Editing CentOS (section)

==== End-of-support schedule ====
According to the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux#Product life cycle|life cycle]],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://access.redhat.com/site/support/policy/updates/errata |title=Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle |publisher=[[Red Hat]] |access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref> CentOS 5, 6 and 7 will be "maintained for up to 10 years" as it is based on RHEL.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://wiki.centos.org/ |title=CentOS Wiki Frontpage |last=CentOS team |date=22 September 2012 |access-date=31 August 2016 |quote=Each CentOS version is maintained perhaps for up to 10 years (by means of security updates -- the duration of the support interval by Red Hat has varied over time with respect to Sources released). A new CentOS version is released approximately every 2 years and each CentOS version is periodically updated (roughly every 6 months) to support newer hardware.}}</ref> Previously, CentOS 4 had been supported for seven years.<ref name="4eol">{{Cite web |url=http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2012-February/018462.html |title=CentOS-4 i386 and x86_64 End of Life (EOL) |last=CentOS team}}</ref>

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! scope="col" | CentOS<br/>version
! scope="col" | Release<br/>date
! scope="col" | Full<br/>updates<ref name="centos-life-cycle-dates">{{Cite web |url=http://wiki.centos.org/About/Product |title=CentOS Product Specifications: End of Lifetime (EOL) Dates |website=centos.org |access-date=15 July 2014 |archive-date=24 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924101625/https://wiki.centos.org/About/Product |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="redhat-life-cycle-dates">{{Cite web |url=https://access.redhat.com/site/support/policy/updates/errata#Life_Cycle_Dates |title=Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: Life Cycle Dates |publisher=[[Red Hat]] |access-date=9 November 2013}}</ref>
! scope="col" | Maintenance<br/>updates<ref name="centos-life-cycle-dates" /><ref name="redhat-life-cycle-dates" />
|-
! scope="row" | 3
| 2004-03-19
| 2006-07-20
| 2010-10-31 <ref name=centos_faq_general>{{cite web|url=https://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#What_is_the_support_.27.27end_of_life.27.27_for_each_CentOS_release.3F|title=FAQ/General|access-date=2020-06-02|publisher=CentOS Project|archive-date=1 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601012111/https://wiki.centos.org/FAQ/General#What_is_the_support_.27.27end_of_life.27.27_for_each_CentOS_release.3F|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | 4
| 2005-03-09
| 2009-03-31
| 2012-02-29<ref name=centos_faq_general/>{{Efn|An "Extended Life-cycle Support (ELS) Add-On Subscription" became available for a further 3 years (i.e. until 2015). The [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux#Product life cycle|corresponding version of RHEL]] was on extended support until 31 March 2017.}}
|-
! scope="row" | 5
| 2007-04-12
| 2014-01-31
| 2017-03-31<ref name=centos_faq_general/>{{Efn|An "Extended Life-cycle Support (ELS) Add-On Subscription" is available for a further 3 years. The [[Red Hat Enterprise Linux#Product life cycle|corresponding version of RHEL]] is on extended support until 30 November 2020.}}
|-
! scope="row" | 6
| 2011-11-27
| 2017-05-10
| 2020-11-30<ref name=centos_faq_general/>
|-
! scope="row" | 7
| 2014-07-07
| 2020-08-06
| 2024-06-30<ref name=centos_faq_general/>
|-
! scope="row" | 8
| 2019-09-24
| colspan="2"| 2021-12-31<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.centos.org/2020/12/future-is-centos-stream/|title=CentOS Project shifts focus to CentOS Stream|website=centos.org}}</ref>
|}