Amazon EKS

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Amazon EKS 1.36 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 1.36-eks-10. 6 of 19 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 1.31, on November 26, 2025.

Latest version

1.36-eks-10

Aug 17, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

of 19 tracked

Total cycles tracked

since Oct 13, 2020

Support pattern

How Amazon EKS has behaved across the cycles tracked here, rather than what its policy documents state. Useful for judging how much runway a version is likely to have before you commit to it.

Typical support window

14 months

median of 19 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

4 months

median gap between releases

Compared with service

−31 mo

shorter than the service median

Next end of life

84 days

Amazon EKS 1.34

Support windows have stayed consistent across the tracked history, so past cycles are a reasonable guide to what a new one will get.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for Amazon EKS. Medians are used rather than averages so one unusually short or long release does not skew the figure. Cycles with no recorded end-of-life date are excluded from the support window.

Release lifecycle

Actively maintainedSecurity support onlyEnd of life

Today

1.36Latest

1.36-eks-10 · Aug 17, 2026

1.35

1.35-eks-21 · Aug 17, 2026

1.34

1.34-eks-31 · Aug 17, 2026

1.33

EOL Jul 29, 2026

1.32

EOL Mar 23, 2026

1.31

EOL Nov 26, 2025

1.30

EOL Jul 23, 2025

1.29

EOL Mar 23, 2025

1.28

EOL Nov 26, 2024

1.27

EOL Jul 24, 2024

1.26

EOL Jun 11, 2024

1.25

EOL May 1, 2024

1.24

EOL Jan 31, 2024

1.23

EOL Oct 11, 2023

1.22

EOL Jun 4, 2023

1.21

EOL Feb 16, 2023

1.20

EOL Nov 1, 2022

1.19

EOL Aug 1, 2022

1.18

EOL Aug 15, 2022

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