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FortiOS 8.0 is the newest actively maintained release. 4 of 8 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 7.2, on September 30, 2026.

Latest version

8.0

Actively maintained cycles

4

of 8 tracked

Total cycles tracked

8

since Mar 29, 2018

Support pattern

How FortiOS 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

54 mo (~4.5 years)

median of 8 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

12 months

median gap between releases

Compared with os

+19 mo

longer than the os median

Next end of life

21 days

FortiOS 7.2

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

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for FortiOS. 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
8.0Latest
8.0 · —
7.6
7.6 · —
7.4
7.4 · —
7.2
7.2 · —
7.0
EOL Sep 30, 2025
6.4
EOL Sep 30, 2024
6.2
EOL Sep 28, 2023
6.0
EOL Sep 29, 2022
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