CentOS

Every tracked release cycle of CentOS has reached end-of-life. The most recent, 8, reached EOL on December 31, 2021.

Latest version

8 (2111)

Nov 16, 2021

Actively maintained cycles

of 4 tracked

Total cycles tracked

since Apr 12, 2007

How CentOS's support model changed: from CentOS Linux to CentOS Stream

CentOS Linux was originally a community rebuild of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) source code, versioned to mirror RHEL's own major releases and historically supported on a long, RHEL-like lifecycle. In December 2020, Red Hat announced it was shifting its investment away from CentOS Linux entirely and toward CentOS Stream, a rolling-release distribution positioned upstream of RHEL rather than downstream of it. As part of that shift, CentOS Linux 8's support window was cut short and no CentOS Linux 9 was ever released. That is why this catalog shows zero currently maintained CentOS Linux cycles: Red Hat ended the product line altogether, rather than every release simply aging out on the usual schedule.

Actively maintained (CentOS Linux, historically)

While a CentOS Linux release was current, it received package updates and bug and security fixes rebuilt from the matching upstream RHEL release, at no cost.

Security support only (final maintenance window)

As a CentOS Linux release neared the end of its life, it entered a period where only fixes rebuilt from RHEL's own update stream continued to appear, with no new feature work. CentOS Linux 8's version of this window was shortened well below earlier releases.

End of life

Once a CentOS Linux release's support window closed, the project stopped publishing further rebuilt packages or errata for it, and systems on it received no more official updates of any kind.

The CentOS Linux product line is now fully discontinued: Red Hat does not produce further security fixes, errata, or RHEL rebuilds for any CentOS Linux release, including CentOS Linux 8, which reached its final end of life on December 31, 2021. Red Hat's stated path forward for anyone still on CentOS Linux is to move either to CentOS Stream or to RHEL itself, since no official security patches are being produced for CentOS Linux anymore.

Sources: CentOS Linux EOL, Red Hat: What is CentOS Stream?

Release lifecycle

Actively maintainedSecurity support onlyEnd of life

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EOL Dec 31, 2021

EOL Jun 30, 2024

EOL Nov 30, 2020

EOL Mar 31, 2017

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