CakePHP

Framework

CakePHP 5.4 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 5.4.2. 7 of 35 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 4.6, on September 9, 2026.

Latest version

5.4.2

Sep 5, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

of 35 tracked

Total cycles tracked

since Apr 25, 2010

Support pattern

How CakePHP 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

34 mo (~2.8 years)

median of 11 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

6 months

median gap between releases

Compared with framework

+15 mo

longer than the framework median

Support windows are getting shorter: the most recent cycles run about 6 months less than the earlier ones.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for CakePHP. 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

5.4Latest

5.4.2 · Sep 5, 2026

5.3

5.3.7 · Jul 13, 2026

5.2

5.2.15 · Jul 16, 2026

4.6

4.6.5 · Jul 14, 2026

5.1

EOL Jul 19, 2026

4.5

4.5.12 · Jul 14, 2026

5.0

EOL Jan 9, 2026

4.4

4.4.18 · Sep 22, 2023

4.3

4.3.11 · Jan 5, 2023

3.10

EOL Dec 15, 2022

4.2

EOL Oct 14, 2023

4.1

EOL —

3.9

EOL —

4.0

EOL —

3.8

EOL —

3.7

EOL —

3.6

EOL —

3.5

EOL —

2.10

EOL Jun 15, 2021

3.4

EOL —

2.9

EOL —

3.3

EOL —

2.8

EOL —

3.2

EOL —

3.1

EOL Feb 13, 2017

2.7

EOL —

3.0

EOL —

2.6

EOL —

2.5

EOL —

2.4

EOL —

2.3

EOL —

2.2

EOL —

2.1

EOL —

2.0

EOL —

1.3

EOL Nov 1, 2015

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