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Apache Spark 4.2 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 4.2.0. 4 of 21 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 4.0, on November 23, 2026.

Latest version

4.2.0

Jul 11, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

4

of 21 tracked

Total cycles tracked

21

since May 26, 2014

Support pattern

How Apache Spark 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

18 months

median of 21 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

7 months

median gap between releases

Compared with server app

+4 mo

longer than the server app median

Next end of life

75 days

Apache Spark 4.0

Support windows are getting longer: the most recent cycles run about 14 months longer than the earlier ones.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for Apache Spark. 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
4.2Latest
4.2.0 · Jul 11, 2026
4.1
4.1.3 · Jul 11, 2026
4.0
4.0.4 · Jul 12, 2026
3.5
3.5.9 · Jul 12, 2026
3.4
EOL Oct 21, 2024
3.3
EOL Dec 9, 2023
3.2
EOL Apr 9, 2023
3.1
EOL Aug 22, 2022
3.0
EOL Dec 6, 2021
2.4
EOL May 9, 2021
2.3
EOL Aug 25, 2019
2.2
EOL Jan 30, 2019
2.1
EOL Jun 26, 2018
2.0
EOL Dec 15, 2016
1.6
EOL Jul 19, 2016
1.5
EOL Dec 21, 2015
1.4
EOL Sep 8, 2015
1.3
EOL Jun 2, 2015
1.2
EOL Apr 5, 2015
1.1
EOL Dec 10, 2014
1.0
EOL Sep 3, 2014
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