 30 Sept 20251y ago EOL —
6.0 18 Jun 20206y 4mo ago 30 Jun 20242y 3mo ago EOL —
5.0 21 Jun 20197y 3mo ago 30 Jun 20233y 3mo ago EOL —
4.0 14 Jun 20188y 4mo ago 30 Jun 20224y 3mo ago EOL —
3.0 7 Jul 20179y 3mo ago 31 Jul 20215y 2mo ago EOL —
2.3 3 Oct 201610y ago 30 Sept 20197y ago EOL —
2.2 19 Nov 201411y 11mo ago 31 Jul 20188y 2mo ago EOL —
2.1 5 Apr 201313y 6mo ago 31 May 20179y 4mo ago EOL —
2.0 27 Apr 201214y 5mo ago 31 Dec 201411y 9mo ago EOL —