Apache Grails Framework

Framework

Apache Grails Framework 8.0 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 8.0.0. 2 of 8 tracked cycles remain supported.

Latest version

8.0.0

Oct 4, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

2

of 8 tracked

Total cycles tracked

8

since May 14, 2009

Support pattern

How Apache Grails Framework 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

42 mo (~3.5 years)

median of 6 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

27 months

median gap between releases

Compared with framework

+22 mo

longer than the framework median

Support windows are getting shorter: the most recent cycles run about 39 months less than the earlier ones.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for Apache Grails Framework. 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
8.0.0 · Oct 4, 2026
7
7.2.4 · Sep 22, 2026
6
EOL Oct 19, 2025
5
EOL Jan 9, 2025
4
EOL Mar 31, 2023
3
EOL Sep 30, 2021
2
EOL Jun 30, 2021
1
EOL May 1, 2012
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