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Erlang 29 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 29.0.6. 3 of 13 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 27, on May 20, 2027.

Latest version

29.0.6

Sep 1, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

3

of 13 tracked

Total cycles tracked

13

since Apr 7, 2014

Support pattern

How Erlang 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

36 mo (~3 years)

median of 13 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

12 months

median gap between releases

Compared with language

+20 mo

longer than the language median

Next end of life

253 days

Erlang 27

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 Erlang. 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
29Latest
29.0.6 · Sep 1, 2026
28
28.5.0.6 · Sep 1, 2026
27
27.3.4.17 · Sep 1, 2026
26
EOL May 26, 2026
25
EOL May 17, 2025
24
EOL May 10, 2024
23
EOL Mar 14, 2024
22
EOL Mar 18, 2024
21
EOL Jun 19, 2021
20
EOL Jun 21, 2020
19
EOL Jun 21, 2019
18
EOL Nov 9, 2018
17
EOL Oct 11, 2018
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