Istio

Server App

Istio 1.31 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 1.31.0. 3 of 25 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 1.29, on October 31, 2026.

Latest version

1.31.0

Aug 31, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

of 25 tracked

Total cycles tracked

since Aug 21, 2020

Support pattern

How Istio 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

8 months

median of 25 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

3 months

median gap between releases

Compared with server app

−7 mo

shorter than the server app median

Next end of life

52 days

Istio 1.29

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 Istio. 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

1.31Latest

1.31.0 · Aug 31, 2026

1.30

1.30.4 · Aug 27, 2026

1.29

1.29.7 · Aug 27, 2026

1.28

EOL Jul 1, 2026

1.27

EOL Apr 7, 2026

1.26

EOL Dec 22, 2025

1.25

EOL Sep 30, 2025

1.24

EOL Jun 24, 2025

1.23

EOL Apr 16, 2025

1.22

EOL Jan 22, 2025

1.21

EOL Sep 27, 2024

1.20

EOL Jun 25, 2024

1.19

EOL Apr 24, 2024

1.18

EOL Jan 4, 2024

1.17

EOL Oct 27, 2023

1.16

EOL Jul 25, 2023

1.15

EOL Apr 4, 2023

1.14

EOL Dec 27, 2022

1.13

EOL Oct 12, 2022

1.12

EOL Jul 12, 2022

1.11

EOL Mar 25, 2022

1.10

EOL Jan 7, 2022

1.9

EOL Oct 8, 2021

1.8

EOL May 12, 2021

1.7

EOL Feb 25, 2021

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