Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS

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Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 12.2 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 12.2.3. 4 of 26 tracked cycles remain supported. The next cycle scheduled to reach end-of-life is 11.2, on May 2, 2027.

Latest version

12.2.3

Aug 27, 2026

Actively maintained cycles

4

of 26 tracked

Total cycles tracked

26

since Nov 15, 2007

Support pattern

How Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 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

37 mo (~3 years)

median of 26 completed cycles

New cycle roughly every

9 months

median gap between releases

Compared with os

+3 mo

longer than the os median

Next end of life

235 days

Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS 11.2

Support windows are getting shorter: the most recent cycles run about 4 months less than the earlier ones.

Computed from release and end-of-life dates tracked for Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS. 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
12.2Latest
12.2.3 · Aug 27, 2026
12.1
12.1.9 · Aug 13, 2026
11.2
11.2.13-h1 · Aug 12, 2026
11.1
11.1.16-h1 · Aug 10, 2026
11.0
EOL Nov 17, 2024
10.2
EOL Aug 27, 2025
10.1
EOL Dec 1, 2024
10.0
EOL Jul 16, 2022
9.1
EOL Jun 30, 2024
9.0-xfr
EOL Sep 19, 2020
9.0
EOL Mar 1, 2022
8.1
EOL Mar 1, 2022
8.0
EOL Oct 31, 2019
7.1
EOL Jun 30, 2020
7.0
EOL Dec 4, 2017
6.1
EOL Oct 25, 2018
6.0
EOL Mar 19, 2017
5.1
EOL May 9, 2017
5.0
EOL Nov 13, 2016
4.1
EOL Apr 30, 2015
4.0
EOL Dec 31, 2014
3.1
EOL Jun 30, 2013
3.0
EOL Dec 17, 2010
2.1
EOL Jan 5, 2012
2.0
EOL May 20, 2009
1.3
EOL Nov 20, 2008
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