Product Lifecycle Dates

Rancher

Version	GA*	EOM**	EOL***
2.7.x	16 Nov 2022	15 May 2024	18 Nov 2024
2.6.x	31 Aug 2021	01 Mar 2023	30 Nov 2023
2.5.x	06 Oct 2020	05 Jan 2022	05 Oct 2022
2.4.x	30 Mar 2020	30 Jul 2021	31 Mar 2022
2.3.x	08 Oct 2019	07 Oct 2020	07 Apr 2021
2.2.x	16 Apr 2019	15 Apr 2020	15 Oct 2020
2.1.x	19 Oct 2018	19 Oct 2019	19 Apr 2020
2.0.x	01 May 2018	01 May 2019	01 Nov 2019
1.6.x	08 Jun 2017	31 Dec 2019	30 Jun 2020

Phases	Description
*GA to EOM	Upon the General Availability date, products are supported and maintained until the End of Maintenance date. Applying configuration changes Upgrade recommendation to an existing newer version of product Code-level maintenance in the form of Software updates; typically, results in a maintenance release, which is a newer version of product that was not existing at the time the issue was encountered
**EOM to EOL	After a product release reaches its End of Maintenance date, no further code-level maintenance will be provided, except for critical security- related fixes on a per-request basis. After the EOM date, Software will continue to be supported until it reaches its End of Life date, in the form of: General troubleshooting of a specific issue to isolate potential causes Upgrade recommendation to an existing newer version of product Issue resolution limited to applying configuration changes and/or an upgrade recommendation to an existing newer version of product
***EOL	Once a product release reaches its End of Life date, the customer may continue to use the product within the terms of product licensing agreement. Support Plans do not apply to product releases past their EOL date.

Longhorn

Version	GA	End of Life
1.2	01 Sep 2021	17 Dec 2022*
1.1	08 Dec 2020	07 Jul 2022**

* 1 year after the 1.2.3 release

** 1 year after the 1.1.2 release

Harvester

Version	General Support Ends
1.0	31 Dec 2022