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etcd 3.7 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 3.7.1. 3 of 8 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 3.5, on July 8, 2027.

Latest version

3.7.1

Jul 23, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

3

of 8 tracked

Total cycles tracked

8

since Jun 30, 2016

Support pattern

How etcd 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

45 mo (~3.8 years)

median of 6 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

14 months

median gap between releases

Compared with database

+26 mo

longer than the database median

Next end of life

302 days

etcd 3.5

Support windows are getting longer: the most recent cycles run about 52 months longer than the earlier ones.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for etcd. 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
3.7Latest
3.7.1 · Jul 23, 2026
3.6
3.6.14 · Jul 23, 2026
3.5
3.5.33 · Jul 23, 2026
3.4
EOL Jun 1, 2026
3.3
EOL Oct 15, 2021
3.2
EOL Mar 28, 2021
3.1
EOL Oct 10, 2018
3.0
EOL Jan 20, 2017
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